Tom Daccord

, Male

Boston, MA

United States

Profile Information:

School / Work Affiliation: Co-Director of EdTechTeacher
Blog: http://thwt.typepad.com/edtechteacher/
Website: http://edtechteacher.org
Skype Account: thomasdaccord
Twitter / Plurk / Other Account: http://twitter.com/thomasdaccord
About Me: I am an instructional technology consultant, author, speaker and former classroom teacher.

My books and ed-tech projects:
-Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology: A Practical Guide for Teachers, by Teachers, a book published by M.E. Sharpe (June 2008)
-Best of History Web Sites, a history web portal at http://besthistorysites.net and a book published by Neal-Schuman (November 2007)
-EdTechTeacher at http://edtechteacher.org, an edtech professional development provider with resources, tutorials, and lesson ideas
-Summer Teaching with Technology Workshops at Boston University: http://edtechteacher.org/workshops
-The Center for Teaching History with Technology at thwt.org, an organization to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses.
-Teaching English with Technology at tewt.org, designed to help K-12 english and language arts teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses.
-creator of the National Council for Social Studies Community Network: http://ncssnetwork.ning.com/
-The "Great Debate of 2008" wiki and online social network for students to explore and discuss 2008 presidential election issues.