Mark Wagner delivered the keynote address for the Orange County CUE Technology Festival on January 20, 2007. The speech, titled Two-Way Teaching, included references to many online resources. Links to these resources appear below.
Introduction
- The Educational Technology and Life Blog
- Four Philosophies for Lead Learners (an Essay for On CUE Journal)
- Two-Way Teaching (a video for the k12OnlineConference)
Blogging
- wordpress.com (Get a full featured blog for free.)
- edublogs.org (A version of wordpress for educators)
- parentchild.blogspot.com (A sample “book club” blog)
- Global Awareness & Cultural Literacy Through Electronic Dialogue (Movie about a sample “pen pal” blog)
- supportblogging.com (A wiki with more educational blogging resources, including many more examples)
Wikis
- wikispaces.com (Get a full featured wiki for free.)
- aristotle-experiment.wikispaces.com (David Conlay’s English Literature Wiki)
- Using Wikis with K12 Students (Dan McDowell’s History Wikis)
Podcasts
- podomatic.com (Get a full featured podcast for free.)
- mabryonline.org (Mabry Middle School’s blogs and podcasts)
- adonnell.podomatic.com (Andersen School’s podcast)
- www.lagunabeachschools.org/TMS/index.html (Thurston Middle School’s blogs and pocasts)
Internet Safety and Awareness
- Internet Safety and Awareness (A wiki with additional presentation material)
Intellectual Property
- CreativeCommons.org (Share, reuse, and remix – legally.)
- ccmixter.org (Find CC licensed music to remix.)
- Linktribution (Alan Levin’s philosophy for giving attribution online)
Open Source Software
- Open Source Initiative
- Firefox (An alternative to Internet Explorer)
- GAIM (An alternative to AOL Instant Messenger)
- GIMP or Gimpshop (An alternative to Adobe Photoshop)
- OpenOffice (An alternative to Microsoft Office)
- Moodle (An alternative to Blackboard)
On the Horizon: Video Games in Education
- Video Games in Education (Additional presentation materials)
- Making-History (A game that teaches about WWII)
- Dimenxian (A game that teachers algebra)
- See also the Games in Education category at edtechlife.com.
If you have additional questions or comments about the keynote, please contact Mark.
Contact Information
- mark@edtechlife.com
- MarkWagnerIM (AIM, iChat)
- markdwagner (Skype)
- 949.394.6071