U Tech Tips 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 Latest Web Marks 03/10/2010 http://www.utechtips.com/latest-web-marks-03102010/ http://www.utechtips.com/latest-web-marks-03102010/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:31:44 +0000 Jeff Utecht http://www.utechtips.com/latest-web-marks-03102010/ BBC News – Mapping the growth of the internet
A great interactive map that looks at the spread of Internet use around the world from 1998 – 2008. 
tags: Internet, population

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]]> http://www.utechtips.com/latest-web-marks-03102010/feed/ 1 ASB Unplugged Mumbai – a teacher’s impressions http://www.utechtips.com/asb-unplugged-mumbai-a-teachers-impressions/ http://www.utechtips.com/asb-unplugged-mumbai-a-teachers-impressions/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:23 +0000 Jason Welker http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1988 A couple of weeks ago teachers from around the world congregated at the American School of Bombay in India for the bi-annual ASB Unplugged 1-1 laptop conference. The week proved very helpful for teachers at schools either exploring the introduction of a 1-1 laptop program as well as for those of us who already work [...]

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tags: Twitter, classroom, social-learning

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Extensions slow a browser down as it’s extra code that needs to be loaded, extra things sometimes running in the background, so I’m committed to keeping my extensions to a minimum and keep the Chrome speed a priority. So, here’s my basic package:

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]]> http://www.utechtips.com/latest-web-marks-02212010/feed/ 1 My Google Chrome Extensions http://www.utechtips.com/my-google-chrome-extensions/ http://www.utechtips.com/my-google-chrome-extensions/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:55:00 +0000 Jeff Utecht http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1982 Last week Google Chrome updated itself on my MacBook and now allows Chrome extensions. I’ve almost completely moved over to Chrome as the speed of the browser just blows both Firefox and Safari away in my experience…and the way it handles gmail, gdocs, gwave, and the rest of G is just smooth. What’s been holding [...]

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]]> http://www.utechtips.com/my-google-chrome-extensions/feed/ 2 Bring Buzz to Edu Apps http://www.utechtips.com/bring-buzz-to-edu-apps/ http://www.utechtips.com/bring-buzz-to-edu-apps/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:12:17 +0000 Jeff Utecht http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1976 Google Buzz has been out for a while now and has been slowly making its mark on the social-networking scene.
As I’ve been investigating Buzz (a.k.a. playing with it…but investigating sounds so much more important!) and how it changes social-networking, it hit me the other day how this might just be the communication tool I’ve been [...]

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Companies looking to reach women — whether as consumers, entrepreneurs, employees, or advocates — have an unprecedented opportunity through social media to engage them. For women, social media presents abundant opportunities to lead, effect change, innovate, and build relationships across sectors, locally, nationally, and globally.
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Wifi Turns Arizona Rowdy Bus Ride Into Rolling Study Hall
Do School Libraries Need Books? This debate style article has over 300 comments at the moment. It definitely has [...]

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I’ve watched more videos than I care to count about the iPad (my thoughts here) and in a recent survey to our students here at ISB [...]

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Enter social video games as a solution — immersive environments that simulate real-world problems. Today, technologically eager schools are replacing textbook learning with social video games, and improving learning outcomes in the process. Here’s how they’re doing it.
tags: videogames, Education

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