Sunday, November 20, 2011

Episode 5 Podcast - Creative Tech Support


The State of Tech - Episode 5 - "Creative Tech Support"

Summary: In this episode we talk about creative tech support including student helpers, parent helpers, teacher helpers, interns, outsourcing, online help, and providing your own tech support.

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News
  • Early Bird Registration - Don't miss your opportunity to register for the Ohio Educational Technology Conference at Early Bird Rates! Those who complete their registration on or before December 1, 2011 will save more than 20% on fees for the 14th Annual Conference, February 13-15 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Register and learn more here. (link)
  • Coming Soon: New Tech Planning Tool - eTech Ohio's new streamlined Technology Planning Tool will be released on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Pre-populated with district information, this comprehensive and forward-looking application provides a template for creating three-year technology plans that maximize the impact of technology investments from teaching, learning and fiscal perspectives.
Awesome Thing of the Week
  • Sean:  KinderTown - iOS educational app store specifically for pre-K through 1st grade.  Sort by device, age of the child(ren), subject, and price. (link)
  • Eric C:  Free Technology for Teachers - Ed-Tech Blog by Richard Byrne - http://www.freetech4teachers.com (Plus use Google Reader to keep up with the blog)
  • Eric G: The Snipping tool for Windows 7, an application built into Windows 7 and with a little help, a great tool for staff so show you exactly what that error said. You just need a Lab called: “Inserting images” by Kent T in GMail for the staff to copy and paste the image into the e-mail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bs6tzfzc_c

Main Topic: Creative Tech Support

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Addendum - The Dots and Clothing article that Eric G mentioned: http://northcanton.patch.com/blog_posts/dots-laundry-life-and-loving-your-kids