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Innovations @ CES 2009 in Review

So after a two week hiatus from my blogspot, I thought I would share my review of CES 2009. If you have never been to the CES show in Vegas, to say it is overwhelming would be an understatement. I… Continue

Added by John Costilla on January 21, 2009 at 1:35pm — 2 Comments

Preferred Student Communication Tools

I've discovered this information first hand when I first turned on text messaging on my kid's cell phones. My son, a freshman in high school, managed to rack up 3,500 text messages in one month, and that's having been grounded from his phone for two weeks that month. My daughter is much better, she still calls us, old timers, but chooses to text her friends in college.

Only 12% of students currently check email on their mobile, but eROI predicts tha

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Added by John Costilla on December 15, 2008 at 8:10am — 1 Comment

Podcast with Wes Fryer

A couple of weeks ago, I had an opportunity to attend a webinar in Oklahoma on Web 2.0 Collaboration and Comm… Continue

Added by John Costilla on December 12, 2008 at 8:58am — No Comments

Tips for a better you.

A friend of mine gave me this and I wanted to share with you. These are great tips and though… Continue

Added by John Costilla on December 9, 2008 at 8:56am — 1 Comment

The PD Learning Curve

I think about the many times I attended professional development or training sessions as a teacher and how often much of it was done at the beginning of the year, during semester transitions or during staff development days throughout the year. Mu… Continue

Added by John Costilla on December 3, 2008 at 8:47am — No Comments

Is YouTube the new Google?

Can a site like… Continue

Added by John Costilla on December 2, 2008 at 8:35am — No Comments

WWW Leaders That Shape Our Future

Much has shaped the world we live in today including our transportation, education and technology. But in my opinion, nothing has created a rapid change like the World Wide Web. Especially now more than ever, the Web 2.0 movement and development has given the average user a way to create, publish, communicate, commerce, and connect like never before. So who are some of the thought leaders that have helped to shape the Internet that has brought us where we are today?… Continue

Added by John Costilla on November 26, 2008 at 7:34am — No Comments

Teachers have value.

I came upon this post @ Dumb Little Man. I love these posts because every now and then in the midst of searching for technology tips or Web 2.0 stuff you come across a little jewel like this. The… Continue

Added by John Costilla on November 25, 2008 at 9:24am — No Comments

Shift Happens again..?

I've seen versions of this over time and obviously what we see are the basic threads of rapid information growth, our place in the global technology world, and a sense of urgency to jump on board. Meanwhile jobs are being lost, more houses in foreclosure, companies are shutting down, bailouts are being requested by leading banks, car companies and the like. With more information and more access and more "connectedness," where are these new jobs? I'm excited about the promise of 2049, but what wi… Continue

Added by John Costilla on November 21, 2008 at 8:04am — No Comments

You got what you got.

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Added by John Costilla on November 18, 2008 at 10:27am — No Comments

PLN - 86 slides or less

If you want to get up to speed on Web 2.0 professional learning tools and resources in 86 slides or less, preview Cliotech's slideshare presentation. Unbelievable that she was able to capture all of this... reminds me of the song, "We didn't start the fire" by Billy Joel. You can download the presentation at… Continue

Added by John Costilla on November 4, 2008 at 8:38am — No Comments

Favorite and NOT SO Favorite Classrooms

I typically start my morning hour checking email, Google Reader, and Stumble. I came upon this post and thought I would share. As teachers, we sometime wonder about today's students and how they learn or behave differently from when we were kids. It's no questions that today's students are very different and very "wired… Continue

Added by John Costilla on November 3, 2008 at 8:47am — No Comments

A Web 2.0 Halloween

Last night America, went out for weekly Tuesday meeting and so I had the kids at home to myself. After giving the critters their baths and getting them into their pjs, we got into the Halloween spirit. With that, we pulled out all the gear from the attic and decided to create a haunted hallway. The kids love making tents with blankets and such so we pulled out some old bla… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 15, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Video to go

Brightcove.tv has released Platform 3, the latest of their online video distribution service. Read the complete review by… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 14, 2008 at 9:13am — No Comments

YouTube x 4

Who doesn't like 80's music? Okay, the song is a little cheesy, but take a look at this in 4 x YouTube HD! We've all see a lot of YouTube in our time, but this is really cool and probably very time consuming. Four YouTube Videos running simultaneously to form one video. Click play at the top to have them auto synced. I wish I would have thought of this...

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Added by John Costilla on October 10, 2008 at 2:56pm — No Comments

"...and I quote."

As I was reading through a series of blogs from my Google reader, I came upon this post (Steve Jobs' 10 Secrets to Building a Huge Emp… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 9, 2008 at 12:18pm — No Comments

School 2.0

Chris Lehman shares some of his ideas about the schools that we need. All kids should be able to collaborate, create, present and network.

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Added by John Costilla on October 8, 2008 at 7:28am — No Comments

Livestation

Today's blogs slant towards video, so in that spirit, a great tool for teachers or anyone is Livestation. A great way to integrate video in the classroom.… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 7, 2008 at 9:28am — No Comments