Author Archives: Chris
About Chris
EdTech Swami is the pet project of Christopher Rogers, who is a high school English teacher in central New York. The Swami believes that education is not keeping up with a rapidly changing world, and he hopes to do his small part to change that.My Failed GTA Application Video
This is my failed Google Teacher Academy application video. continue reading
How to Have a Nearly Synchronous Discussion With Your WP Blog
In this article I explain how to facilitate a nearly real-time discussion using your Wordpress blog continue reading
Google Wave is Only Underwhelming Because We Are Educators
So after begging and pleading with my PLN on Twitter and submitting no less than five beta requests to Google (including one telling them that I would name my next child Google I was finally granted an invitation to the… continue reading »
Podcasting Test
[podcast format="video"]http://www.edtechswami.com/wp-content/uploads/RomJulAct1Scene1.m4a[/podcast] I am testing a podcasting plugin – let’s see how it works. Incidentally, I made this podcast a few years ago. It is the beginning of Romeo & Juliet, all of the voices in it are mine altered… continue reading »
How to Set Up a Classroom Site With WordPress
I am surely opening myself up to ridicule a little for this one, but I have recently had a few people ask me how I created my classroom site. My school purchased a web hosting package from SchoolCenter which is… continue reading »
Two Very Useful Twitter Tools for Educators
Topify and ReadTwit are two very useful Twitter tools for teachers. continue reading