Author: Ryan Corcoran

  • Word Cloud for March!

    Word Cloud for March!

    Here’s your St. Patrick’s Day-themed word cloud for March! Read more

  • 23 Things #5 – RSS and Feed Readers

    23 Things #5 – RSS and Feed Readers

    I’ve been using RSS feeds for so long now that I tend to forget that people still don’t know what they are. Google Reader has been one of my top utilized sites on the Internet for at least 5 years now. It’s the only way that I read blogs and news sites. (I also use… Read more

  • 23 Things #4 – Photo Sharing

    23 Things #4 – Photo Sharing

    Online photo sharing is one of those areas that has evolved and changed over the years. Back in the day, Photobucket was what everyone used. Google’s Picasa Web has grown in popularity, as have more brand-specific sites such as Kodak’s Gallery and Snapfish. Flickr has pretty much always been a mainstay, however. It is also… Read more

  • 23 Things #3: Online Meetings

    23 Things #3: Online Meetings

    Back in October, I attended a webinar hosted by Tech & Learning Magazine about “Ensuring Safety, Security, and Success with Mobile Learning,” and you can read my Quick Review post covering that webinar here at this site. I began taking advantage of webinars back in about 2004 when I was still a licensed teacher and… Read more

  • 23 Things #2: Social MEdia

    23 Things #2: Social MEdia

    Today’s 23 Things review features the advantages of social network services. There are a couple of decent articles over at.. <cough>Wikipedia</cough> about social networks in philosophical terms (“a social structure made up of individuals (or organizations)”) as well as about social network services (“an online service, platform, or site that focuses on [the] building…of social networks…among people”).… Read more

  • Word Cloud for Dec..Janu…er.. February!

    Word Cloud for Dec..Janu…er.. February!

    I know I promised you a new word cloud every month, and the last one was in, ahem, November. So, without further ado, here’s the latest and greatest word cloud! Read more

  • 23 Things #1: Blogging!

    As part of an assignment (and for my own benefit, to be sure), I am going to be following, or rather, reading old posts from a blog called 23thingskansas.org. The idea of this blog is to give educators some tips and tools for Education 2.0… the next generation of educating. 🙂 I will be going through… Read more

  • Imagine Leadership: A Reaction

    My knee-jerk reaction to this video was how “American” it is. Despite its focus on the global populace, its central message of “everyone can be a leader” is a very Western idea. Having spent a month in Japan and more than 9 months preparing for that month, I can attest that the Japanese have the… Read more

  • iPads in Kindergarten?

    Paducah, Kentucky’s local news station WPSD recently aired a feature about one local school using iPads to great use in Kindergarten classrooms. The iPad is such a versatile device that it is equally beneficial for Kindergartners and 3rd year Med Students. Amazing! Watch the video below for the full story. Read more

  • 8 ways technology is improving education

    Geek blog Mashable featured an article by Sarah Kessler yesterday titled, “8 ways technology is improving education” that discusses 8 key ways in which technology is (finally) impacting education. We all know how much the education world (especially public education) lags behind the corporate/industrial world in terms of technology, but thanks to ever decreasing prices,… Read more