Posted in Blogging, Resources, Teaching on Mar 3rd, 2008 10 Comments »
Please read carefully - are there any spelling, punctuation, or grammar errors?
As I become more and more involved in blogging and online collaboration, I find that the issue of proofreading and editing online work needs to be looked at in greater detail by education professionals. More and more people are publishing work for the world to see, [...]
Posted in Blogging, Teaching on Mar 1st, 2008 18 Comments »
Background: I received an email today from a student about her new blog she created, her love of technology, and asking for advice on her blog. I responded to her, because it’s polite and I want to encourage her. I then tweeted how happy I was that a student was inspired by classroom blogging, which [...]
Posted in Blogging, Social Networks, Teaching, Tools, twitter on Feb 28th, 2008 5 Comments »
After my post earlier today about web app outages and issues, here are some “explanations” and further reading:
Twitter
As I’m writing this, I’m having major issues with Twitter and twhirl (desktop client for twitter) updating properly……………….sigh.
Here is some info about Twitter’s wackiness on Wednesday night:
Sue Water’s post about her Twitter account being hijacked
The Twitter blog’s post on [...]
Posted in Ramblings, Teaching, Tools on Feb 25th, 2008 3 Comments »
I just received my print edition of NEA Today and the cover story was “Digital Divide: Mind the Gap“. I immediately read the article and sent out a tweet about the online version. This article is a must-read for any teacher who considers technology in education to be an important issue. Many of the teachers in [...]
Posted in Blogging, Teaching, Tools on Feb 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
Rookie mistakes - live and learn. That’s the story of my day! I started out with my wiki project this morning and quickly encountered a MAJOR problem that I should have been aware of. No excuses, I should have researched this more fully before embarking on the project. I had the entire class (in 9 groups) [...]
Posted in Teaching, Tools on Feb 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Just a note about the wikispaces handout I created for my 6th graders to use as they work through using and adding links to the 6th Grade Research wiki. The handout describes how to log in to a wikispaces wiki, navigate pages, edit a page, and add a hyperlink. You can view it here: 6th [...]
Posted in Blogging, Teaching on Feb 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
In my post last week about teacher training here in the U.S. and abroad, I quoted a TIME magazine article about practices in Singapore. One of my readers, John Larkin, made these excellent comments on the post:
“Hi Kate
I once taught part time at Singapore’s National Institute of Education after work at Nanyang Technological University. I [...]
Posted in Teaching, Tools on Feb 22nd, 2008 7 Comments »
While working with my 6th grade students in keyboarding class, I’ve been struggling with how to introduce the how-to lessons for blogs and wikis. The students already know the mechanics of commenting on a blog, but we have a lot of work to do on writing posts and making sure work is fit for public [...]
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 Teaching, Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2008 4 Comments »
TIME Magazine — U.S. Edition via kwout
I sat down with my newest issue of TIME magazine (U.S. Edition) this afternoon with great anticipation - the cover reads “How to Make Better Teachers” - of COURSE I needed to read this! The cover article is interesting and focuses on how to attract and keep good teachers, and [...]
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