Posted in General Technology, Podcasting on Feb 28th, 2008 No Comments »
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about attending the Apple Tour of 21st-Century Learning. As I am going through the material we received, I feel I need to comment on all the great sites we talked about.
Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) is a social network for educators. You can find items as simple as [...]
Posted in General Technology, Multimedia, ProfDevelopment on Feb 23rd, 2008 4 Comments »
Had winter break this week and had quite a productive week. Finally recovered from the flu by Wednesday and didn’t have to spend most of the day in bed. Having a laptop sure comes in handy when you aren’t feeling well.
I am enrolled in an Immigration course and am reading the book “The Inner World [...]
Posted in ProfDevelopment on Feb 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Ryan Bretag, The Four Eyed Technologist, recently wrote a post listing 32 tools with links to the series 7 Things You Should Know About by Educause.
These are great summaries and introductions to the tools and a way to broaden your knowledge. The articles focus on questions such as:
What is it?
Who is doing it?
How does it work?
Why [...]
Posted in Web Tools on Feb 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Google Docs Spreadsheet has introduced a new feature — the ability for users to create a web-based form. This is great for teachers/students doing research, working in collaborative environments where they want to conduct a survey, for sign-ups, or any other reason you would want input from others.
You can create the form and send users [...]
Posted in UDL and AT on Feb 9th, 2008 2 Comments »
Being someone who is always pushing myself (which is probably why I am lying in bed today with the flu and my computer) I am enrolled in a second masters course entitled “Universal Design and Assistive Technology.” This is in conjunction with a Massachusetts DOE grant received by 3 school districts. I find the course really interesting — [...]
Posted in Blogging on Feb 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
I am currently enrolled in a course through Endicott College being offered in my district — Millennials: Technology, Teaching, and Learning. This week’s task is to create a blog or wiki. Since I already have a blog and wiki, I thought I would look back on my first entry posted my blog. Teachers feel overwhelmed [...]
Posted in Multimedia, Presentations, Second Life on Feb 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Last week, I worked with 5 classes of 8th Grade Students on a great project. The students did research on the presidential candidates. Each student selected their candidate and wrote an essay focusing on their selection. They concluded their essay with a brief paragraph on the candidate’s views. This is where I came in. We had about 50 [...]
Posted in Blogging, Educational Blogging, General Technology, Podcasting on Feb 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Attended a session sponsored by Apple yesterday entitled “Tour of 21st-Century Learning.” It was a great day. I knew about a lot of the tools but they not only focused on the tools, but focused on project-based learning with the tools and integrating areas of the curriculum. We, as students, did research that we posted on [...]
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