Archive | January, 2012

CO12 4th Annual Free Online Conference on WizIQ

CO12

Yes, it’s that time of year. CO12 is here!

I would like to personally invite you to join our 4th annual connecting online free online conference on WizIQ. You are cordially invited to join the live online conference on the weekend of Feb 3-5, 2012.… Read the rest

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Google’s new privacy policies and education

I had the chance to appear on the NPR program All Things Considered this weekend and was part of a roundtable discussion with the host, Guy Raz, and Lori Andrews, author of I Know Who You Are And I Saw What You Did.… Read the rest

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Classroom 2.0 news, a last take on iBooks, and more in review:ed #13

As usual, Kirsten Winkler and I recorded our weekly episode of review:ed last Friday and, as usual, I thought it was worth sharing with the WizIQ community (and beyond).

In particular, I wanted to call out an announcement from Classroom 2.0.… Read the rest

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Textbooks. Blah.

When I found out that I only needed three books for this spring semester, there was almost a party in my house. For the past three semesters, my books have come to prices above the $500 dollar mark. This is not the total price of all the books from each semester, not at all.… Read the rest

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New videos and podcasts on review:ed

Not surprisingly, I’m running behind posting my review:ed webcasts with Kirsten Winkler. In fact, we’re recording another in a couple of days. That being said, both of these, despite being “week-in-review” style shows, still have plenty of relevance and a fair preview of the show we’re doing Friday (they generally post on review:ed on Sunday and will usually be reposted here on the WizIQ blog and ZDNet no later than Monday).… Read the rest

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LMS (like my status) for LMS (learning management systems)

“Virtual” classroom or “Virtually used LMS” classroom

Virtually every college and university in the United States uses a learning management system, or LMS. Whether they choose to use Blackboard, Moodle, Desire2Learn, or one of the many other options available, there isn’t one school that doesn’t use a LMS.

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Nellie’s Time

Who said New Year Resolutions could only be written before the new year begins? Well, according to WikiPedia, a New Year’s Resolution “is made in anticipation of the New Year, and new beginnings. People committing themselves to a new year’s resolution plan to do so for the whole following year”.… Read the rest

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Recurring Class – What, Why, and How?

“I’m a teacher and have a class that repeats every week on Wednesday for the next 8 weeks. Can’t I schedule all the classes at once?”It wasn’t long before our teachers and organizations asked for the ability to create repeating classes.… Read the rest
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Siri signals the time for voice recognition in the classroom

Being the oldest child in a house filled with 5 kids is complicated. While it has its advantages, it also has some major disadvantages. I had to wait until I was 15 in order to stay up until nine at night.… Read the rest

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A longtime WizIQ user, but a new WizIQ blogger

I am a lifelong learner with a passion for sharing what I learn and collaborating with others in the process. I have always gone beyond the classroom as a student (K-12 – PhD) and as an English language teacher. Before the Internet was available, I spent hours in public libraries.… Read the rest

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