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The U.S. Department of Education is developing a new National Educational Technology Plan to provide a vision and concrete goals for how information and communication technologies can help transform American education. To help shape the Plan, the… Continue

The US Department of Education is developing a new National Educational Technology Plan. It is intended that the plan will provide a set of goals that can inform state and local educational technology plans as well as inspire research, development, and innovation. A draft plan is expected in early 2010.
The US Department of Education is seeking the expertise of the entire education community to help develop and shape the National Educational Technology Plan. All educators are invited to particip… Continue

I am going to follow Obe's lead and share some of what I picked up from NECC. NECC is overwhelmingly huge and the more we share, the more we all benefit.

Sometimes at conferences, I find myself attending sessions on the same theme. I was fairly random this time.

I personally and professionally use google tools and am very interested in their use in schools. I went to Tammy Worcester's session,… Continue

Twitter Tips.docx

I have been a Twitter user for almost 3 years and find it to be a beneficial tool for me in many ways. I recently have been working with some people in Va Beach to create an official vbschools Twitter account and in the process created a tips sheet for them to use. You are welcome to use, copy, and modify it. I didn't necessa… Continue

Last night we held a VSTE meeting in Second Life. I was concentrating on presenting so can't verify myself but I am told there was a good crowd. At the meeting, Karen Richardson, Kay Lera, and I shared information about VSTE and our initiatives.

The meeting was very similar to what we did at the conference a couple of weeks ago...except that this time I was way out of my comfort zone. My avatar will celebrate her 2 yr birthday this summer but I still feel very, very inexperienced. I can't contr… Continue