About
I am the principal at Lewis Elementary School in Portland, Oregon. I use this site mainly to make notes to myself about technology and how it can be used by teachers and students to gain a greater understanding of their world, and as a means to tell their stories…
Questions or comments can be addressed to
tim dot lauer at gmail dot com
Books and Publications
“Innovative Approaches To Literacy Education: Using The Internet To Support New Literacies” (International Reading Association), Contributor, Chapter 10, Bee Stings, Wooden Blocks, and Web Browsers
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Good Day,
I have been reading your education/technology blog, and since it is along the same lines, would love to get your opinion on a system our company has been working on.
Hoovle is a course and school management system, and since you do have specific interest and experience in this area, we would love your opinion on it. If you would be interested in trying out a demo., just let us know.
Thanks for your time
Sherif Nassar
Dear Tim:
During my 15 years working in technology management in K-12 public education and at the community college level I have frequently had to select technology products for purchase. In order to find the best one, I’d post a bunch of emails to various edtech lists, call my friends, read the trade journals or attend conferences. I also noticed a lot of similar inquiries from my colleagues at other institutions who were in the same boat.
Being a geek, it bothered me that we were all spending an incredible amount of time gathering feedback on these various products and services. Frequently we were looking at the same sorts of products, but we didn’t connect until after we’d already made individual decisions.
As a result of my experience, I’m creating a new web site, EdTechReview.com, which is intended to provide a simple way for education technology professionals to share reviews of products and services. Instead of multiple postings on listservs, you can now visit this web site and read reviews from others already using the product. You can easily share your experiences with products, both good and bad. The site is completely free for users!
Development work on the site is still under way, but I’m ready to begin accepting user registrations and reviews right now. Please stop by my site at http://www.edtechreview.com and create an account, post a review or read reviews from your peers. If you have any questions or suggestions for improving the site, please feel free to drop me a note. Be sure to share this email with anyone else you feel could be helped by using the site.
Thanks,
Dave
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Dave Johnston
EdTechReview.com
Thank you for your hard work on your blog site and for all the valuable resources you have provided. I’m a high school Technology Coordinator, by way of 25 years of teaching high school English, and have learned the value of not regularly recreating the wheel.
Hi Tim,
Have you ever checked out Zimbra? Zimbra is an open source collaboration suite that provides myriad benefits to educators versus other e-mail services. A lot of institutions currently use them and all seem really happy. Check it out at http://www.zimbra.com.
Best,
Jasper