Posted in Blogging, ProfDevelopment on Mar 23rd, 2007 4 Comments »
Held a 30-minute workshop on Blogs at my school. The purpose was to give a visual on blogs, show some educational blogs, how to find good blogs, how to comment on a blog, and some guidelines to follow when creating and/or using a blog in education. Had a good turnout. At least 1/2 of the [...]
Posted in ProfDevelopment, Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
Keeping a list of great prof development links for when I start a blogging workshop at my school.
Karl Fisch of The Fischbowl has created a wonderful PowerPoint presentation containing information that is extremely thought-provoking. As you review this presentation, you can think of your children and your students along with what is going on in [...]
Posted in General Technology, ProfDevelopment on Jan 19th, 2007 No Comments »
My presentation went very well at the ASP National Conference. Every seat was taken and it was very well received. I hope that I have excited enough teachers to look into the world of Web 2.0 and create a blog, make a wiki, create a podcast.
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Posted in ProfDevelopment on Jan 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Tomorrow I am on my way to Memphis for the 2007 Accelerated School Plus National Conference entitled “Fulfilling the Dream.” On Monday, I will be presenting a technology session — “25 Ways for Student Inquiry Using Technology in a Powerful Learning Environment.” Probably could have done it with 10 but too late to change now. [...]
Posted in ProfDevelopment on Oct 29th, 2006 No Comments »
The K-12 Online Conference started this past week and I was able to pop in and check out some of the workshops. The great feature about this conference is that if there are several good workshops offered, you don’t have to choose which one to go to. You can go to all of them whenever [...]
Posted in ProfDevelopment on Sep 4th, 2006 No Comments »
K12 Online 2006 Announcing the first annual “K12 Online 2006″ convention for teachers, administrators and educators around the world interested in the use of Web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice. This year’s conference is scheduled to be held over two weeks, Oct. 23-27 and Oct. 30- Nov. 3 with the theme “Unleashing the [...]
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