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Highlights from the 2011 Educational Technology Conference (ETC) in Missoula
Blackfoot Communications sponsors an annual, summer technology conference for regional educators working in and around Missoula, Montana. Organizers of the conference this year did a great job compiling presentation resources as well as many videos recorded by VisionNet using H.323 videoconferencing equipment. Many of these videos are hour+ sessions. The following is a sixty second…
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Highlights from Today’s Technology Leadership Workshop in Missoula, MT #mtvision
As I’d hoped, today proved to be a wonderful day of learning in Missoula, Montana, with educational leaders from around the state. In addition to the crowd we had face-to-face at the University of Montana in Missoula, we had remote attendees connecting via H.323 video from Billings, Kalispell, Helena, and Poplar. Here are a few…
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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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More Than One Way to Orbit in Scratch
Today I shared a three hour workshop at TechKnowledgey 2013 in Missoula on using Scratch software with K-12 students in the classroom, in after-school clubs (like Chris Simon did at Independence Elementary in Yukon, Oklahoma last year) as well as “Scratch Camps.” My favorite things that happened during the workshop, when teachers were exploring and…
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Welcome to Hogwarts (August 2013)
These are the slides I’ll be using for the opening keynote tomorrow at the 2013 TechKnowledgey Conference at the University of Montana in Missoula, sponsored by Blackfoot Telecom and Western Montana CSPD. The presentation includes quite a bit of new content for me, and I’ve titled it, “Welcome to Hogwarts.” Welcome to Hogwarts (August 2013)…
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2011 iPad 2 = 1985 Cray Supercomputer
This is a classic photo caption: The second iteration of the Cray supercomputer, this time released in 1985, could run a staggering twelve times faster than the original, while taking up less space. by Pargon According to Steve Omohundro, in his TEDxTallinn presentation, “Smart Technology for the Greater Good,” The iPad2 in 2011 was (and still…
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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,…
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Automate Email Updates to Parents from Your Classroom Blog
Email is an important communication platform for many parents in many communities. The digital divide is real, and not all parents use email or have the resources (equipment and connectivity) to receive email. In many schools and communities today, however, many parents ARE using email and it can provide a great “channel” of communication between…