I'm missing ISTE again. Too far (and therefore too expensive) for me this year. This morning, while trolling Twitter, I ran across these two blog posts with advice for ISTE attendees.
First, Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers offers 7 Tips for ISTE newbies. Among his tips are charge your batteries (on the electronic devices), don't forget your comfortable shoes and attend vendor-sponsored soirees to meet people and get free food.
Second, Steve Dembo at Teach 42 suggests What not to do at ISTE. Steve's tips include Don't be a XXXXXXX and don't confine yourself to sessions from your friends and favorites.
Both of these posts can apply to ANY conference you might attend. It is good to attend conferences and workshops and these tips can help you make the most of it.
As for me, my goal is to attend ISTE 2012 in San Diego!
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Showing posts with label tips. Show all posts
24 June 2011
28 May 2011
Weekly Tech Tip: 5.28.11
Note: This begins a series of weekly tech tips that I am sending to my district's Teaching American History Project teachers. My original thought was to contain this in our internal weekly email, but I thought the tips might be useful here too. Let me know if you find the Weekly Tech Tips of use (or if you have suggestions for others)!
Download Google Toolbar. It will be your new BFF. Yes, it adds another row of annoying icons to your browser window, but the benefits far outweigh any minor quibble with the number of icons. In addition to the usual bookmarking feature available in browsers, you can also tag your bookmarks in Google Toolbar. Not only that, those book marks are available to you anywhere the Google Toolbar is installed. As soon as you log in to your Google Account, there they are!
Another handy feature is the ability to SHARE the webpages you view. Imagine this, you're surfing away, find a really cool site on the American Red Cross' efforts aiding the victims of the Johnstown Flood and you really want to share it with one of your friends. No longer do you have to copy and paste the URL into an email. Just click the SHARE icon, choose a method to share it and away you go!
There's also a nifty little icon that looks like a teeny, tiny newspaper. Click on that to get the latest in U.S. and World news.
Finally, if you click on the little wrench icon, then click on options, then click buttons, you will find a couple dozen MORE icons you can add to customize your browser experience.
Download Google Toolbar. It will be your new BFF. Yes, it adds another row of annoying icons to your browser window, but the benefits far outweigh any minor quibble with the number of icons. In addition to the usual bookmarking feature available in browsers, you can also tag your bookmarks in Google Toolbar. Not only that, those book marks are available to you anywhere the Google Toolbar is installed. As soon as you log in to your Google Account, there they are!
Another handy feature is the ability to SHARE the webpages you view. Imagine this, you're surfing away, find a really cool site on the American Red Cross' efforts aiding the victims of the Johnstown Flood and you really want to share it with one of your friends. No longer do you have to copy and paste the URL into an email. Just click the SHARE icon, choose a method to share it and away you go!
There's also a nifty little icon that looks like a teeny, tiny newspaper. Click on that to get the latest in U.S. and World news.
Finally, if you click on the little wrench icon, then click on options, then click buttons, you will find a couple dozen MORE icons you can add to customize your browser experience.
07 January 2010
How to Survive in 2010 – Digitally | Ozge Karaoglu's Blog
Here's a great post from Ozge Karaoglu to get you started in 2010. She offers great suggestions for getting started with blogging, tweeting and participating in online professional development. Perhaps one of the most important tips for the year is to consider registering a domain name.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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