About: I'm an instructional designer at the Hunter College Campus Schools. I support the effective use of technology in schools and classrooms.

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Technology strengthens, deepens, and broadens our learning...

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Technology works in education.

We are still, of course, trying to figure out how. This section is dedicated to providing frameworks, ideas, strategies, and success stories to use technology to strengthen, deepen, and broaden our learning.

The first part of this page lists some recent entries I've written about educational technology. The second part has a collection of HOWTO step-by-step guides.

This is a small article I've written summarizing my view about educational technology. I encourage you to check it out and comment as you see fit.

Online learning in k-12? Meh….
Summer in educational technology
The disadvantage of Always (The blur - part 2)
The blur
is twitter educational?
Emerging software architectures and non-relational software
The problem with URL shortening…
Stolen equipment
The best IT certifications are no certifications
Should schools totally ban electronic devices?
Kindle / ebook reader as electronic textbook?
How is twitter different than RSS?
The Destiny of OPAL?
Rolling your own in education
Is Wikipedia reliable?
Teens video games and civics
Emotional Intelligence and being a Director of Technology
New school year coming - my goals
Interns, support, and the relaxing summer life in ed tech!
Your elementary school needs a supercomputer
Thank you ISTE - one of the best blogs for June 2008!
Net Restore and niceness
Edward Tufte is a smart guy
The way IT is supposed to be…in schools?
PBS videos on iTunes
Great podcast and a comment about making tech easy to use
How to keep track of good websites?
The internet rots your brain
Support
The Finnish
What does an instructional designer do?
A $400.00 lightbulb - part 3 (final)
a $400.00 lightbulb - part 2
A $400.00 lightbulb
Internet safety

HOWTO guides (require PDF viewer)

Google related guides

Google: animated guides for google applications
HOWTO: Use google pages
Using Google documents
HOWTO: google: sending email from different accounts
HOWTO: Google: setting up groups in google (especially for teachers!)

Blackboard guides

HOWTO: Blackboard: organizing folders
HOWTO: Blackboard: manging links
HOWTO: Blackboard: Course Documents
HOWTO: Blackboard: Staff information
HOWTO: Blackboard: books
HOWTO: Blackboard: assignments
HOWTO: Blackboard: course information
HOWTO: Blackboard: announcements
HOWTO: Blackboard: introduction to the control panel

Office guides

Google: Managing google alerts
Office: how to annotate a Word document
Office: how to password protect an office document
Excel gradebook templates
Windows HOWTO: printing in powerpoint
Windows HOWTO: Powerpoint advanced
Windows HOWTO: inserting clipart in word
Windows HOWTO: Introduction to powerpoint
OS X HOWTO: introduction to Word

OS X

OS X HOWTO: Saving to a specific folder
OS X HOWTO: record a narrative using garage band
OS X HOWTO: introduction to Word
OS X HOWTO: Using iCal
OS X HOWTO: Introduction to OS X
OS X HOWTO: backing up using a USB thumb drive
OS X HOWTO: use a usb thumb drive

Web-based application (aka web 2.0)

HOWTO: using YouTube in education
HOWTO: using giffy.com
HOWTO: using del.icio.us
HOWTO: Introduction to quickmaps.com
HOWTO: wiki’s and you
Windows HOWTO: using flickr

General Computing

Office: how to password protect an office document
Windows HOWTO: Using Acrobat Reader for new users
Windows HOWTO: Creating filters in Eudora
Windows HOWTO: introduction to Windows

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