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Blog is here.

See my ongoing blog here: http://robdarrow.wordpress.com
Is there anyway to integrate my blog with ning?

Added by Rob Darrow on April 16, 2007 at 6:12pm — 1 Comment

My 14-year-old daughter noticed that I was using my real picture on this group and said let me know that she didn't think it was a smart thing for me to do, considering what I've been telling her. That's why I have a new image made with Photoshop filters. It's nice to know that my kids listen to me once in a while.... for seconds at a time.

Of course, there are pics of her on Facebook taken by her friends and anyone can copy and save them! I've made sure that she's enabled…

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Added by Shayne Train on April 16, 2007 at 5:57pm — No Comments

Webcast: Peer Tutoring

April 17, 2007 - 4pm EDT, 2pm MT, 12pm PST "Peer-Tutoring! When Do We Want It? Now!"

A free, live webcast will be broadcast from the 15th Annual National Tutoring Association conference in Denver, CO. This session will offer case studies on successful peer-tutoring via preparatory and summer transition programs at high school and college campuses, featuring integration with NCLB (No Child Left Behind). Panelists will share proven strategies for building support for…

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Added by Nalini Lasiewicz on April 16, 2007 at 5:11pm — No Comments

Students can say anthing they want!

I received an e-mail from one of my lists - Safekids. In it was a blurb about a case in which a court ordered that a middle-school student who was put on probation for criticizing a principal on Myspace in an "expletive-laden entry " has the right of free-speech. Earlier, a judge had declared the remarks obscene. The court of appeals found that her remarks were protected as political speech "under both the state and federal constitutions because they dealt with school policy" and said that…

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Added by Shayne Train on April 16, 2007 at 3:33pm — 2 Comments

All blogs are not created equal...

I've been thinking about the difference between this blog space and the blog that I have just started for my school. I think the answer is audience. On my school blog I have to be very careful about not going too fast. The audience for that blog includes a lot of people who are very new to Web 2.0. I don't want to overwhelm them with information. They also consist of people who are not reading a lot of other blogs. So it is appropriate to repeat… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Davis on April 16, 2007 at 2:15pm — No Comments

Presentation on EAST and the Distance Learning Center

Since I began "lurking" in the bloggosphere last semester (making an occasional post), my mind is frequently occupied by Classroom 2.0 issues. A few of us inspired our Grad school advisor to begin a blog for one of her other classes; we also spent a few nights explaining blogs to some seasoned teachers. We did enough public speaking to realize that we did not have enough teaching experience to tell teachers how to get around the red tape. I began to lament over the fate of education in…

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Added by Ash on April 16, 2007 at 2:06pm — No Comments

Puppy Linux

Friday, I read Steve Hargadon's Blog about using Puppy Linux on a computer at home. So the wheels started spinning. I'm a Mac user but have an old Aptiva in the basement. So my current project is to see how Puppy works on the old machine. Lot's of families in my district can't afford computers and it's been my dream to see usable machines in their hands. So I'm trying this out. Wish me luck.

Added by Clifton Dancy on April 16, 2007 at 8:17am — 1 Comment

My blog is...

I do my best to blog over at my blog http://lostjohns.blogspot.com. You can catch the latest feed via the RSS feed below. Thanks

William Bishop (Bill)

Added by William Bishop on April 15, 2007 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

There they were, just a walkin' down the street

On my blog I have a regular piece that I write which tries to introduce different people to others in the blog world. I have been doing this for about 2 months and just finished my 9th person. I thought I'd continue this here, putting my entry here so that people could access that blog. As we try to find people to communicate and share ideas, I found that it was very difficult to do that at the start and I didn't have too many people visiting my blog. However, I began to visit and comment on… Continue

Added by Kelly Christopherson on April 15, 2007 at 10:14pm — No Comments

Bursting the 2.0 Bubble

So, recently I read E.D. Hirsch's The Knowledge Deficit. Hirsch (Core Knowledge Reading Program) is know as being a heavy proponent of phonics, but this book goes further in advocating a knowledge heavy curriculum (You can always look it up...or can you)?. Not only that he suggests the curriculum… Continue

Added by SparklingDrift on April 15, 2007 at 10:00pm — No Comments

The Good Teacher

I was doing research tonight for a Moodle class I am teaching and I ran across the tale of The Good Teacher. It was pleasant to read, (keeping in mind that I was up to my eyeballs in software documentation) and it reminded me that even in a 2.0 world we need to continue to use good pedagogy in our classrooms.

