Daily Spotlight on Education 02/06/2010

• Miss Brownsword: Wallwisher Feedback from Children's Questionnaires and Interviews.

  MOre wallwisher feedback. I heard via Twitter that they used it for feedback at educon.

  tags: education, learning, tool

• Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information from Alfred Thompson : What Are You Learning This Summer

  Computer science teachers planning this summer should look at this overview from Microsoft uber-blogger Alfred Thompson.

  tags: education, learning, computerscience_teacher, computerscience, techintegrator

• 15 Interesting Ways to use Wallwisher in the Classroom

  Presentation covering 16 cool ways to use Wallwisher in the classroom.

  tags: education, tool, presentation, edu_newapp

• Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick

  Online noticeboard maker or just a way to wish someone well who may be feeling sick -- wallwisher.

  tags: education, learning, tool, edu_newapp, all_teachers

• TLC = Tech + Library + Classroom: Wallwisher

  Great overview from Tara about how she uses wallwisher. I haven't played with this new, cool tool but will. She says:
  
  "One of my favorite new tools that I shared with the group was Wallwisher. It's the whole 'get a sticky note, write your thoughts and stick it to the chart paper' activity but online. Brilliant! It's free, and I can keep the information archived each time I build a new wall. "

  tags: education, learning, edu_newapp

• Where are the savings in using GoogleApps? - Home - Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog

  Doug Johnson estimates the savings moving to Google apps, Great post for those considering this.
  
  Doug says:
  
  "These are rough and admittedly optimistic estimates, but I think you can see the general trend. Even if only 50% of my estimated nearly $2M in savings is realized, that averages out to close to $200,000 per year. (Out of a $1.2M budget.) I am not suggesting reducing tech budgets by this amount, but I can sure think of a lot more interesting things (like kids' computers, a more robust wireless network, and more bandwidth) to spend tech dollars on.
  
  Yes, I need to pay $7 a year per administrative, possibily teacher, e-mail account for archiving and retrieval. Not bad, though, considering."

  tags: google, cloudcomputing, education, costsavings, bestpractices, edu_trends

• Technology Making Education Better: Is all Technology Good?

  Interesting discussion here about cell phones in the classroom from Mary Harriet Talbut. Great comments and discussions emerging. Join in!

  tags: education, cellphone, learning

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