http://infoteacher.edublogs.org I am a Librarian, a teacher of Information Literacy, technology, research and thinking skills. I teach my students (and their teachers) by working to integrate all things technical into the mainstream of all subjects at my school. I am working to be 21st Century literate. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:22:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Slate's Farhad Manjoo writes about the next version of Office, Office 2010. The provocotive title, Microsoft Office's Last Stand, alludes to the coming revolution.  If 2010 has something to offer beyond what one can get online, it will continue to dominate as it does now. If cloud computing, long predicted ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/11/20/cloud-computing-vs-what-we-have-now/ Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology writer, writes an article entitled, "Fix Your Terrible, Insecure Passwords in Five Minutes."  Most of us have bad security habits (this is going to come back and bite many, many Americans in a bad way -- possibly soon).  I've written earlier about the password keeper I use (which is ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/11/18/passwords-a-simple-trick/ Next time I have a presentation of any kind, I'll use Prezi.  It's part Slide Show (without the slides if you can imagine), part Poster (electronic), part Graphic Organizer and Note Taking Machine all in one. That probably doesn't really explain it, but I know that a Prezi presentaiton will ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/11/11/prezi/ Everyone should read this post at the Dangerously Irrelevant Blog (the title of the post is "10 Questions About Books, Libraries, Librarians, and Schools" (great blog to read, by the way -- oh, I forgot, I mean btw). At least one colleague emailed me to note that I should cross reference ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/11/07/109/ Check out Spreeder -- "free online speed reading application." I'm not sure what it is, but there must be a way to use it (probably not with your Dylexia students; but then again maybe because they see only 1 word rather than lines and lines of words . . . . who knows?). ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/11/06/there-has-to-be-a-teaching-application-for-this/ Myna - a web based audio creation site. See the Myna Demo. It looks cool. It shows what can be done and how easy something that used to take specialty equipment can now be done. Ill admit, I haven't tried Myna. It was just something I noticed while perusing a new ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/11/06/its-not-garageband-but/ Here is the text of President Obama's speech to school children (provided by MSNBC).  Here is their story about his speech and conservative response (you want other links from a more centrist source?  Go find it yourself; it just ain't that hard!). I have to admit that I only skimmed the ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/09/07/the-speech/ One of the big complications in today's digital world, is passwords. As an educator, I hear it all the time how "teachers have to keep a password for everything." It's also true in any job you work.  Add multiple email accounts, blogs, online accounts, online banking, etc., and you have ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/08/30/password-security/ From Beloit College's Mindset List for the Class of 2013 Ok, I still claim to be one of the "young" teachers, but this list starts making me look older.  I don't like it.  Sometime we assume everyone thinks like we do. Maybe that's why those can't hear or understand what we're ... http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/08/24/why-are-kids-different/ I created a little flier to promote my role as a teacher.  Download and use it if you're a technology teacher. http://infoteacher.edublogs.org/2009/08/17/why-technology-in-education/