Teachers on Twitter: It’s About Professional Development

The Web 2.0 Classroom Blog, TeacherHub.com, features a good introductory post about Twitter and its professional development potential. Teachers on Twitter: It’s All About the Hashtag introduces the social networking tool to educators and explains a bit about how to identify professional education resources. The post explains hashtags, how to use them to search for Twitter [...]

21 Signs You’re A 21st Century Teacher

Check out 21 Signs You’re a 21st Century Teacher over at the  SimpleK-12 Tech blog. Some of my favorites: You give weekly class updates to parents…via your blog. You realize the importance of professional development…and you read blogs, join online communities, and tweet for self-development. You take your students on a field trip to the Great [...]

Gizmodo Explains How to Make an iPad Textbook in Under Five Minutes

The Gizmodo Blog shares lots of info about Apple’s new iPad Textbook Maker. Read the article.

Article for Schools: Thinking About iPad One-to-One Programs

The Journal has just published an article, Launching an iPad 1-to-1 Program: A Primer  (and republished at the 21st Century Fluency Project). The article, by Mitchell A. Salerno and Michael Vonhof, is a primer for schools that are considering adopting iPads in a one-to-one setting. Both authors have set up and run successful iPad programs. Educational technology [...]

Blogging Resources from Discovery Education

This web workshop, Fear Factor: Taking the Fear Our of  Blogging, was conducted by Discovery Education on January 3, 2012. The site includes links to many, many resources on blogging — lots to help teachers get a sense of how to use a blog in the classroom.