What would Lincoln do? If he had Twitter

Usually the early adopters of technology are businesses and later on it trickles down to government, non-profits and yes politics. In the last two elections, presidential candidates started using technology to gain an advantage over their opponents, especially during the primaries. Howard Dean and Barrack Obama used technology effectively and intelligently and the results speak [...]

Top Technology Tips for Teachers

Teachers taking their first tentative steps into the world of education may be a little overwhelmed at first at the prospect of facing a classroom of young learners, all relying on their imagination and resourcefulness to take them to the next stage in their lives.
On top of this, there will be school policies and curriculums [...]

Empower English Language Learners With Tools From the Web

Review
“This timely, user-friendly book provides inservice and preservice ESL teachers with the background and tools needed to implement Web 2.0 technologies in their classes today. The ELLs in these classrooms will benefit from learning English (and content) through rich and motivating technologies such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, [...]

New Dogs Old Tricks and Old Dogs New Tricks

While it may not come as a surprise to everyone, the real estate market and broader economy is in a bit of a downturn. Many have focused their attention on the negative signs and headlines cast through every channel of media, but I’ve taken a much more micro-economic view; as in the economy located within [...]