After my training with PALM as a PETC (Palm Educational Training Coordinator), I began sweeping the web for educational programs to keep in my portfolio of Palm handheld programs that I would like to present about and share with other Palm-wielding educators. Needless to say, I found A LOT of educational programs — enough [...]
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Since I got my MacBook, I’ve just been carrying it around in a case made for the 15″ PowerBook. My MacBook deserves a little bit more respect — it needs its own proper case. I’ve been looking around on the web for cases made specifically for [...]
Filed under: Mac, Tech Toys, Tech. Gadgets
The NECC 2006 Conference July 5-7 in San Diego is just around the corner! I’ve yet to make my rental car reservations. I’m very honored to be part of the contributors to the official blogging and podcasting section of the NECC web site. The honor is further magnified by [...]
Filed under: Educational Technology, K12LTSP, Linux, Mac, Open Source, Palm Handhelds, Professional Dev't.
At PETC-2, I noticed that about 10 attendees and presenters had TREOs with them. In case any of you TREO-natics are reading this, I’d like to bring your attention to SplashBlog. In case you haven’t come across this service before, it’s something very much worth getting into, especially if you have a TREO.
SplashBlog [...]
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Sigh … PETC-2 came and went … what seemed to be quite a long week is now wuickly over. I have yet to post about Day 4 — this was filled with a lot of very interesting discussions. For all my fellow PETC-2ers out there … I truly had fun this week — all of [...]
Filed under: Educational Technology, Palm Handhelds, Professional Dev't.
Filed under: Educational Technology, Palm Handhelds, Professional Dev't.
Lisa started PETC-2 Day 4 with a discussion on grants and funding. Here a few links she brought up:
Education Grants
Education Grants from general corporation resources
COF – Community Foundations
Community Foundation Locator
Grants & Contracts – ED.gov
Govenment funding sources for education
Filed under: Educational Technology, Palm Handhelds
Lisa started Day 3 with a discussion on eBooks. “Is there any reluctance in accepting eBooks on handhelds in school districts? (No…, not really … ) Okay … then why aren’t we using them?” That made all PETC 2 attendees sit back and think for few moments.
Lisa went on to talk [...]
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Day 3 of PETC-2 was filled with lots of great activities and presentations. One of the activities was on podcasting. Here’s a quick list of podcast links shared by Lisa:
www.podcasting.net
www.podcast411.com
www.podcastalley.com
www.podcastpickle.com
www.ipoddex.com
Enjoy!
Filed under: Educational Technology, Podcasting
Day 2 of PETC-2 started with a presentation by Eric Johnson. He talked about topics such as convergence, rise of the “participatory culture”, increase in smartphone use and acquisition as well as the commensurate increase in bandwidth, the new web, RSS, and W3C.
According to Eric, as devices and services converge, supply and demand for [...]
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As I was listening to Eric Johnson’s ideas this morning, the work of Mark van’t Hooft and his colleagues came to mind. Their research on Ubiquitous Computing relates very much to Eric’s discussion on “always on access”. Mark and his group have been investigating how anytime, anywhere, anyone technology is changing [...]
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Here’s a pic of the “card condos” we are using at PETC 2. They’re available from this site. : – )
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There’s an update to EPIC 2014 … EPIC 2015. Here’s the link: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/epic
Another source: http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/
Filed under: Educational Technology
Listening to Eric Johnson’s opening talk this morning at Day 2 of PETC-2, a flash movie I visited some time ago came to mind. Eric talked about digital convergence in social promotion – where news stories are promoted based on their popularity. Have you watched EPIC 2014? It’s a very interesting look [...]
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Eric Johnson (Palm, Inc.) began Day 1 of PETC-2 by talking about wireless technology — basically to bring us up to speed on what’s available in this area. He went through a number of slides that discussed the different available technologies — such as CDMA GSM, GPRS, and EVDO and also talked about [...]
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PETC 2 is available for 3 or 4 graduate credits through the University of San Diego’s Division of Continuing Education. Go to this site to register: http://usd-online.org/studycourse.aspx
Enter your personal information and the information below.
Course Title: PALM EDUCATION TRAINING COORDINATOR – CAMP 2
Course Code: [EDU] 582AH
$55.00 per credit, payable by credit card.
Details [...]
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PETC 2 (PALM Education Training Coordinator Camp 2) kicked off last night (June 12, 2006) at the Sheraton in Milpitas, California. Lisa Olinger and Eric Johnson from PALM, camp leaders, joined seasoned and new PETCs for dinner at the Sheraton’s Cupertino room. PETCs from all over the U.S. (mostly from Illinois) shared [...]
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I finally got it! My new Black MacBook (far left) is here! [I'll post more pictures later.] The MacBook Pro belongs to someone else.
First impressions: the Black MacBook has a great matte finish — the size is just right — the 12″ PowerBook was just too tiny. The magnetic [...]
Filed under: Educational Technology, Mac