NECC & ED MEDIA Conferences

Two great conferences to attend this week on opposite sides of the North American continent:

Ed MEDIA & NECC.
ED MEDIA is in Vancouver, BC, Canada and NECC is in Atlanta, Georgia.

If you're close to either one be sure to drop in.....

Blendededu.com is attending both and hope to get a good scoop on education & technology to blog about.

alpha (beta): customized search

Psssst. Hey. Want to try something cool? Check out Alpha. It's pretty slick.

It's powered by Yahoo! Search, so you can log in using your Yahoo! ID and create customized information source modules. This is a really handy way to search multiple sites with a single query from information sources you already know and trust in a single place.

When you use Alpha to search for, say, Yahoo! Teachers, you get your regular search results along with video from Jumpcut, pictures from Flickr, or Yahoo! Answers related to that query.

Best of all, you have the flexiblity to add or remove information sources until you get the mix just right.

Give it a try! And check out the alpha (beta) blog too for tips and tricks.

Ask.com Goes 3D

This summer while you're researching for new web resources for your classes search Ask.com.

Ask.com has a new interface. Its sleek, new interface now has the capability to contain links to video clips, news, maps & directions, blogs, and other multimedia resources right on your main search results page creating a 'multimedia' search result page.

Google announced its plans to add video content, links to books, and news to its search pages last month.

Ask.com has not only redesigned its site, its' morphed technologies. Instead of just stacking results 10 per page 'Ask 3D' search result pages are divided into a 3 pane view with links to images, video clips and news on the right hand side and ideas on how to improve your search on the left column. You can search different multimedia without leaving one page.

Both search engines hope that these latest innovations will make your research much easier to find what you’re looking for.

It's About Relationships: Yahoo! Teachers Groups

Yahoo! Teachers has set up a Yahoo! Group where you can connect with your colleagues, learn more about Yahoo! Teachers, and discover how other educators are using technology in the classroom.

They’ve even started a Yahoo! Teachers group on Flickr where you can meet other teachers who are using Flickr in their classroom. Yahoo! Teachers will also be posting photographs from all our events this summer on Flickr.

So please join the Yahoo! Teachers groups so you can contribute to the building of this new community for teachers.

• Yahoo Groups + Yahoo! Teachers:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yteachers_community/

• Flickr + Yahoo! Teachers:

http://flickr.com/groups/yahoo-teachers/

Related Resources

• Yahoo! Teachers
• Upcoming > Yahoo! Teachers Events
• 2007 Yahoo! Teachers Workshops

Yahoo! Teachers Workshops 2007

Today Yahoo! Teachers announced the dates and locations for their 2007 Yahoo! Teachers workshops! You can learn more about the workshops and get an application by clicking here.

Come join your colleagues and learn how to use Yahoo! Teachers and the Gobbler in your classroom. This is an excellent opportunity to learn how to use social media tools to support student learning as well as connect and meet other passionate educators like you!




We had a great time at our 2006 Yahoo! Teachers workshop and expect this year to be even better! So this summer, come spend a day with Yahoo! Teachers.

Related Resources

• 2007 Yahoo! Teachers Workshops
• Upcoming: Yahoo! Teachers Events
• Flickr: Yahoo! Teachers, Summer 2006
• Flickr, Yahoo! Teachers, Fall 2006