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Saturday, June 28th, 2008Here are the tools explained during the smackdown at Edubloggercon 2008…
1. www.polleverywhere.com use cell phones to create a student response system for free using SMS text messaging. Carrier charges apply.
2. www.chacha.com - call ChaCha and ask a question and ChaCha will text message back an answer in anywhere from 20 seconds to 5 minutes. No [...]
NECC 2008 - Moodle and More
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Spending morning in Moodle and More workshop. Presenter’s Carmalita Bieniek and Jeanne Myers from NYC are modeling embedding video in Moodle to make the course more appealing to visual learners. One of the course topics was called A Vision. Here is the YouTube video they used to begin that course topic/forum/chat in the Moodle course.
Youtube [...]
The Economic Impact of Ignoring Web 2.0
Saturday, December 1st, 2007In professional development sessions and at conferences I often hear teachers, both experienced and new, asking the question; “What about the students who don’t have a computer at home?” Inevitably and understandably some educators let this equity related question stop them from incorporating Web 2.0 into learning assignments. The equity issue certainly makes it easier for educators to ignore [...]
Alan November at NCETC 2007
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007This presentation was all about improving the learning experience using a 21st Century context. I’m going to talk about Alan’s “Student Containers” presentation in which he introduced six student jobs for every classroom.
Adapted from Alan November’s presentation 11/28/2007 at NCETC…
Tutorial Developer - Let kids develop screencast tutorials of what they are supposed to learn next [...]
Another Flickr Business
Monday, November 5th, 2007One of the pictures I snapped at the Centennial Park fountain in Atlanta during NECC week is in an online travel guide.
:: Schmap Atlanta Fourth Edition: Photo Inclusion
I am delighted to let you know that your photo
has been selected for inclusion in the newly released
fourth edition of our Schmap Atlanta Guide:
Centennial
http://www.schmap.com/atlanta/activities_golf/p=24887/i=24887_3.jpg
Thanks so much for letting us include your photo - please
enjoy [...]
Interwrite Learning Video Contest
Thursday, November 1st, 2007I have really enjoyed the Interwrite Video Contest submissions. A Burke County, North Carolina school made it into the finals!
It’s time to vote for your favorite video in the Interwrite Makeover™ contest.
You and your colleagues and class will enjoy seeing these 15 amazing examples of creativity, collaboration and technology in the classroom.
Watch them today at [...]
K12 Online Conference 2007
Sunday, October 14th, 2007 Email I sent out to teachers and administrators in McDowell…
Dear MCPS Staff Member,
There will be no Tuesday Tech Tip this week or next week. Instead, I would like to invite you to take part in a world-wide professional learning experience designed for teachers by teachers. The K12 Online Conference focuses on teachers helping teachers understand [...]
Using Zamzar & Vixy.net
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007I have had several questions about using YouTube (and others video sharing sites like Google Video, Metacafe, etc.) videos in the classroom. We block these due to the explicit nature of some of the channels offered on these video sharing sites, including the “Most Popular” and/or “Most Viewed” channels, which typically expose visitors to the [...]
Snap Shots & Talkr Visitor Enhancements
Sunday, July 8th, 2007I use a tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.
Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, [...]
LeaderTalk for School Administrators
Monday, March 12th, 2007While in a NCaect pre-conference workshop on using blogs, wikis and podcasts in education given by Will Richardson I discovered a new website/blog for school administrators that looks promising.
LeaderTalk
From the “About This Blog” page…
Welcome to LeaderTalk. The time is ripe for a blog by school leaders for school leaders. A blog that is ‘the place [...]