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Meet Jeff Utecht

Jeff Utecht

Jeff Utecht is an educational technology consultant. He has been working in the Asia region since 2005, prior to that he worked in the Middle East and the United States. Currently Jeff is working as a Technology and Learning Coordinator for the International School of Bangkok. In June of 2008 Jeff became an Educational Ambassador for Wetpaint. Jeff regularly shares his thoughts on education and technology on his blog, thethinkingstick.com. His blog was rated one of the top 100 educational blogs by the Online Educational Database. His blog was also featured in the book Reinventing Project-Based Learning as an avenue for “free online professional development”. Feel free to contact Jeff if you need help or have ideas on ways to improve Wetpaint for educators.

Jeff's Wetpaint projects:

Presentation Wiki

Teaching & Learning in a Networked Classroom Graduate Course


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Anonymous WetPaint Tutorials 2 Friday, 4:20 PM EDT by jutecht
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I am looking for detailed WetPaint tutorials. I find the videos on the website unsatisfactory particularly for 2nd language learners. I was also upset that the phone operator would not let me talk to a WetPaint technicians on this problem. I had some ideas to solve this problem and was told to email. The culture at WetPaint needs to change immediately. Let's get this straight. Where can I reach you?
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Anonymous Student Safety 1 Jul 4 2008, 8:03 AM EDT by vsl55
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Mr. Bartels:

I think that concerns for student safety are going to be a big issue for truly widespread adoption. It sounds like WetPaint gives you some controls, but is it really managable as an environment where students are enabled to make contributions? While from an individual teacher's perspective it sounds like it might be manageable (each teacher manages his/her realm) district office admin types would prefer to throw a safety net out there to cover all. It is hard to fault them that. If safety is dependent on individual teachers and you have thousands of teachers, slip-ups are going to happen. Intranet/Extranet hosting scenarios are going to be attractive on that basis ... at the loss, of course, of significant educational value/opportunity. I work in IT at the district office. I am beside myself with excitement re Web 2.0 opportunities for education and I want to spread that to the Ed. Svcs. division. But these are rational concerns that will be raised and I'd like to know how others are addressing them.

Some of WetPaint's marketing casts a shadow of negativity on IT. I know that the buerecratic nature of public education admin is brutal and, worse, it saps public ed of vital resources especially excitement. But IT is really not the enemy. DO admin types are not the ememy. Each element of buerecratic overhead is a response to public demands/dynamics. I can do more about it as an individual than I can as a public employee. In other words the enemy is in the masses not at the DO and not in IT. Widespread, ubiquitous adoption is going to require tackling the issues that make IT and the DO less responsive than desireable to these opportunities.
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