March 26th, 2010
Episode 33: Doug Stoner, Manager of Computer Services at Conestoga Valley School District, and I chat about Cloud Computing in education and how CVSD is looking at implementing this at their K12 district.
Show links:
Cloud Computing in Plain English – Common Craft’s explanation video
Conestoga Valley School District – CV is looking to utilize cloud computing in their district.

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December 20th, 2009
Episode 32: Veteran Teacher and Technology Coach Sue Sheffer discusses Project-Based Learning.
Show Links:
Movieclips.com – Square Peg in a Round Hole
Posterous.com – blog posts via email and text messaging
Moodle – Open Source Content Management System

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December 2nd, 2009
It’s that time again — it’s tough to try to choose since there are SO many great blogs and wikis out there, but here are my nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards:
Best Student Blog: Civil War Sallie – Great student blog to learn about the Civil War and collaborate with others around the country on the topic. Nice work Sarah!
Best Resource Sharing Blog: Teaching the Civil War with Technology - Jim continues to raise the bar with his Civil War / Tech Integration blog. A great site!
Best Educational Use of Audio: Wicked Decent Learning – Those wild and crazy guys up in Maine do a great service for us educators while keeping us entertained! Where do they find the time?!
Keep up the great work!
Lifetime Achievement: Tipline - Since 1993 Jim Gates is like the Energizer Bunny – he just keeps going and going and going… thanks for all the great work, Jim!
Best Educational Wiki: Web 2.0 Guru – When does this girl sleep?! Incredible amount of resources!
Best Corporate Education Blog: AniktoBlog – You won’t find a better blog on User Centered Design and Web Accessibility. Kel takes this to a whole new level – please check it out.
Best Individual Blog: Indirect Manipulation- Thoughts on Digital Design, Social Technology, and other Stuff.
You can nominate your own favorites. Simply follow the directions from The Edublog Awards Homepage.
Tags: Best of 2009, edublog awards, Edublogs
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October 14th, 2009
Episode 31: Will Richardson chats about helping to start a fire inside administrators, how his blog changed his life, and “Gutenberg on Steriods.” If you ever get a chance to attend a workshop with Will or hear him speak, don’t miss out
Show links:
Weblogg-ed.com - Will’s blog
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms – Will’s book on educational web tools
Edublogs – get started with blogging here
Project Gutenberg – the first producer of free electronic books (ebooks).

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August 26th, 2009
Episode 30: A chat with Mike Smith, a superintendent in Oakland, Illinois, and the creator of Principalspage.com – chock full of resources for administrators and educators. Mike also writes the blog which will give every educator a smile.
Show links:
The Principals Page – great resources for administrators and K12 educators
The Principals Page Blog – funny, sarcastic — satire at its best!

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August 3rd, 2009
Episode 29: a chat with Dr. Lynn Nolan and Chris O’Neal about several of ISTE’s free leadership tools; we also chat with a few PA students about their projects at the Classrooms for the Future Capitol Day
Show links:
ISTE NETS – National Education Technology Standards
etoolkit.org – Leadership tools for systemic change
Classrooms for the Future – Transforming the way we teach in Pennsylvania
Chris O’Neal – the home base for Chris O’Neal.

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June 4th, 2009
Episode 28: I chat with Tina Shank, a 34-year veteran teacher about the unique ways she incorporates tech into her FCS classroom. As a bonus, two 8th grade students, Gabbie and Matt, join in our conversation. THIS is tech integration!
Show links:
Mrs. Shank’s Moodle site – (use Login as Guest to enter)
Mrs. Shank’s Media page – THIS is how to use media in your classroom!

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Tags: education, Family and Consumer Science, FCS, k12, middle school, solon, technology integration, Tina Shank
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