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eLearning 2011 Call For Presentations

Last Updated on 25 August 2010 23 August 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The eLearning 2011 conference committee has issued a call for presentations. Submit your proposal to present at eLearning 2011 via the conference website by the deadline: October 8, 2010.

eLearning 2011 will be held February 19-21, 2011 at the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida. The conference will draw a national and international assembly of educators focused on the use of technology for teaching and learning.

ePortfolio California Building Community

Last Updated on 13 August 2010 13 August 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

More than 30 state, national, and international educators convened digitally on Wednesday afternoon to discuss building an effective community of practice around ePortfolios.

EDUCAUSE West/Southwest: Call For Proposals

Last Updated on 10 August 2010 09 August 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

EDUCAUSE has issued a call for presentation proposals for its 2011 West/Southwest Regional Conference. The conference takes place February 22-24, 2011 in Austin, Texas. The deadline for proposals is September 7.

Fall CUE 2010: November 5-6, Napa Valley

Last Updated on 10 August 2010 08 August 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

Computer-Using Educators, Inc. (CUE) has announced the return of the Fall CUE Conference. Fall CUE 2010 will occur November 5-6, 2010 at the American Canyon High School in Napa Valley, California. This year's theme is "Soaring To New Heights".

Elastic Cloud Computing For Oceans, Educators

Last Updated on 28 July 2010 26 July 2010 in News by Doug Ramsey and Tiffany Fox

When a national network of ocean observatories begins streaming environmental sensor data in March 2012, researchers throughout California will be able to use the state’s high-speed academic network to transmit some of that data to storage and computing clouds operated by Amazon Web Services.

Pedagogy 2.0: iPhone 4 Education

Last Updated on 25 August 2010 26 July 2010 in Opinion by Dr. Douglas E. Hersh

Has Apple hit a home run or committed a hit-and-run with the release of its redesigned and highly anticipated iPhone 4? Now that the Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports and other publications have given the product a thumbs-down, the controversy brewing about the iPhone 4's dropped calls, dropped bars and Apple's dropped ball continues.

tech grants: Digital Media, Learning Competition

Last Updated on 27 July 2010 23 July 2010 in Opinion by Juri Brilts

I was reading the July 7, 2010 issue of eSHOOL NEWS, and I came upon the following article: “Ten winners snag $1.7 million in digital competition: MacArthur Foundation funds projects that explore new approaches to 21st-century learning.”

DET/CHE 2010 Annual Conference And Silver Anniversary

Last Updated on 10 August 2010 23 July 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

DET/CHE, the Directors of Educational Technology in California Higher Education, will hold its twenty-fifth annual conference in downtown San Diego, November 30th through December 3rd, 2010.

Blackboard, Elluminate And Wimba (Oh My!)

Last Updated on 27 July 2010 12 July 2010 in Opinion by Blaine Morrow

On July 7, 2010, Blackboard announced that it is buying Elluminate and Wimba, two Web conferencing systems very familiar to users of CCC Confer. The intent is to create Blackboard Collaborate, which will focus on synchronous learning technologies.

Summer Seminars, Online Courses Still Available

Last Updated on 13 July 2010 12 July 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

Wiling away the summer? Why not learn something new—or brush up on something—while you're wiling? @ONE for Training has desktop seminars as well as online courses available on a variety of subjects related to using technology in education.

HTCTU 2010 Summer And Fall Trainings

Last Updated on 13 July 2010 12 July 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The High Tech Center Training Unit (HTCTU) has announced its schedule of training courses for summer and fall 2010. Trainings focus on Web accessibility, alternate media and assistive computer technology for students with disabilities.

CVC Grant Awarded To Butte College

Last Updated on 12 August 2010 29 June 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

In June, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) awarded a new California Virtual Campus (CVC) Grant to Butte-Glenn Community College District.

Pedagogy 2.0: 1,342,962 Views On YouTube!

Last Updated on 25 August 2010 09 June 2010 in Opinion by Dr. Douglas E. Hersh

(Watch This And Know What God Looks Like...)

An Advantage For California High School Grads

Last Updated on 29 June 2010 09 June 2010 in News by Tim Calhoon

The new California Transcript Connection partnership will help high school grads attend college.

Tech>ology: Federated Identity–Part II

Last Updated on 01 July 2010 28 June 2010 in Opinion by Tim Calhoon

In a previous blog post, I relayed that we are currently engaged in the development of a new infrastructure for systemwide applications, a key component of which is Federated Identity. In part one of this two part blog we discussed the advantages for colleges adopting a federated, standards based, single sign-on approach to dealing with the proliferation of cloud based applications (e-mail, library resources, learning management systems, etc.) moving into campus IT. In addition to these commercial services, we also have systemwide service offerings to colleges such as CCCApply and the California Virtual Campus Catalog.

Tech>Protect: Social Media - How to Protect Your Online Personality and Online Relationships

Last Updated on 30 June 2010 24 June 2010 in Opinion by Donald Hester

With the rise of social media websites and the misuse of personal information contained within those websites, I think it is a good idea to give some pointers to help you protect your online life. By the time you read this, the Online Teaching Conference in San Diego will be over. I will participate in a panel discussion on social media, and I wanted to have a follow-up article highlighting some of the cautions I plan to give.

Faces Of Technology: Gary Moser

Last Updated on 12 August 2010 01 June 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Gary Moser, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Sierra College has worn many hats in his lifetime. However, one characteristic has defined most of his jobs: a strong sense of leadership.

Troops To College Online Resources For Veterans

Last Updated on 12 August 2010 01 June 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Memorial Day honors our nation's fallen soldiers. It also reminds us of our duty to serve those who returned.

Tech>Protect: "Everything You Need To Know I Learned In The Marines" + Other IT Security Lessons

Last Updated on 01 June 2010 31 May 2010 in Opinion by Donald Hester

You may have heard of the book "All I Really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum, but, you probably have not heard of the lesser know book "Corps Values, Everything You need to Know I learned in the Marines" by Governor Zell Miller.

New Uses For CCC Confer And Tablet PCs

Last Updated on 12 August 2010 26 May 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Foothill College physics instructor Frank Cascarano has employed new technology methods to aid success in one of the most difficult challenging for many students.

New Ning Pricing Has Educators Scrambling

Last Updated on 12 August 2010 11 May 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Since Ning's launch in September 2005, it has offered instructors a social networking means, free-of-charge, to engage their students. However, the current state of educational use of the Ning network is in question.

Web Principles: Introducing WebM, Google's Open Video Standard

Last Updated on 25 May 2010 25 May 2010 in Opinion by David Hammond

At last week's Google I/O 2010 conference, Google made a long-anticipated announcement: VP8, the highly competitive video compression technology Google recently acquired, is now an open standard. Google has combined VP8 with other open technologies to form the new WebM video format, which is coming out of the gate with support from a wide range of software and hardware vendors.

tech grants: From NSF FastLane To GRANTS.GOV-Tapping Federal Funding Sources Electronically

Last Updated on 25 May 2010 24 May 2010 in Opinion by Juri Brilts

Historically, the lead federal agency in the electronic proposal submission effort has been the National Science Foundation, with its “FastLane” system, developed a quarter century ago.