Bring Your Own Laptop To School syndicated data http://grou.ps/byolaptop Sat, 26 May 2012 03:47:04 +0100 GROU.PS FeedCreator http://1to1schools.net/2012/05/making-a-case-for-social-media-in-the-classroom/ Thu, 24 May 2012 01:11:07 +0100 http://edinatech.blogspot.com/2012/05/research-in-google-docs.html Today Google announced a new Tool in Google Docs called "Research." It allows you to either select the Tool menu or right click on the word, and have a side bar pop up with information about the word. It currently is working outside of our Apps for Education domain when you create a new document, and should hopefully be rolling into our Apps for Edu in the next couple of weeks. The video below gives an overview.




UPDATE: After posting this, Kyle Pace shared with me the document he put together on the new features. In it, he points out that you can also change the search filter to include only images that have been Creative Commons licensed, along with other detailed features. Thanks for the "heads up," Kyle!

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 20:13:00 +0100 http://1to1schools.net/2012/05/students-use-google-maps-to-plan-field-trips/ Mon, 14 May 2012 05:52:42 +0100 http://bunkerjohn.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/post-to-edublog-weekly-19/ Sun, 13 May 2012 10:31:05 +0100 http://1to1schools.net/2012/05/the-journey-can-be-exciting-and-scary-at-the-same-time/ Fri, 11 May 2012 23:00:20 +0100 http://carlanderson.blogspot.com/2012/05/two-edcamps-in-minnesota-this-june.html EdcampMSP in Brooklyn Park on June 2nd and EdcampMN on June 20th in Little Canada. 

For those who are not familiar with the edcamp model, it is democratically selected teacher-led professional development.  Attendees propose sessions and discussion topics, attendees vote, and the conference agenda is decided that day. Also, as was the case at our Edcamp last year, each of these events will be kicked off with a special keynote presenter. EdcampMPS will feature Brad Hosak from University of Minnesota’s Learning Technologies (LT) Media Lab and EdcampMN will feature Ira Socol who is an educational researcher at Michigan State University focusing on Universal Design and the history and structures of education.


Registration for both events is free and just like last year there will be a graduate credit option available for teachers who want to take advantage of it.  Registration is open now for both events.  I hope to see you there.

]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 20:46:00 +0100 http://carlanderson.blogspot.com/2012/05/digital-backpack-woes.html
This really stinks because just two weeks ago I was updating and editing the pages in Yourdraft.com and the web service gave me no warning. I have been able to locate the company that registered the domain (Key-Systems) using Who.is and looking at the domain archive. Who.is even gave the IP addresses that Yourdraft.com used to point to before it expired.  Problem is, I don't know the rest of the file path at those domains to know how to access my content.

Well, I still have all the links in my Delicious account and most of them backed up on different pages of my Techno Constructivist wiki but it will take some time to rebuild the Digital Backpack.  I was thinking of redoing it with a new design anyway. This time I will either use Google Docs or self-host individual pages.

Here is a link to the last working version of the Digital Backpack:

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