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This morning a colleague of mine, Derek Rodriguez, e-mailed about the launch of a new Triangle Research Libraries Network Search Engine he has been working on for quite a while. It has some really cool [...]

So I have emerged from the depths of research and work. We have this great program at UNC-CH that allows staff to take classes for free. I decided to take advantage of that this past semester and enrolled in a Human Computer Interaction class taught by Gary Marchionini in the School of Information [...]

I came in a little late and unfortunately missed the opening discussion, but we split into groups and discussed issues that confront instructional technologist at each of our tables. Here are the themes that came up.

What is an instructional technologist? instructional technology?

Instructional technologies are a diverse group encompassing faculty, staff, and students.

Need a comprehensive [...]

As technology and teaching becomes more and more important, so does the need to teach others to use that technology. For a while the standard in the industry has been Camtasia. Don’t get me wrong, the program is great, but it costs around $300. Not always feasible for educators like me.
A couple [...]

Darren Draper, a technology specialist from Sandy Utah recently posted an article in which he asked the general question… why do we blog?  Great question for us educational bloggers out there… so why do I blog?

Darren, I started blogging because I really felt like I had some ideas that would benefit the larger educational community [...]

The hype building up to the June 29th release of the iPhone is just staggering. Steve Jobs predicted that the iPhone will revolutionize and/or reinvent the phone in his Mac World Expo keynote speech. With educators already using cell phones and iPod’s in the classroom, how will this new device impact education? What new ‘revolutionary’ [...]

Yesterday I came across an article about the listed off ten ways to use a camera phone. As I read through this list I realized that a lot of these would be useful in education. It really got my brain turning too. The past couple of years have seen an explosion of cell [...]

Just in case you hadn’t noticed by now, I think RSS is just about the best thing since sliced bread. I have written about Google Reader and shared a pretty popular video recently introducing RSS. Well, if you need a more formal source that RSS is viable and important in Education, EDUCAUSE Learning [...]

Almost all of the students in classrooms K-12, and a large percentage of students in colleges are ‘digital natives,’ or students who grew up with ubiquitous access to digital media. These are those who can’t remember a time without e-mail and the internet. Because these students are intimately familiar with computers, the web, [...]

I came across this insightful video this morning about Digital Learners and why technology is important to incorporate when teaching students.

This is not a new idea, but one that is dear to me.  Use this video anytime you have a room full of teachers and you’re trying to help them see why technology [...]