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Adobe Educator's Choice Awards - honoring innovative educators - apply now

Educational Technology Guy

The 2012 Educator''s Choice Awards is an awards program for educators. Prizes include laptop (Macbook Pro) Adobe software Digital Camera and iPads with prizes in each category. The contest begins August 6, 2012 and the submission period ends on October 5, 2012. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Chromebooks - definitely awesome for education

Educational Technology Guy

Back in May of 2012, I wrote about Google Chromebooks and how they were great for education. We also have a high school using Windows laptops. Compare to around $600-$900 for comparable Windows laptop and around $600 for an iPad with keyboard. Easy to manage - a thousand times easier to manage than laptops or tablets.

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Mobile Learning Experience 2012 - April 11-13 in Phoenix, Arizona

The Mobile Native

Cross Post From Tony Vincent''s Learning in Hand Interested in iPad, iPod touch, tablets, netbooks, laptops, phones, apps, podcasting, Android, iOS, and web-based tools? Then join me for Mobile Learning Experience 2012 April 11-13 in Phoenix, Arizona. It''s my pleasure to be on the team organizing Mobile Learning Experience 2012.

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Connected Educator Month.What You Need To Know #CE13

The Web20Classroom

Started in 2012, an entire month of webinars, blog posts, ideas, discussions and more are dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of educators to get connected. The main website is [link] The hashtag is #ce13 While the calendar on my laptop says September, events have already begun. Hosting a Twitter Chat?

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Top Tips for Fast Formative Assessment that Works

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. GradeCam also works with laptops, desktops, tablets and any device that has a camera connected to wifi. You’re teaching your heart out. All of a sudden, you look in their eyes and wonder if they understand.

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Verizon launches free trainings and tools to help educators navigate digital instruction

eSchool News

The program is now expanding to include a new model for schools that already have 1:1 device programs, with Verizon providing hotspots equipped with a 30GB 4G LTE monthly data plan for students who have a school-issued tablet or laptop but lack reliable home internet access.

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Technology I use on a Daily Basis - 2015 Version

Educational Technology Guy

I have the same work and personal laptop - an HP Elitebook Folio 9470m with Core i5 processors and SSD drives. All of my files are in Drive, and backed up on my personal laptop. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. I'm thinking about the new Nexus 5 that is rumored, or the HTC One M9. It's lightweight, powerful and works great.