Added by Teacher K on April 15, 2007 at 8:12pm — No Comments

Web 2.0 is making me smarter - or at least making me think more!

Following and reading blogs, participating in ning, contributing to wikis, writing in my blog, I haven't thought this much in years. It truly is an amazing phenomenon. I feel so intellectually alive. I'm inspired and challenged constantly. The blogs I read lead me to question and explore new tools and Websites. I haven't written this much since I was in school. It is all so exciting and energizing. For me, classroom 2.0 could just be about my… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Davis on April 15, 2007 at 7:02pm — 1 Comment

Classroom 2.0?

I guess I need to acquire some friends, and start some dialogue. This is my first experience with a social networking site, so I am a little uncertain about the whole thing. Am I cool enough? Insecurities aside, this is me trying something new. That's been the fun part of my new foray with technology: I'm taking little risks, and I love it.

As I search for a job for the fall, my mind wanders back to all of the blogs I've read in the past six months. Weblog-Ed and 2 Cents Worth (and… Continue

Added by Ash on April 15, 2007 at 2:33pm — 3 Comments

Don't think of it as a Blog... Think of it as an Info Sharing Space

The NYTimes published an interesting tool : http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/business/2007_BUYRENT_GRAPHIC.html

It could be used to illustrate the use of information graphics, create an ongoing discussion of economics, to consider received wisdom (in this case: buying property is always better than renting), to build writing pieces around. I imagine computer science, interactive multimedia educators… Continue

Added by Audrey Hill on April 15, 2007 at 7:38am — 1 Comment

OpenLearn Video

I just wanted to share this movie with you which the team has been created

to sum up what the openlearn project is about.

Back in February this year, openlearn was selected as a finalist in IMS

Global Learning Consortium’s Learning Impact Recognition and

Awards Program. Our entry received full marks from…

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Added by Stuart Brown on April 15, 2007 at 6:21am — 1 Comment

Promethean Boards VS Active Boards

Good Morning! First a little background, I was working with a huge Active Board in Pittsburgh Public schools in the early 1990"s. It was a K-5 school I was Tech Support--taught Tech and was the Media Specialist. You know budget shortages!! I have a Promethean in my Media Center, there is an Actiboard in the Lab. The P board has a pen----the ActivB can be manipulated by fingers---especially little kids fingers. The district I am in is just purchasing these boards. I love my P Board and use it… Continue

Added by Karen on April 15, 2007 at 5:44am — 1 Comment

An Exodus from Microsoft: Parting the Knowledge Waters to Reach Linux and the Open Source Possibilities

As I have decided to explore Moodle by installing a Moodle server in the next week or 2, I thought I would spin the first coffee clutch tale of how I began my foray into Linux and Open source computing.

I started my business Gwynedd Valley Systems in 1997. At that time Tim Berners-Lee's…

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Added by Michael Taylor on April 14, 2007 at 11:55pm — 1 Comment

Running two blogs..-

...is a bit difficult :(

If you don't find anything new here please go to the station and take this train ;)
Some minutes ago I saw this fascinating pictures of the OLPC project. Great!!!!

Added by erika hummer on April 14, 2007 at 2:02pm — No Comments

On Being Advantaged

I'm not sure why to blog here, rather than at my regular blog. I don't plan on doing this regularly!

I just wanted to share some thanks I posted on my regular blog today, by posting a snippet here, so those of you whose conversations I have enjoyed will see it. It really is nice to have your feedback and reflections.