Posted in Evidence of PD, Keyboarding, Resources, Teaching, Tools on Apr 4th, 2008 7 Comments »
As I wrote in my post a few days ago, I am starting over on my attempt to teach basic wiki (web editing/content creation) concepts (replacing Powerpoint – my choice) to my 6th graders. I rotate groups every 10 days (50 min. each day, 30 of which need to be spent typing), so I’ve been [...]
Posted in Resources on Mar 17th, 2008 6 Comments »
Some more resources for you! A friend emailed me this morning asking where she could find royalty-free music for her students to use in a project – I didn’t actually know, since I haven’t done this before, so I “asked twitter” and amazed my friend with the quick and plentiful responses! I compiled most of [...]
Posted in Resources, WordPress on Mar 17th, 2008 2 Comments »
Just wanted to share my resources as I go along. My resources for WordPress, HTML, and CSS will be here – these are my del.icio.us links. I chose this way of sharing because I will be constantly adding and it’s too time consuming right now to try to create a wiki or other resource sharing [...]
Posted in Resources on Mar 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Here are 2 excellent posts that I read today. I’m glad other people write great stuff like this so I don’t have to work as hard
Steve Hargadon - Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education
Will Richardson – Yet Another Reason We Should Be Teaching, Not Blocking, Wikipedia
I’m doing something I saw on a blog [...]
Posted in PLN, Resources, Social Networks, Teaching on Feb 20th, 2008 3 Comments »
I’m reporting, as promised, on the second parent workshop I led at my middle school. There were only 3 parents in attendance, but again, this allowed for more discussion and personal feedback. My district’s IT director and the middle school principal were also there, which led to a broader perspective on the topics being covered - our [...]
Posted in Blogging, PLN, Research, Resources, Social Networks, twitter on Feb 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
I have been asked on twitter and various other places for links to this and links to that, and I just thought I’d make it easier for those of you who wish to follow my research on blogging, social networking, and other web tools. I don’t always have time to blog about the information I [...]
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