Last week was a crazy one at SimpleK12, but we got a lot done! It’s time to announce this week’s recipients of the I Heart EdTech Favorite Blog award:
5 Steps to Harnessing the Power of Cells in Education Today By Lisa Nielsen (@InnovativeEdu)
How to Fix the HootSuite 5 Retweet Setting!!! By Jeffrey Thomas (@jdthomas7)
Putting children first… By Carolyn Foote (@technolibrary)
Breaking up the Perfect Team By Jeff Utecht (@jutecht)
Transparent Algebra: Course Expectations By Karl Fisch (@Karl Fisch)

#Follow Friday – Just a few of our favorite tweeters. If …

Write down the FIRST two words that come to your mind when you hear:
ISTE 2010 Conference
Be honest.
Be appropriate.
But be honest.
GO!

Sometimes I find it a *little* bit difficult to keep up with blogs. There’s so much good content out there but I can only read and keep up with so much. I know that here at SimpleK12, we have a lot of content every week for you – new products, polls, thoughts, ideas, resources, lists…and I’m sure it can probably get a little overwhelming. I know even personally, I’ve contributed a lot so I wanted to go through and share my TOP 8 favorite posts of mine! (Just in case …

Whether you were able to attend the EduBlogger Con/ISTE10 or not, if you are reading this post and are in my PLN, I have a challenge for you.
I firmly believe that you, yes YOU, have a deep responsibility to make a difference in the future of education.  We are thought leaders.  We are technology embracers.  We “get it.”
What about all of the other educators, school leaders, and administrators who don’t?  (Ok…I guess I also have to add “vendor” to this too even though, oddly enough, I never think of myself …

Did I expect collaboration? Yes. Did I expect connections? Yes. Did I expect controversy? No. But I experienced them all. Will I ever go back to EduBlogger Con and is it worth your time? Read this post to find out…
Collaboration.
Let’s start here. This is an aspect of the EduBlogger Con that I believe traditional conferences, because of their size and structure, cannot fully harness. (Just one reason why we’ve worked so hard to create the EdTech UNconference.) Instead of cramming attendees into a room to sit and listen to one …

Well, folks…it’s officially here: SUMMER TIME!
To me, Summer has always meant free-time. Free-time to pick up new hobbies, lay out at the pool, travel, get in shape, and whatever else I might fancy. And this Summer is no different! Even though I don’t get a couple months off like most of you, I’m always excited for the summer. I wrote a post a couple weeks ago titled, “7 Reasons Why I Love Evernote & Why You Should Too,” and let me just say, all the inspirations, notes, lists, etc …

We’re preparing some special giveaways for ISTE 2010 – watch this video to find out what!

Make sure to come up and say hi to Lisa and me at ISTE, and get yourself a free I Heart EdTech button and a chance to win a free 1-year pass to The EdTech UNconference (valued at $200 each!).
Can’t make it to ISTE, that’s ok!  Watch the UNconference’s twitter stream (@EdTechUNcon) for the chance to win your own free pass to the UNconference.
Lastly, some reminders about our plans for ISTE 2010:

Lisa and I will …