Conceptis Logic Puzzles

Are you smart?  Can you think logically and solve puzzles?  Then Conceptis Puzzles are for you.  What about for your students?  Conceptis Puzzles offer a variety of different types of puzzles that can all be completed on the computer for completely free without downloading any software.  Several puzzle types include Sudoku, Hashi, Battleships, Calcudoku, etc.  These would be a great activity and time filler in the computer lab for students to work on when done with their assignments.  The puzzles are very challenging.  I would recommend them for high school students only, although some might be easier for middle school students.  Below is an image of the different puzzles available on the website.

Wolfram Alpha Widgets

Wolfram Alpha is a search engine that does a great job of helping you find the specific resource that you are looking for.  This specific site though provides the ability to create widgets for your blog or website to search the Wolfram Alpha Site.  What is really great about these widgets is that you can embed a widget that is specific to the content of your website.  You can create your own widget to meet your needs or even browse the gallery for one that meets your needs.  Each widget offers something different and can be a fun way to add something to your website.

You really could create a whole web page of widgets!

Here is a sample widget that I liked

Edutechintegration.com

I finally decided to get rid of the "blogspot" and have my own domain for this blog.  I figured it was only appropriate as I approach the 1 year anniversary of my first blog post.  I will still maintain the same title unless something else more creative comes along, but I don't anticipate that happening, at least not anytime soon.  I do anticipate changing the layout in the coming days to make it more presentable and more web like and less blog like....I guess.

So you can now find this blog at http://www.edutechintegration.com.  If you subscribe to this blog, it might be worth checking to make sure that the RSS feed still works and you are still receiving posts to this blog...I mean website..I mean blog...you get the point. 

Thanks to everyone who has been a loyal reader or occasional visitor through this first year and journey with me.

The Educational Technology Cost of Political Campaign Ads

Negative advertisement after negative advertisement. Makes me want to stay home on election day. But then I got to wondering, what could all the money spent so far on campaign advertisements...remind you...JUST ADS, be better spent on when it comes to educational technology. So far $180 million dollars has been spent on political campaign ads and we are not even in "sweeps" week for the candidates yet.

Allow me to do some math. If you spent all that money on one piece of technology what would you be able to buy?

- 1.2 million FLIP Cameras
- 470,000 Document Cameras
- 180,000 SMART Boards
- 203,400 Clicker Systems
- 425,000 Airliners
- 360,000 iPad's
- 720,000 iPod Touches
- 450,000 Desktop Computers
- 150,000 MacBooks
- 1.8 Million 1 year subscriptions to Glogster

So the question then becomes, how could you spend $180 million dollars to benefit education and students across the country. While our future "leaders" THROW AWAY MILLIONS, we are fighting over education reform. Is it just me or is there something wrong with this picture?

EduHound

EduHound is an Educational Technology resource site that aims to provide a central hub for all resources related to Educational Technology.  It appears that several areas of the site are under maintenance right now, such as their "EduHound Site Sets" but you can still search through their categories at the bottom of the page and find resources for topics that you are looking for.  Each category is then broken down into subjects to narrow down your search for resources and then provides an outside link to click on.  You can also search for free lesson plans for all subjects and grade levels.  You can also find some very useful classroom tools and tips to use in the classroom.  They also have a huge source of clipart, for those of you that just can't stop inserting them into PowerPoint presentations.  Eduhound also sends out a newsletter that you can subscribe to that provides links to resources and their tools and tips.  This is a site well worth exploring for some Educational Technology Resources.