Technology News for Today's K-20 Educator

From eSchool News:

History

eSchool News covers education technology in all its aspects–from legislation and litigation, to case studies, to purchasing practices and new products. First published in March of 1998, eSchool News is a monthly print and digital newspaper providing the news and information necessary to help K-20 decision-makers successfully use technology and the internet to transform North America’s schools and colleges and achieve their educational goals. The newspaper is read by more than 300,000 school leaders, and a companion web site—eSchool News Online (http://www.eschoolnews.com ) is visited by more than 500,000 unique visitors each month, including over 250,000 registered members.

Zotero: Great Research Tool

From CNET:
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work in the web browser itself.
Features include: automatic capture of citation information from Web pages; storage of PDFs, files, images, links, and whole Web pages; flexible notetaking with autosave, fast, as-you-type search through your materials; and playlist-like library organization, including saved searches (smart collections) and tags.

Give it a try.  Go to http://www.zotero.org/

EdmodoCon Registration Is Now Open

If you love Edmodo, you don't want to miss this great professional development opportunity.

"We are pleased to announce that registration for EdmodoCon 2011 is now open!Register now.  Wednesday, August 10, 2011.  10amET – 6pmET.

Please join us for a full-day of sessions, or pick and choose the sessions that interest you most. More details on each of the following sessions and the presenters will be released later this week."

To read more click on this link: http://bit.ly/r4llnG

Google's Wonder Wheel is Gone...for Now!

Unfortunately, this wonderful search tool is gone...at least for now.  To read more click on this link: http://bit.ly/pdMpD6

Wrapping Up Our July Training

It has been quite a journey but we have done well.  I have seen all of you grow in leaps and bounds moving from one module to another.  I appreciated the camaraderie among you.  Enjoy what is left of this summer break and may this coming school year be filled with a ton of technological fun.

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Wrapping Up Our May Training

Congratulations for finishing this intense training while wrapping up the school year and thank you for the feedback you gave us.  This resource is for you to continue your learning after the training.  Feel free to leave us comments or contact us. 
Have a great summer!

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Welcome to the May 2011 Gateway to Technology Training!

This is one of the main resources for this training.  Take time to familiarize yourself with it.  You will be asked to add your comments following our instruction for each module.
Best,
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