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April 14, 2008

From PowerPoint to Podcast

This podcast looks at the practical steps needed to convert a PowerPoint presentation into a podcast.

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March 19, 2008

Why Technology?

Some impressions of why technology integration in education is so important at this juncture of history.

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February 25, 2008

Serious Pursuits

Students attend school not simply to practice the technology techniques they already know, but to learn new modes of analysis and to see how they can use those familiar tools to dig deeper and see further. To grow in that way, they need to couple their technical facility with the guidance of a wise faculty.

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January 31, 2008

Seven Habits

In my travels around the country and the world, I have learned what the successful schools do technically that make them good places in which to teach and to learn. I call these the seven habits of highly successful schools.

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January 28, 2008

Filebusters

Find out how to use PDF format to send large files.

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January 22, 2008

Copy, Right?

Digital technologies and the world wide web have brought millions of teaching artifacts to the fingertips of our students and ourselves. It's time to make Fair Use of them without fear.

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December 19, 2007

Digitizing History

The American Memory project, begun at the dawn of the digital age in 1994, is putting America's historical record online, and making it available free to scholars and to citizens and to your students.

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