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Bobby McCon
Apr 11, 20241 min read
VPN's (Virtual Private Networks)
The primary reason for having a VPN on your mobile device or computer is privacy, especially if you connect to the web via a wifi...
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Bobby McCon
Apr 8, 20241 min read
Apple AirTags in Schools
For those of you not familiar, back in 2020 Apple introduced its small inexpensive tracking device called the AirTag. AirTags are not...
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Bobby McCon
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Digital Storytelling
One of my middle school English teachers had a critical thinking exercise called "Hot Potato" . She would place all 25 of us in a circle...
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Bobby McCon
Apr 3, 20241 min read
AI Simplified
It seems that overnight a ton of new even more confusing phrases were added to our vernacular of unique technology library. Words like AI...
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Bobby McCon
Mar 29, 20242 min read
"Must Do" Settings for Parents on their Kids iPhone's
The Apple Iphone is a very sophisticated and complex tool, invaluable in Educational Technology. In young hands this device can open up...
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Bobby McCon
Mar 28, 20241 min read
UNESCO World Heritage Site
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations and was created in...
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Bobby McCon
Mar 27, 20241 min read
NEWSEUM
My first civilian job after two enlistments in the U.S. Navy was probably the most exciting job I have ever had. I landed a position...
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Bobby McCon
Mar 26, 20241 min read
Google Dorking !
Most of us who use search engines, whether "google" or "bing" or "yahoo" or "DuckDuckGo", just to name a few of the traditional...
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Bobby McCon
Feb 15, 20231 min read
Something Free
If you have not heard of Kanopy, I guarantee after reading this article, you will start using it. Kanopy is a on demand video streaming...
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Bobby McCon
Jan 12, 20231 min read
Xfinity's Role in Closing the Digital Divide
With every new technology breakthrough aimed at making life better for consumers, there exists the have and have nots.. In 2000 41.5% of...
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Bobby McCon
Jun 24, 20222 min read
QR Codes as a Learning Tool
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- What are QR Codes? QR codes are a type of barcode, or...
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Bobby McCon
May 29, 20222 min read
Using Podcasts in the Classroom
Chances are that the majority of students in grades 8-12 have already had some experience with Podcasts. Today's teens are more focused...
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Bobby McCon
May 1, 20222 min read
Johari Window and classroom Team Building
The Johari Window was developed by two psychologists, Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, in 1955 as a way for people to better understand...
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Bobby McCon
Mar 24, 20221 min read
WebPage or Wiki...Which to Use
I have heard people say that wikis are defacto web page, but not all web pages are wikis. In general people can give a pretty good...
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Bobby McCon
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Audience Response Systems
Probably the best tool system to keep your audience engaged, from a presenters standpoint, is by using an Audience Response System. For...
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Bobby McCon
Jan 28, 20221 min read
Hot "TipsterHow" Topic
Periodically I will be intoducing visual "e-learning" job aids defining terms associated in context with Educational Technology. Source:...
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Bobby McCon
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Augmented Reality: the new EdTech reality
Chances are pretty high that most have experienced virtual reality (VR) in some form. In 2010 an American teenager named Palmer Luckey...
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Bobby McCon
Dec 15, 20211 min read
Reference Management Services
Whether they be Junior High or Graduate Students, all should be aware of plagiarism., the act of using the work of someone else and...
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Bobby McCon
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Wikipedia: To use or not to use.
According to Alexa, Similarweb, and other web traffic ranking sites Wikipedia usually ranks around number 7 globally: Launched back in...
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Bobby McCon
Oct 23, 20211 min read
Affordable (FREE) E-Books
In the article, "The Decline of College Textbook Publishing" (Carbaugh, 2020), one of the main causes is that textbook publishers are...
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