Ping.fm bookmarklet for multiple Ping.fm accounts

Since Ping.fm doesn’t allow you to add multiple Twitter accounts to one Ping.fm account, I’ve resorted to have two accounts with them, one for my personal accounts (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace) and one for my professional accounts (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn). To update my status for either Ping.fm account I use the special email addresses they offer [...]

Setup a Facebook Page instead of using your personal FB account

One common question I see asked all the time is whether or not teachers should friend students on Facebook. Although you can set your privacy settings on Facebook to hide certain aspects of your life from groups of friends, this isn’t fool proof. Friending everyone including students and parents simply begins breaking down yet another [...]

Online collaboration with EtherPad

Etherpad, which was open to users, then closed, appears to now be open again. It is an online collaborative text editor usable by anyone with an Internet connection, a browser, and Javascript. There is no sign up required, you just share a unique URL with the people you want to collaborate with. Each user is [...]

Gmail presents Autopilot

From the website:
The easiest email could possibly be.
As more and more everyday communication takes place over email, lots of people have complained about how hard it is to read and respond to every message. This is because they actually read and respond to all their messages.
With Gmail autopilot no longer do you have to worry [...]

Google Spreadsheet Forms for class/meeting sign-ups

I was trying to think of a quick and easy way to have my staff sign up for classes. Right before I sat down to whip something up with a little php/mysql I realized I could just use a google form.
To get started, log into Google Docs and under the New button, one of the [...]

Twitter tracking

I’ve been playing around with Twitter for a little while (and if you’re really bored, you can follow me). A very cool feature is tracking. It works when you link your Twitter account with your instant messenger of choice. I’m currently tracking the following terms:

education
ed tech
ipod touch
educational technology

I then see any tweet posted with those [...]

Low tech and high tech communication – eTech Ohio 2008

At the eTech Ohio Technology Conference this past February I presented on different ways a person can communicate. Some ways were very low tech (writing a letter, using the phone), and some ways very high tech (using Grand Central to control incoming calls, social networking with del.icio.us or Twitter). I’ve finally gotten around to tagging [...]

Google Reader and the iPhone/iPod Touch

Using my RSS reader of choice Google Reader, I’ve discovered two ways to use it on my iPod Touch. If I navigate to:
http://google.com/reader/m I get a slightly different interface than using http://google.com/m#reader. The former address gives me a nice icon when I add it to my home screen, but the latter address works better on [...]

Websites to create newsletters, brochures, albums, and cards

From the NCS-Tech blog: Meet your “Maker” – Newsletters, Brochures, Albums and Postcards
Thanks to a tip from my friend and colleague Nancy Sharoff, I am pleased to tell you about these VERY cool and FREE of course services offering fast and easy creation of professional looking newsletters, brochures, photo albums and postcards Who needs Microsoft [...]

Google for Educators

Google, at Google For Educators, is now offering educational resources for using Google products in the classroom:
Google recognizes the central role that teachers play in breaking down the barriers between people and information, and we support educators who work each day to empower their students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. This website is [...]