Multi-faceted Refractions

Thoughts and Reflections from Vinnie Vrotny

Multi-faceted Refractions

Entries Tagged as 'IL TCE'

Looking Forward to IL-TCE

February 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · IL TCE

This morning, I was trying to remember how many times I have attended the Illinois Technology Conference for Educators (IL-TCE). I know that I attended at least six of them as a part of the Video Etc., Education Alliance, Advanced Technology Workgroup teams, plus twelve out of the last fifteen years that I have been [...]

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Life-Long Learning and a Test

March 5th, 2007 · No Comments · elgg, IL TCE, teaching and learning

Twice a year, the IT Directors and the Technology Coordinators in the Independent Schools of the Lake Michigan Area (LMAIS), whose membership is schools in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana, get together and meet. We hosted the last meeting in October and one of the items that we talked about was to create a workspace for [...]

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My IL-TCE Experience – More Measured, but a New Path Emerges

March 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · IL TCE, teaching and learning

Yesterday, I spent the day traveling to the Illinois Technology Conference for Educators. While driving, I was trying to determine the number of times I have been to the conference. I came up with the number 20, as I was on the vendor floor for at least seven and as a school employed attendee the [...]

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The Five Technologies for the Next Five Years

March 1st, 2007 · No Comments · IL TCE, teaching and learning

David Pogue,New York Times Technology Writer Featured Speaker Illinois Technology Conference for Educators <These are notes from the presentation and are not the reflections and ruminations. These, I will post within the week> These are five broader technologies which will cause serious societal shifts. Voice Over IP (VOIP) Internet Telephone. Phone Company not involved – [...]

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I have become that person

March 1st, 2007 · No Comments · IL TCE

After years of attending conferences, armed with an open mind, a blank notebook, and a good pen, because I did not want the technology to get in way of the thinking and pondering I would often do during presentations, I have become the person who sits with laptop balanced precariously on my lap, with my [...]

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