http://www.connectedk12.com Living and Learning with Education and Technology by Brad Fountain Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:21:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, so I know PPT is soooo 2003, but this got me excited again about ppt. I also think this has wonderful potential for the classroom. The application is only available for the PC right now, but I am hoping for a Mac version soon. The application is called LiveWeb ... http://www.connectedk12.com/?p=45 Okay, I have neglected my connectedk12 blog of a little while and need to catch up. Many of you have requested my Web 2.0 ppt so here it is. Feel free to share. I would love to see your favorite new sites I should add. Just ... http://www.connectedk12.com/?p=40 Having followed Brain Research since the early 90's I have been excited by the amount of new information coming out regarding learning and education. It seems that the greater our technology the greater our understanding of how the brain works. Now, for many this only makes sense, but ... http://www.connectedk12.com/?p=42 FreeRice is the invention of US online fundraising pioneer John Breen. The FreeRice game is at http://www.freerice.com/ and tests the vocabulary of participants. For each click on a correct answer, the website donates money to buy 10 grains of rice for the developing world. Companies advertising on the website provide the ... http://www.connectedk12.com/?p=39 As promised below you will find the most up-to-date version of my web 2.0 presentation.  Please feel free to download the presentation and use it for events you may host or trainings you may provide. web-2-0 http://www.connectedk12.com/?p=37 As I have been preparing for an upcoming presentation I have come across a wealth of Web 2.0 sites that I think have great potential in education. Below I have listed a number of the them as well as a couple of wikis that have a collection of web2.0 ... http://www.connectedk12.com/?p=35 I had the great pleasure this past Friday spending time with nearly 80 educators from across the state of Tennessee.  I was amazed by how excited they were to learn new and exciting ways to enhance instruction for their students.  As promised I have included the presentations from my sessions ... http://www.connectedk12.com/?p=31 Well I just finished a wonderful evening with a group of enthusiastic educators from across Osceola County Florida.  During the evening many of the educators shared their favorite web links and resources that I promised to collect and share.  So below you will find the full list of sites from ... http://www.connectedk12.com/?p=28    Well after an inital launch I was hindered by a HEAVY workload that has prevented me from doing anything but breathing until today...Well, that is mostly true.  I was also set back last week after my new computer arrived.  It seems that I decided to return to my roots.  ... http://www.connectedk12.com/?p=27 We had a wonderful time at SCETV as usual.  They always host phenomenal events with special thanks to Donna Thompson, Debbie Jarret, Dianne Gregory, and Dean Byrd for their generous hospitality.  As promised you will find all of my presentation below.  Please contribute to the comments section to help improve ... http://www.connectedk12.com/?p=9