A current contest we’re running on our blog is for a FREE 5-night stay at a Premium Condo at Big Sky Resorts (Montana) this summer. Right outside of Yellowstone, this is a premier vacation spot! (find out more here).

As Lisa and I ventured to Austin, TX for TCEA a few weeks ago, we were on the hunt for Tim Holt. Why, you ask? Well, we heard from the best of the best that Tim knows a lot about EdTech and that he knew his way around TCEA - so we had to find him! From looking on the exhibit hall floor, the mezzanine, the iPlayground...the bunnies looked everywhere. Watch our video below and find out if we found Tim Holt!

I had the opportunity this morning to speak with Mary Crovo, Deputy Executive Director and Project Manager, at the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) to get some facts straight about the organization’s plans for adding student technology assessments to the Nation’s Report Card in 2012.

I was browsing for a news story and stumbled upon a fantastic way to keep up with current events everywhere. Newseum.org's Today's Front Pages! Wow!

This week has been crazy busy for most of us (not surprising at all); and I know a lot of you are playing catch up after last week's TCEA conference, but that's ok. I'm here to share some of my favorite EdTech / TCEA 2010 posts!

Blog Posts:
TCEA Day 1 – What I am learning today! By Krista Scott

That's right! Eight! Watch the video to find out if your school is one of the lucky winners!

If you followed our @SimpleK12 twitter stream on Friday, February 12^th, you most likely saw tweets about technology literacy assessments for 4^th, 8^th, and 12^th grade students starting in 2012.

I had the pleasure of attending a great session at TCEA – 50 Ways to Anchor Technology in your Classroom Tomorrow. Sounds interesting, right? Well, it was! Jessica Branch & Angelyn Cheatham session was chalk-full of great resources and tips! 50 resources and tips in fact!

I’ve picked my favorite 10 to share with you today.

So, perhaps you found the bunny slippers at TCEA and got an I Heart Ed Tech Button or T-shirt. Or maybe you won one at the FETC conference. Or maybe you even won one from a previous blog contest.

Congratulations! Now you can enter our contest to win a 5-Night Stay at a Condo in beautiful Big Sky Resort, right outside of historic Yellowstone National Park.

Staci Perkins and Mark Weems had a great session on how to “Bling Your Blog!” I was intrigued simply by the title, so I knew I had to attend this one. After chatting with a lot of TCEA attendees, this was a hot one but I know everyone couldn’t attend, so I’ve put together a recap of tips and tricks for your blog.

Tip #1: Don’t overdo your text! Remember that sometimes less really IS more and who wants to come to your blog to read a novel? So, add pictures, graphs, charts, videos, etc…