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Did a new presentation today “Beyond Cheating” at the Orange County CUE Tech Festival. I was really excited by the openness of the group to challenging assumptions (no one hurt me), and their ideas seemed to jive well with my own.
Here is the Prezi that I use with this workshop.

Wordle:  A Fertile Skill to Hurdle

Wordle helps us to look at words in a new way.  It’s simple and incredibly addictive.  Try it today.

Links for today:  delicious.com/gdhuyvetter/wordle

Prezi used in the presentation

Let me start by wishing all a very happy new year with all the challenges, opportunities, and occasional solutions that make us love ed tech so much.

I am taking a break from my usual curmudgeonly outlook to be optimistic as we broach a new decade (please don’t insist that the new decade starts until 2011…we fought that war in 2000 and the 01’s lost).

Reading the many articles outlining the progress of the past ten years, I see a clear pattern of progress in the classroom and the world in general.  In day to day battles with others and myself, it feels like nothing is happening, but looking at an arc of 10 years belies this perception.  If nothing else we are asking the questions and challenging assumptions that were sacrosanct not ten years ago.

The world is changing, and time is on our side!

Happy New Year!  Time to get moving!

I Have a Cunning PLN:  Care and Feeding of Your Personal/Professional Learning Network

Keeping up with educational technology is tough.  It is important to develop a network of support to ease the burden.

Prezi Presentation

I was very happy to be asked to speak at the inaugural TELL (Technology, Education, Learning, Leading) Conference in Van Nuys CA.  Over 100 educators from all over the Southland have gathered for talks on general topics and specific skills.  As well as the live speakers (I am very happy to be a live speaker because I am much better IRL) the conference is offering a moderated webinar track of major speakers.

I have enjoyed my first presentation (Changing Platforms/Changing Paradigms, the foundation talk of this blog) and I am looking forward to the second this afternoon (To Tech as Jesus Did).

Great compliments to Barbara Barreda, principal of St. Elizabeth School, who planned and coordinated the conference and to the rest of the conference staff for running a first-rate conference.  I hope that this will become a yearly event!

For those who attended my workshops, many thanks, and I welcome any comments here or sent directly to me.

Editing, Uploading, and Sharing Digital Video: The Basics (and I Mean Basics!)

Whether you are working with your own videos or screencasts, videos taking from the web, or student work, you can create and share a good looking final product with the help of Microsoft Movie Maker.

Further links can be found at www.delicious.com/gdhuyvetter/video

PowerPoint Slides

Video of this Presentation

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Podcast 9 “An Autumn Potpourri””

Links from this podcast:

Microsoft confirms free security software ships Tuesday

Kindles yet to woo University users:  Daily Princetonian

July 22/23, 2009
Website of the Week
www.Classroom20.com

Podcast of the Week
Quick and Dirty Tips

Topics

1. “Who’s There?” Skype and Google Voice
2. Computer Security:  Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
3. “What’s Your Backup Plan?” Developing and Maintaining a Safe, Rational Backup Plan for Your Data

Bookmarks for All Summer Presentations may be found at
www.delicious.com/gdhuyvetter/summertech

PowerPoint Slides

July 15/16, 2009

Website of the Week
www.lifehacker.com

Podcast of the Week
Tech Talk for Teachers

Topics
1. Accessing Media Online
2. The Virtual Fieldtrip:  Breaking the Classroom Box
3. Electronic Textbooks:  Pros, Cons, and Panic

Bookmarks for All Summer Presentations may be found at
www.delicious.com/gdhuyvetter/summertech

PowerPoint Slides