U Tech Tips » Adrienne Michetti http://www.utechtips.com Articles, Tips, Screencasts, and Tutorials for Educators Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Simple Sites http://www.utechtips.com/simple-sites/ http://www.utechtips.com/simple-sites/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:54:02 +0000 Adrienne Michetti http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1843 I’m a big fan of the KISS principle. Thus, my excitement to see that GoogleSites — already a simple way to create a website — now has templates. Could website creation GET any easier?? The vid below explains how to use them.

Cross-posted at Pockets of Change.

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]]> http://www.utechtips.com/simple-sites/feed/ 0 Why Technology Isn’t Reforming Education — Yet http://www.utechtips.com/why-technology-isnt-reforming-education-ye/ http://www.utechtips.com/why-technology-isnt-reforming-education-ye/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:45:08 +0000 Adrienne Michetti http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1757 From Clark and Salomon (1986):
General media comparisons and studies pertaining to their overall instructional impact have yielded little that warrants optimism. Even in the few cases where dramatic changes in achievement or ability were found to result from the introduction of a medium such as television, . . . it was not the medium [...]

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]]> http://www.utechtips.com/round-two-and-version-4-diigo/feed/ 10 Easy Blogging 101 http://www.utechtips.com/easy-blogging-101/ http://www.utechtips.com/easy-blogging-101/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:47:41 +0000 Adrienne Michetti http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1441 It’s not really new, per se, but it certainly fits under the heading of a simple tech tip: an ultra-lite blogging platform. What could be simpler than click-and-post? Yep, I am definitely talking about a small thing that can make a big difference.
I’m referring to a new blogging sharing platform called Posterous. Yes, I realize [...]

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