Your eyes are not deceiving you. Yes, the Fab Friday Weekly Recap does indeed have a new name. Have no fears, though! The new incarnation is still fabulous and it’s still Friday! So lets get caught up on the EdTech happenings with the first edition of EdTech Highlights of the Week:
Blog Posts:
10 Ways to Promote Learning Lifestyle in Your School By David Warlick
I can’t SEE it By Candace Hackett Shively
10 Tips for Beginning Bloggers By Liz B. Davis
(One Of Many Reasons) Why Students Hate Algebra …

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I met Catalina and Michelle at our Tweet Up during FETC and had a great conversation about their “Beyond the Classroom Walls” presentation. So much so that I had to attend their session and had to talk with them further about it the next day. Take a quick minute to watch them briefly chat about their presentation.

I think the point to really drive home from Catalina and Michelle’s presentation is collaborate, collaborate, collaborate! As they’ve demonstrated , using web 2.0 tools like blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, and social networking …

That’s right! We’re giving away our lecture capture/presentation system for your school.
What do you have to do?
Watch this video below and find out!

The website Freebie Man refers to is http://www.simplek12.com/simpleworkshop –> Go check it out and win!

UPDATE FROM FREEBIE MAN: WE ARE LOVING THE RESPONSES AND WANT TO KEEP THEM COMING!
We have an update to the contest rules…we are extending it past 20 entries… and rather, people have until 5:00 pm February 5th to enter.
But since we’ve changed the rules on you, we will now be giving away …

Ok, if the title of this blog post doesn’t excite you, I’m not sure what will! Steve Dembo had an awesome presentation this year at FETC. His presentation was pretty entertaining, I have to say.
The name of the first resource Steve gave us alone is awesome – Crappy Graphs. I know what you’re thinking…huh? I know this because I thought the same thing when he first mentioned it. But in fact, this site is pretty awesome. What makes this site so awesome is that it’s not based around a …

Steve Katz is ALL about teaching with technology, and specifically with video! He explains in his philosophy that “technology is a tool, not a subject and curriculum (& tools) are mastered when work is meaningful and engaging.” Steve also adds that “teachers must be comfortable with the tools before teaching them.” Watch this short interview to see what Steve says about his FETC presentation.

I attended Steve’s session myself, and I loved it. His students are so creative, and it just goes to show that the possibilities are endless when you …

As much as we’ve been chatting out FETC and what a great time we had, I had the chance to experience something really unique. A tweet up. What’s a tweet up? Well, it’s an opportunity to meet up and hang out with our friends from Twitter.
First confession: I’ve been to a tweet up.
Second confession: It wasn’t anything to write home about.
But I can honestly say I had a great time at the FETC tweet up, and I look forward to our future tweet ups with our Twitter friends …