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Getting Your Game On: Great Ideas for Integrating Game Design in Your Curriculum #blackfootETC
These are my notes from Josh Hughes and Trevor Hughes breakout session, “Getting Your Game On,” on August 6, 2012, at the Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference in Missoula, Montana. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The official session description was: Members of Add-A-Tudez Entertainment Company show how the exciting world of video games…
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Identifying Barriers to Creativity in Schools #blackfootETC
This is an interview with Matt Clausen at the Educational Technology Conference sponsored by Blackfoot Communications in Missoula, Montana, on August 2, 2011. Matt tells about a 2010-2011 initiative in Missoula County Schools focusing on 21st Century Learning and identifying barriers to creativity in schools. Referenced websites in this video include: ETC 2011 Conference: https://www.blackfoot.com/etc/…
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Online Learning with Montana Digital Academy #blackfootETC
These are my notes from Jason Neiffer’s presentation, “Online Learning with Montana Digital Academy” at at the 2011 Educational Technology Conference, “Building Human Connections in a Digital World.” MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. An audio podcast version of this preso is also available! www.neiffer.com blog: www.techsavvyteacher.com twitter: @montdigacad and @TechSavvyTech (shared with…
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iPad Apps for the classroom #blackfootETC
These are my notes from a session on iPad apps presented by SOITA over H.323 video. (I got to this session late and couldn’t say the entire time, but learned some new things. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The Elements: A Visual Exploration is a great multimedia periodic table – MY THOUGHT:…
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Transformative Personal Connections in a Hyperconnected World #blackfootETC
Since arriving in Missoula a few hours ago, I’ve noticed some slight climatic differences between Montana and Oklahoma this month. Tuesday I’ll be sharing the opening keynote at the 2011 Educational Technology Conference, “Building Human Connections in a Digital World.” Use the Twitter hashtag #blackfootetc to follow the conference the next three days. A number…
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3 WiFi Hotspots in our Car
It’s Thanksgiving holiday time here in the United States, our family is on a road trip, our son is driving and we have 3 WiFi hotspots active in our car. This is a sign of the times. I’ll explain what functions each hotspot provides in this post. by Wesley Fryer HotSpot 1: iPhone Tethering It’s…
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Road Trip Wireless Devices (July 2014) #SignOfTheTimes
According to a Qualcomm infographic published by ArsTechnica in May 2014, in the United States “the average home has 7 connected devices today, that’s predicted to exceed 20 devices by 2020.” If our family was included in that survey sample today, we would definitely inflate the mean. This weekend our family took a 1600 mile…
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Tutorial: How To Upload a Video to YouTube
(cross-posted from Yukon Public Schools Instructional FAQs) Here are instructions for uploading a video to your YouTube channel. If you haven’t setup your channel yet, see the post, “Create an Educational YouTube Channel” and do that first. STEP 1: LOGIN TO YOUTUBE Visit youtube.com and click the SIGN IN link in the upper right corner.…
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Educational Podcasts from Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference (August 2012)
This week I had an opportunity to attend and present at the Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference in Missoula, Montana, at the beautiful College of Education at the University of Montana. In addition to taking notes from several sessions, I also recorded and posted session audio to a supplementary podcast channel I’ve maintained for several years,…