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I have been doing a lot of reading and a lot of thinking about social networking and if it can be effectively used in the classroom as an educational tool.

I am always surprised to hear how many schools ban social networking in the classroom when it can be used to help improve students' learning.

Instead of banning social networking in the classroom, schools should be working on ways to educate students on the proper use(s) and teachers on the proper way(s) to implement…

The job of the educator can often seem daunting and thankless.  We live in the "caves" or our classrooms and spin on our hamster wheels, trying to stay on top of lesson plans, student relationships, our learning environment, grading, and administrative requirements.  A huge challenge is finding the necessary and critical time to look out of our caves and both improve our professional skills and take a breath of fresh air.  To me, this is the real power of Web 2.0 for the educator.  The web…

This post serves the purpose of providing a post for Web 2.0 at WOU ning assignment 5a.  It also highlights that in a real world of education, fun is a necessary and often forgotten component.  Here is a link to a short podcast I made for the podcasting class.  If you have an extra minute or two, and need a laugh, check it out.

http://www.yodio.com/yo.aspx?cardid=Bovf0lrskl6G9pxuDEwhqI

Perhaps my real life…

-EDTC 601 - Educational Blogs and/or Wikis Chart

Name: Chris Molhan

Date: 10/28/11

Hi Class,

            I found this to be an interesting project, and I enjoyed taking the time to complete it very much. I use word walls in my class often I put them on the board daily. I never thought about or took the time to explore an option like this, and I am glad this project came up. I will be incorporating this into my lesson plans. My students have computers on their desks, and I have control of all of them through mine I will be creating a word wall, and changing their…

Does anyone know of an easy to use and free web based site where you can upload the html files from a former iWeb site.  iWeb is no longer supported in our district and there are quite a few teachers that aren't very knowledgeable with building a website that don't want to rebuild their site. 

Thanks!

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4317925/Wiki_Wordle

Using Wordle was fun and easy; I enjoyed all the color options.

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4307518/blogs

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4307557/wikis

Saw an ad for a conference May 4-6 in Virginia on learning and the brain. It will focus on how digital tech is altering attention, instruction, and intervention with today's students. It is co-sponsored by Johns Hopkins University School of Education.

I have a few podcast links to share...useful for teachers. 

A lesson on irregular verbs.
http://www.podcast.com/Education/Language-Courses/I-408279.htm

Several audio versions of William Shakespeare's sonnets.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/sonnets-william-shakespeare/id384530878

I am posting these 2 links to show the power of social media.  The first one is a rally cry to the public to help stop bullying following the tragic suicide of an Ottawa teenager earlier this week (Oct 15).  The first video was made on Oct 18.

http://ning.it/mZKhvw

The second link is to a video made by members of the Canadian Parliament.  Again note the date: Oct 20.

http://ning.it/o2qIrV

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My husband has downloaded Podcasts for years and spends most of his time traveling in a vehicle with headphones in his ears listening to them... catching up on the world, the world of sports and his talk-shows.  Until recently, I never understood why he liked them so much... but now I, too, spend a lot of my travel time listening to Podcasts.  We both download them to our phones, plug in our headphones and go.  My recent favorites include: "Children's Book Radio", "Meet the Author",…

I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions for good music ed software to use at the elementary level.  My school is fortunate enough to have many iPads, and I would love to get my kids using them if there are apps out there that are worth it.  Any thoughts?

There are so many reasons why anyone in the education industry should be attending as many Edcamps as possible, but instead of reinventing a list, I simply cultivated some of my favorites. Here are my Top 10 Favorite Reasons To Attend An Edcamp from various blogs:

1. It is free.
2. Hierarchies do not exist at an Edcamp. Regardless of his or her perspective, each participant’s ideas and contributions are equally respected.
3. Teachers,…