by Jeff Utecht | Apr 28, 2011 | TTS
After 3 years I still feel that the blogging platform is one of the best web-based portfolios tools available to schools…and now kids are thinking so as well. We’ve only really been using the blogs in our high school the last two years with this year more...
by Jeff Utecht | Apr 22, 2011 | TTS
(My first post from my new iPad2. I start the WordPress app and it asks if it can use my location…sure….now where is it going to say that this was written? 32,000 feet over the south china sea…cause that would be kind of cool!) The last couple of...
by Jeff Utecht | Apr 10, 2011 | TTS
As I’m rolling out the PD announcements I can’t leave out my most looked forward to conference of this summer. I’m honored to be this years Keynote at the Laptop Institute in Memphis this summer. A whole conference dedicated to 1:1 classrooms....
by Jeff Utecht | Apr 9, 2011 | TTS
Although I’m officially retired from the planning committee this year…..I’ve been honored as being invited as a speaker and cohort leader for next year’s Learning 2.011 conference. We learned a lot last year about using the cohort...
by Jeff Utecht | Apr 7, 2011 | TTS
Just a quick announcment that another 1 credit class around my book Reach begins on April 20th. Last week I got to interact with those taking the first class. It was great to read their reflections on the book, ask questions of me, and use the book as a starting guide...
by Jeff Utecht | Apr 7, 2011 | TTS
Just a quick announcment that another 1 credit class around my book Reach begins on April 20th. Last week I got to interact with those taking the first class. It was great to read their reflections on the book, ask questions of me, and use the book as a starting guide...
by Jeff Utecht | Apr 1, 2011 | TTS
(Each year on the Opening Day of Baseball season I write a post 1, 2, 3) He sits there next to my mom and dad in the stands dressed the same no matter the weather. Flannel shirt, baseball cap, and khaki colored pants. He makes it to a couple of games a year when the...
by Jeff Utecht | Mar 31, 2011 | TTS
by Florian SEROUSSI Over this past school year my wife and I have slowly been watching a change in the way her Middle School students communicate with her. It has me thinking that we no longer get to decide the communication tool for a conversation. ...
by Jeff Utecht | Mar 30, 2011 | TTS
By CLUC Kevin Kelly co-founder of Wired magazine took the stage recently at a Web 2.0 event in San Francisco. In his keynote he discussed the 6 Trends he believes will affect our connected word. He broke these 6 trends down into 6 verbs (actions). What are your...
by Jeff Utecht | Mar 24, 2011 | TTS
brian bennett The more presentations I give and see the more it takes to impress me. I’m constantly looking for that teacher that is doing what I believe the Internet allows us to do…that is flip the classroom. Otherwise known as reverse instruction. ...