Free Resource DVD from Kent State
The Research Center for Educational Technology (RCET) is pleased to announce the release of its latest multimedia project, a DVD entitled Ubiquitous Computing: How Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone Technology is Changing Education.
Ubiquitous technology is changing the ways in which we do many things in our everyday lives. Educators and students are beginning to feel the impact as well. RCET's DVD-ROM was developed to support teaching, professional development, and research as it relates to the impact of technology-rich environments on teaching and learning. The disc is part of a larger project on ubiquitous computing that was funded by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundationin Cleveland, and
- defines ubiquitous computing, especially as it relates to teaching and learning;
- describes the origins of ubiquitous computing;
- includes a dozen examples of what ubiquitous computing looks like in a variety of learning environments;
- provides examples of related research;
- discusses how teaching and learning need to be rethought to take full advantage of what ubiquitous computing has to offer education.
For more information or to request a copy of this DVD, please visit http://www.rcet.org/ubicomp/intro.htm. The DVD is free and a limited number of copies are available from RCET.
Register for the online forum at http://www.rcet.org/moodle/moodle to participate in discussions on topics related to ubiquitous computing for teaching and learning.
(Courtesy of SIGHC Chair, Mark van 't Hooft)
New to Blogging? Here are Some Helpful Tips and Resources
You can't turn around these days without hearing the word, "blog." A search on Google turns up 1,960,000,000 entries. So where do you begin if you'd like to be blogging, but don't know an RSS feed from a blogroll? Below are some helpful tips to get you started.
Recent issues of ISTE's member magazine, L&L, have featured two informative articles on blogging, including an overview in Part I and suggestions for using blogging in the classroom in Part II. [Note: Member login required.]
Qumana, a desktop blog editor, publishes a fairly comprehensive, yet easy to read, Blogging 101 page. Read it first and everything will begin to make more sense. TechSoup also publishes a good page on blogging that's worth reading.
There are several easy and free blogging tools available out there. Probably the easiest is Blogger, though it lacks some functionality available in other tools. WordPress is a great tool with a lot of functionality, but it helps to be familiar with basic blogging concepts, as features are not as intuitive and visible as they could be. Other good, free tools are Textpattern and Drupal. Frequently, blogging newbies cut their teeth on Blogger, and then select a higher functioning blogging tool once they know more about what features are important to them.
Once you've gotten your blog up and running, you'll probably want to publicize it and gather regular readers. The easiest way to do this is to make it available as an RSS Feed. Feedburner publishes a good overview of RSS, both from a user/reader perspective and from a blogger's perspective. Another easy way to connect with similarly interested parties is through tagging. Technorati, an RSS aggregator, offers a straightforward description of the tagging process.
Finally, I suggest reading established blogs for inspiration— it's usually easier to create if you've been on the consumer side first. Below are some of my favorite Ed Tech blogs.
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Top Ten Favorite Ed Tech Blogs for June 06
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