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Talisma – a premier CRM solution for Higher Education

The Constituent Relationship Management solution chosen by hundreds of colleges and universities.

As Director of Institutional Information & Technology in an institution of Higher Education, much of my work day revolves around software applications used in administrative processes. While my primary focus on EmergingEdTech will always be applications and tools for the…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on April 25, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

6 Free Online Interactive White Boards

An update to last April’s post about free web-based IWBs.

Last April, I wrote a post about a few Online Interactive Whiteboards that I had checked out. That post remains one of my most popular posts, so obviously this is a topic of interest to a lot of people.

I figured it was time for an update, to check out new tools, and to see if there…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on April 19, 2010 at 6:55am — No Comments

Lecture Capture follow-up: Taking Tegrity for a test run

We took our free trial Tegrity account out for a ‘test drive’ the other day. We like it.

This is a follow up post to the series I ran here in February and March, in which I learned about some of today’s Lecture Capture systems, and selected a product to test. My goal was to find a proven tool that allowed for easy and affordable…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on April 11, 2010 at 6:06pm — No Comments

Great Ed Tech Story: K-5 Summer Tech camp changes lives for low SES students

4 week Technology Camp has a great impact on students who had no previous computer access.

The Challenge

Dallas McPheeters was asked to prepare a Summer Technology camp for 430 students in an elementary school near the US/Mexico border. All the school had to offer to facilitate this was a set of eight year old PCs running…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on April 4, 2010 at 6:27pm — No Comments

Great Education Technology Story: CPS Student Response System helps to improve FCAT scores

7th Grade Math Teacher shows clear learning outcome improvements while engaging students with this interactive education technology.

As announced last week, one of our two winners in…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on March 28, 2010 at 2:25pm — No Comments

And the winners are …

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,…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on March 21, 2010 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Lecture Capture – selecting a trial approach

Picking a Lecture Capture product to test, with a focus on affordable entry and scalable tech and licensing.

Last week, in the 3rd post in…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on March 15, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

Lecture Capture Part 3: Looking for scalable entry-level options

A further look at the tech behind some of the big Lecture Capture apps, and their entry-level options and scalability.

For the last few weeks, I’ve been learning a bit about lecture capture systems. This week I take a closer look at a few specific products. I am particularly interested in those vendors whose products and licensing lend themselves to…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on March 7, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Learning about Lecture Capture – Part 2 (features and functions)

This week we continue our research into the technology behind today’s Lecture Capture systems.

Last week, I started a series of posts focused on learning about the lecture capture systems being used in education today, and the technology that enables them. My first…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on March 1, 2010 at 7:55am — No Comments

Learning about Lecture Capture Technology

The use of Lecture Capture is expanding in both Higher Ed and K-12. What kinds of tools and technologies are being used to capture and rebroadcast lecture content?…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on February 21, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

A Dozen Great Free Online Video Lecture Sites

A collection of web sites with thousands of free video lectures and related course materials, including many offerings from major universities.

There are thousands of video-taped course lectures, and many other more complete course offerings, available for free on the Internet today. The quality and quantity of these offerings is growing and improving daily.

How educators and students choose to leverage these types of resources is also evolving. As stated on…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on February 15, 2010 at 5:00am — 2 Comments

100 Ways to Teach with Twitter

These resources actually provide over 110 ideas for, and examples of, using Twitter in the classroom.

It's been almost 8 months since I published the post, "6 Examples of Using Twitter in the Classroom", about uses of the popular micro-blogging tool in the…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on February 7, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Free screencasting – easy; free video editing – not so much

My quest for free tools to combine video clips to produce tutorial clips hasn’t yielded the desired results, but I’ve learned plenty along the way.

This is the final post in a series focused on creating video tutorials using free applications. Over this last week I’ve attempted to fill in the “missing piece” in the video production tool set I’ve been trying to put together – the editing application (a tool to let me combine video clips, trim them if needed, and… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on February 1, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

Testing free video editing tools (and techniques)

The 3rd post in a series focused on free tools for recording, editing, and publishing video tutorials.

I’ve been working this month to find a set of free tools that can enable me to produce and distribute video tutorials. Picking up where I left off last week, this weekend I pursued the idea of using Windows Movie Maker as a free editing tool to pair with a free video… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on January 25, 2010 at 7:00am — 4 Comments

Screencasting with Debut’s Lite Version

Testing the free version of NCH Software’s video capture application.

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been looking into a variety of free screencasting tools available on the web.

I’m interested in finding a free application that let’s me easily capture screen activity and record audio over it, and then save the resulting file in an easy to play, stand-alone format (some tools only allow created recordings to reside on their web site – I want more flexibility… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on January 17, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Comparing 12 Free Screencasting Tools

Combing through the basic functions and features of a list of tools I’ve become aware of, to select some for further testing.

Over the course of the week, the list of Screencasting tools that have been recommended to me, or that I’ve otherwise learned of, has grown to a dozen.

I have a goal of trying identify a free tool or set of tools to use to create… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on January 10, 2010 at 4:51pm — No Comments

Creating brief instructional videos (and more) with Jing

Cool free app for combining screen shots or screen motion with audio, to create instructional presentations.

This week I got my Jing on! I recently heard about Jing (found on the web at jingproject.com), and after a quick visit to their web site I knew that this might be the type of tool I’ve been thinking about trying out for creating some brief instructional videos. The fact that it was free made it a no brainer to go… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on January 3, 2010 at 2:02pm — 1 Comment

15 online resources for help with English homework and class work

9 Paid Resources, and 6 Free Ones.

As promised in last week’s post, “15 online Math tutoring and help options“, this week I am following up with online resources for those seeking help with the subject of English.

Many of the paid options below were also included in last week’s post, since quite a few of them are not just specific to Math, but we have replaced a couple of these with new resources. The free options cited here are all new, and several are useful for… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on December 22, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

15 Online Math Help and Tutoring Options

A variety of free and paid resources to help students struggling with Mathematics.

With the recent completion of the first quarter for many K-12 students, and the pending completion of the first semester for many Higher Ed students, I thought it would be a good time to investigate web based tutoring and help options. I’ll focus first on the fundamentals – Math (this week) and English (next week), and possibly follow up… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on December 14, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Next steps in considering Interactive Whiteboards for our (Higher Ed) classrooms

Using a Wii Board & ActiveInspire software to demonstrate IWB’s, at little cost.

In November I started working with a team of faculty members and technologists to learn about today’s Interactive White Board offerings, and I’ve been posting a series of articles… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on December 9, 2009 at 12:12pm — No Comments