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While it may seem like I’m always high on a new tool or site, I really do think I’m pretty choosy about the ones that I wind up sharing. And I wouldn’t blog about it, if I didn’t feel there was merit to it and it was worth exploring. Which is why I […]

I keep meaning to post a followup to my previous Wii Fit post, complete with pertinent links, pictures and all that. But work/NECC/baby has gotten in the way and it just keeps getting put off. SO, I figured I’ll just do a really quick update for you.
I’ve now owned the Wii Fit for […]

It’s no secret that I think streaming video is going to be huge at NECC. I’ve already blogged about it once. A thread that I started on the NECC Ning site caused some major conversation. This led to an ISTE proclamation that sent ripples throughout the EduBlogosphere and led to a quick […]

Let’s get the full disclosure part out of the way right up front. Yes, I work for Discovery Education. And no, they didn’t ask me to post this on Teach42. But I think it’s pretty darn cool so I’m going to anyway. This is semi-cross posted on the DEN Blogs.
Discovery […]

This morning I had the pleasure to keynote the MDK12 Digital Library: Access for Success conference. This was my first chance to present strictly for a community of library media specialists (and related titles). I had a great time adapting my Learning to Speak Native presentation for them and certainly expanded my network […]

Greetings! I’d like to welcome all of you who are currently applying for jobs in education and wish you the best of luck. My name is Steve and I am the host here at Teach42.
A few years ago, I wrote a post last year about how surprised I was that so […]

Got an email from a friend of mine (who’s name shall be withheld to protect the innocent). He had a conversation with his district technology director that he asked for some help with.
I had a short conversation with our district technology director yesterday and Second Life came up. I was telling him how streaming video […]

Found via Rip’s daily links, How to fail in class with skills.

The other day somebody referred to me as an expert in the field of internet safety. While it’s true that I’ve done many presentations on the subject and have some very strong ideas about it, it got me wondering exactly when I became ‘an expert’? At some point, there was a line drawn […]

I got an email alerting me to a segment on CBS News about one school using a GPS tracking device to help stop truancy.

While it may have worked for the student in the video, I have to admit some skepticism regarding the ability for this to be a large scale solution. They […]

Before I get started, MAJOR kudos to the DEN in Second Life Leadership Council who have done a phenomenal job of putting together a truly amazing weekly series of presentations. It’s one of the best sources of professional development that you probably didn’t even know existed. And the speakers don’t just focus on […]

14 days ago I announced that I had swapped my 360 for my friend’s Wii and that I was going to try out the Wii Fit. My goal was to work out for 14 straight days. If I did, regardless of the results, I was going to buy myself a Wii and try […]

A few years ago, the big splash at NECC was live blogging. After that it was podcasting, when Apple first announced that iTunes was going to support podcasts at NECC. Last year big splashes were the Bloggers Cafe, Twitter and back channeling.
So what’s next?
I don’t think too many people are going […]