Educational Technology Weblog

Thanks to WPTV Channel 5 here in West Palm Beach for covering the Palm Beach Technology Conference! Hey, our fearless leader even gets into the act with a short on-camera appearance.

We’ve had a lot of ongoing conversations about the Palm Beach Technology Conference held this past Friday and it’s great that so much of that is happening via Twitter. In the widget below you’ll see results of a search done for our “official” hashtag from the Tech Conference: #pbtechconf. You can keep the conversation going by using that tag when you post and your posting will be added here. Fun!

We have a few teachers covering our district blogging platform as we ramp up the scale of our service. It’s pretty exciting and our annual Technology Conference is a great place to get some new teachers started.

Of course, being a public school district we have plenty of rules and policies that have to be followed as well as solid practical advice from the time we’ve spent watching students and teachers interact with blogs.

If you’d like to see how we handle some of the common issues that come up with blogging and glean some ideas from our policies feel free to download our Acceptable Use for Classroom Blogs here.

It’s just a few days now until the 2010 version of our annual Technology Conference. It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come in the 12 years that our team has been putting on the conference!

This year we’re featuring our first completely interactive conference with an on-line component featuring social networking tools that make it easy for you to plan and participate in new and exciting ways.

To help you navigate the interactive portion of the conference Brian Dawson from Emerald Cove Middle School has put together a series of videos that you can view below to help you make the most of the online component of the conference. Take a few minutes to check these out then head over to the 2010 Palm Beach Technology Conference and get interactive!

How to Connect to TrainU at the Technology Conference 2010

How To Navigate the TrainU Mobile Site

How to TrainU on the Conference Wall

TrainU Technology Conference 2010 – Edit Your Profile

What are people ordering for their Lunch at this year’s Technology Conference? Follow their selections and see how Google Spreadsheets can import data in the interactive charts below:

If you haven’t completed the survey yourself it’s not to late! Visit this quick and easy form to make your selection.