Attention Educators!!!  I know this school year is winding down, however EduTech in cooperation with e-collaborate has an amazing opportunity for you to expand the walls of your classroom.  Imagine your students learning about clean drinking water.  This may not sound like a hot topic for your students, but also imagine your students being able [...]

It is hard to believe that the school year is almost over.  Knowing this, it is also time to think about your August inservice training.  I am sure that calendars will soon be approved for next year and those training dates will be verified.  Our calendars are filling quickly for August and the Fall.  If [...]

Scholarships Available for EduTech’s Summer GIS Workshop Be one of the first 10 to submit your name to  tabitha.lang@sendit.nodak.eduand receive a scholarship for $250. EduTech and ND Career and Technical Education (ND CTE) are joining together to offer scholarships totaling $250 to the first 10 registrants (EduTech $100 and CTE $150) for this summer’s GIS 2013 (Geographic Information Systems) workshop. [...]

EduTech and the Foundation for Rural Service, invited 5-12 ND teachers and students to participate in a contest to raise digital citizenship awareness for K-4 elementary students. There was an overwhelming response as 63 videos were submitted! Congratulations goes to Hazen High School on their submission of ” Cyberbullying,” a video which portrays a student being [...]

Doodle 4 Google is an annual program that invites K-12 students in the United States to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign our homepage logo for millions to see.  This year Google is asking students to describe their best day ever.  The student that wins the contest will receive a $30,000 college scholarship, and [...]

The CenturyLink Teachers and Technology Grants are available!  North Dakota has been awarded $15,000 for the 12-13 school year.   If you would like a chance at this classroom changing opportunity, complete a proposal before March 15, 2013.  The three grants of $5,000 each will be awarded by March 25, 2013.  The details and the [...]

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Do you use the Free app called Socrative on your iPad or online?  Do you know about the Socrative Garden?  As a user, I was excited to see this collaborative area.  There is a user guide, videos, classroom ideas, and also the ability to share your quizzes.  If you are a Socrative user, please check [...]

If you are one that loves the look of miles and miles of books on a shelf, a word of caution if you enter this new library in San Antonio.  It is called the “Bookless Library”.  It is to open this Fall.  I think I would really like this library, but I want to know [...]

Have you tried to schedule a meeting and have had to deal with 9 different schedules to make it work?  How about a simple lunch with friends you haven’t seen for a while?  I have recently found a free tool that has helped me with just that!  It is called Doodle. When planning an event, simple [...]

Announcing a Digital Citizenship Video Creation Contest!! I am looking for schools in my region who are interested in participating in a Digital Citizenship Video Creation Contest.  I need a teacher and students who are in grades 6-12 that are willing to create a video about important topics that our students are facing in our world [...]

EduTech has some great events to share with classrooms across the state.  I currently was informed of some “Ask an Author” events that you are able to take part in.  Classrooms will purchase the books ahead of time and read them prior to meeting with the author to discuss the book.  If you would like [...]