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Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Postach.io - The Marriage of Blogging and Evernote

This is probably the most excited that I've been about a new tool in a long time.  Once in while a tool comes along that sends my mind reeling about its possible applications in the classroom. Postach.io is just that kind of tool. It is built around the idea of publishing blog posts directly from Evernote by simply adding the tag "published" to any note. It's that simple!

To get started, just visit Postach.io and setup a new account using your Evernote credentials. There is acollection of super clean themes from which to choose. Postach.io will auto-create your first post which provides you with a simple set of instructions to get you started.

Because posts are created within Evernote, you can post from wherever you access your Evernote account.  This immediately gets me thinking about students posting from their smart phones, from wherever they happen to be - journaling from a museum field trip, live-blogging a science experiment, or sharing lecture notes. The possibilities are almost endless.

You can take a look at a blog that I created on Postach.io to highlight history resources. I plan on experimenting with it as a live-blogging platform from FETC in January. Stay tuned.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Speading the Web 2.0 Message in NYC w/ Free to Choose Media

This past weekend I was given the opportunity to spend a few days in the Big Apple with the Free to Choose Network at their Winning Ideas Weekend. Having been selected as the Izzit.org Teachers of the Year, Free to Choose picked up the tab for me, my wife, and one of my students for the trip.
I was given 3-5 minutes to speak about how I use the Izzit films with my classes (this was the basis of my award). I was glad to take the opportunity to explain how we moved beyond the standard classroom discussion of the topics, and into the realm of blogs and wikis. I was immediately approached by a few of the other winners about using these tools with their own classes. One teacher at a time is sometimes what it takes.




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Izzit Teacher of the Year Awards Banquet - NYC

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

New Blogging Home

Well, I've finally completed a move to this new location. I will no longer post at Stephen's Teaching World. I will leave that site up, so old posts can be accessed at http://stephensteachingworld.blogspot.com/.

It is my intent to maintain a regular blogging schedule - beginning now and moving though the school year. We'll see how I do!!