Tag Archives: Special Ed

The Tech Tuesday Newsletter 6/26/12

ShareMyLesson.com There are many online places for teachers to find lesson plans, and now The American Federation of Teachers has created their own with ShareMyLesson.com. I like the crowd-sourcing mentality of this site, they allow teachers to vote for the lessons, thereby promoting … Continue reading

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The Tech Tuesday Newsletter 06/12/12

Social Media Guidelines A couple of articles came across my desk this week in regard to social media guidelines for K12 teachers, and I think as a School of Education it is important for us to be knowledgeable about the … Continue reading

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The Tech Tuesday Newsletter 5/22/12

Emerging Technologies Institute As most of you already know, we started our Emerging Technologies Institute classes last week. The courses are being taught on open access platforms, which means anyone can come in and see what we are doing. If you are … Continue reading

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1 instructor, 2760 students There is an instructor at Va. Tech named John Boyer who does this. I think I might have mentioned him in another weekly newsletter as he also gets famous Nobel Prize winners (Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Aung … Continue reading

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The Tech Tuesday Newsletter 4/10/12

VCU Moving to Gmail I know most of you have already heard but VCU is changing their email platform to gmail very soon. I have been getting a lot of emails about this, and wanted to provide everyone with a … Continue reading

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The Tech Tuesday Newletter 4/3/12

VCU Tech Fair Today! VCU Technology Services along with the VCU libraries is sponsoring a Tech Fair today in the Student commons, in the Richmond Salons from 9 am till 2 pm. Representatives from Atomic Learning, Blackboard, Apple, Dell and others will … Continue reading

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The Tech Tuesday Newsletter 2/21

Finally! i recently recieved some feedback on these weekly newsletters. Here is an excerpt (printed with permission) from an email from Dr. Mulloy in the Department of Special Education and Disability Policy: ********* do people ever respond to your newsletter commentaries? I … Continue reading

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The Tech Tuesday Newsletter 2/14

MITx (has begun) Registration for the first MITx course started Monday (Feb 13th), and for this pilot run, credentialing is free. In the January 10th newsletter, I reported on MITx, which is MIT’s (Mass. Institute for Tech) new venture where they … Continue reading

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The Tech Tuesday Newsletter

MITx (kind of a big deal) In the January 10th newsletter, I told you guys about MITx, which is MIT’s (Mass. Institute for Tech) new venture where they provide online course material for free, and even award a certificate for … Continue reading

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The Tech Tuesday Newsletter 01/17/12

They did pretty well with the whole iPod, iPhone, iPad thing……… Apple is making a big announcement on Thursday, and sources say they will be introducing textbooks optimized for the iPad that allow for interaction with the content and partnership with publishers. … Continue reading

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Tech Tuesdays Weekly Email 9/20/11

I’m not sure about this either….. ….but I ran across this article about an application that allows students in your class to use their cell phones to interact with you and your presentation. I am a big proponent of the clickers … Continue reading

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