Category Archives: web 2.0

Wanted: one epiphany

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

I often hear tech-loving educators say that for teachers to really start using technology in their classroom, the teacher has to first have an experience with technology that is personal and meaningful. Often these educators have had a transformative experience … Continue reading →

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Twitter as a metaphor for learning

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

OK, my turn. Obsession over Twitter, a microblogging tool that’s a favorite of millions thousands hundreds of edu-tech-bloggers, is running rampant over at Will Richardson’s blog Weblogg-ed – What I Hate About Twitter. Will is ambivalent about his own reaction … Continue reading →

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Twitter buys Summize – should educators care?

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

Yesterday’s news brought a new Web 2.0 related announcement. Micro-blogging favorite Twitter has purchased Summize, a Twitter search engine. Twitter has become the new tool of the day for many edu-bloggers (like me). It’s great for keeping up with personal … Continue reading →

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Announcing GenYES 2.0

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

Well, in what may be the understatement of the year, this has been a busy couple of months! The intrepid Generation YES staff has been working on two major projects with a deadline to have both of them done for … Continue reading →

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Countdown to NECC

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

The National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) will be in San Antonio, Texas in less than two weeks, June 28 – July 3, 2008. Sponsored by ISTE, this is the “big” national conference of the year for technology in education. Every … Continue reading →

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Passion fatigue

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

There’s been a lot of chatter lately among some edubloggers about their feeling that educators who blog have formed a community akin to an invitation-only cocktail party, that some “elites” deliberately exclude or insult newcomers, and that there should be … Continue reading →

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Google docs go offline

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

This just in from Google – Google Docs will have an offline mode very soon. The rollout of all the features is happening over the next few weeks, but soon it will mean that you can edit your Google docs … Continue reading →

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Student-written help guides

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

Kern Kelley’s students in Maine have created a web-enabled comic book style help guide for the Google Doc applications they are using. Kern blogs at The Tech Curve, and I’ve written about Kern and his students before, they are very … Continue reading →

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Conferences must change with the times

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

When you work with schools across the nation, you soon realize that February and March are never going to be your own again. These are the months where many states schedule their state educational technology conferences. In the last couple … Continue reading →

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California CUE and EETT funding news

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

I’m heading off to Palm Springs to attend California CUE (Computer Using Educators) starting Thursday. CUE is always a great event, a chance to meet GenYES and TechYES teachers from all over California. California has several districts participating in the … Continue reading →

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