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I have been telling my brother about how cool Prezi is. Prezi is a web 2.0 that you can create a presentation in this program. But it is not just a regular looking presentation, it looks like a map. To show different parts of this map you set a planned route for it to follow. Then when it’s time to move…

This week for Ed. Tech we had to visit a website from a listing given to us in class. On the which ever website we chose, we had to create something. I chose to use www.wordle.net and created a "word cloud".

Creating a word cloud was actually really cool! I had never done it before, but I thought the end product looked really neat.…

Today I worked with BigHugeLabs to create a magazine cover. Although the site was a little tempermental, I ended up with a great magazine cover. I could alter the fonts, chose and picture I wanted, share my cover with the entire web, and continue to edit the page until I really liked it. You can also make movie posters, motivational posters, and much more through this site.

I think Web 2.0 tools and sites are great. This site was free for…

Time is running out!!! This position closes on Friday.

ESU13, a service unit in western Nebraska, is seeking to fill the position of high school principal for their alternative education program. This is a truly unique…

I enjoy using web 2.0 software. It is software that is extremely handy while working in a classroom. A lot of the software that is avaliable is handy in helping students. For example, sliderocket and prezi are interesting new ways to show slideshows to students. The slide shows that are made in this programs will more easily keep the students interested in the information versus the simple slide to slide…

I was just reading Drew's ideas if you get writer's block and unlocked something I was thinking about before spring break. Thanks Drew :-) I have a blog that I use(d) with my class over the summer as a teaser to read a book and have a book club online with me and future classmates. I had about 10 kids utilize this over the summer. Now that we are in school, I haven't used it as much as I would like. Last year, I used it in all of my book clubs as an assignment that would normally be done in…

In Ed. Tech. last week I learned about Web 2.0 - what it is and how to classify things within or out of it. In short summary, Web 2.0 includes social networking, interactivity, and is changable. In class, four groups were assigned to activities on different Web 2.0 sites such as Glogster, Wordle, Prezi, and Notaland.

For this week's assignment, we were to create something from Web 2.0, and I chose to…

I just finished reading the first 3 chapters of our book, and I am left feeling blown away by the amount of connections we can have with people all around the world due to technology today. You kind of take it for granted when you use various social media resources daily, but when you sit down and think about it, it's pretty amazing!

My friend just moved to a tiny town in Louisiana a month after having her first baby. She decided to start a blog to keep family and friends in the loop…

Announcing the winners of the “Great Use of Ed Tech” story contest!

It’s my great pleasure to share some of the wonderful stories that were submitted to the contest I’ve been running for several weeks here [on EmergingEdTech.com], and to announce the winning entries.

With plenty of great stories about engaging,…