by Jeff Utecht | Aug 31, 2011 | TTS
A blog post I put out to this year’s COETAILers….cross posted here Some rights reserved by stevendepolo Ready or not a new school year is upon us and the CoETaIL Program continues to expand. This will be the second year of CoETaIL under this site and...
by Jeff Utecht | Aug 29, 2011 | TTS
It’s been said many times: If you give every student a laptop but do not fundementally change the way you teach than the power of the new technoogy will never be reached by stevendepolo OK….maybe not exactly like that but I’m sure you’ve heard...
by Jeff Utecht | Aug 27, 2011 | TTS
At ISB we’ve struggled over the past couple of years in defining our web spaces. Although we’ve been getting better at using the “Core 3” (Moodle, Google Apps, WordPress) we still need to define spaces based on purpose and audience. One...
by Jeff Utecht | Aug 22, 2011 | TTS
Throughout a day at work I end up taking and sending a lot of screenshots to teachers to help them troubleshoot issues or just to remind them where to click. I thought it would be fun to keep all the screenshots from one day at work and let them tell the story of what...
by Jeff Utecht | Aug 17, 2011 | TTS
A great feature popped up in my Google Apps for Educaiton GCal the other day. I was putting in some meetings and noticed an “Appointment Slots” link in the event window. Not sure how long it’s been out (please somebody tell me it hasn’t been...
by Jeff Utecht | Aug 15, 2011 | TTS
So a new school year is upon us, as today was the first day for students at ISB. I spent the first hour helping new middle school students find their way around the school….what fun. ISB set a new record for the amount of new students this year. A HUGE turn...
by Jeff Utecht | Aug 9, 2011 | TTS
In May I noticed I was being asked to hold more and more trainings at my own school and around the world on Google Apps as schools make the move to Google Apps for Education (GAFE). It’s simple, cost effective, and just so vaulable of a resource to have school...
by Jeff Utecht | Aug 6, 2011 | TTS
View from my place in bangkok Still trying to remember where my summer went, I find myself back in Bangkok and preparing for the year ahead. This could be a big tech year for my school. Things are in place to start really using technology in some innovative ways. Not...
by Jeff Utecht | Jul 29, 2011 | TTS
The end of BLC means the end of my summer is right around the corner. A couple days before I step on a plane to head back to Bangkok, and my thoughts return to all the educators I’ve been able to interact with this summer. No matter the conference, the session,...
by Jeff Utecht | Jul 28, 2011 | TTS
Starting to awake from my summer slumber and getting back into things. I find myself once again somewhere over Montana on my way to Alan November’s BLC Conference in Boston. This will be my 3rd year presenting at BLC and its timing always marks the end of my summer...
