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Web Quest for Lego Mindstorms NXT

If any of you use or interested in using the Lego Mindstorms NXT, I recently made a Web Quest to use in the classroom. It includes printable handouts that can be used in the activity, as well as lots of resources on getting started.

The Web Quest can be found at:

http://questgarden.com/q/doctanx

Added by Steve Tanksley on June 28, 2009 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Copyright Issues when posting music on videos By: Barry Stralin Britt

I found this article on copyright issues very interesting because it is so true that even as educators we sometimes forget when working on video projects or any projects for that matter about copyrights and getting permission to use such items. What this article referred to putting in music to enhance video projects yet most people do not obtain proper permission for its use. I think many people hide behind the fact that it is being used for educational purposes but as it states in the article… Continue

Added by Diane Leon on June 27, 2009 at 1:03pm — 1 Comment

Wall Calendar for the 2009/10 School Year

We have just added a new product to our website: a wall calendar for the 2009/10 School Year. The calendar is filled with pictures from the southern estates of Mexico: Chiapas and Yucatán. It also contains the most important public holidays of every Spanish Speaking country. You can see sample of the calendar in our website: www.bablingua.com

Added by Bablingua on June 27, 2009 at 7:59am — No Comments

Twitter This! -- my Twitter song

I wrote this as my students were writing their own songs. I also wanted to experiment to see how far the song might travel along various networks, so feel free to pass the link along through your networks.

Kevin

Listen to the song: http://www.box.net/shared/5848z0cba8

Twitter This

I get up in the morning and I twitter all my dreams

140 characters is… Continue

Added by Kevin H. on June 27, 2009 at 7:25am — No Comments

#NECC09 & an iPhone

This year, I am going low budget... just me, my iPhone, backup battery and my digital toolkit:

These are the tools I'll be using while at NECC and EduBloggerCon. I use these tools on… Continue

Added by John Costilla on June 26, 2009 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Adventures in Web 2.0: Introducing Social Networking into My Teaching

I’ve shared a bit in previous posts about implementing a Ning to enhance the Internship Program at The International School of the Americas. It’s been a challenging and rewarding adventure. And this past spring I wrote an article about that journey, which has just come out in… Continue

Added by Honor Moorman on June 26, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Stop Signs

Added by Kevin on June 26, 2009 at 8:06am — No Comments

The Digital Dance

Added by Kevin on June 26, 2009 at 8:06am — No Comments

Student Created Content - You Tube and Curriculum

Re-posted from my blog http://mssigman.edublogs.org/

Today I am thinking about how I feel in long meetings that don't really relate to what I want to know. I'm thinking about that "glazed-over" look that comes to my eyes and brain. I see this reflected often in my students. They get that same "glazed-over" look. They are not interested in long presentations. This is not to say that I am a "bad" teacher. My students this year indicated that… Continue

Added by MsSigman on June 25, 2009 at 6:03pm — 1 Comment

Can Wordnik be Used as a Literacy Tool?

The common problem with getting students to turn to dictionaries or similar tools to verify spelling, pronunciation, or simply learn the meaning of a word, is the basic limitations of the experience. When a generation that has grown up participating in and / or leading the creation of narrative online (via their social networks and blogs) is faced with a non-to-low interactive and non-social experience, we can easily predict the outcome: boredom and disinterest, and they will only do it if… Continue

Added by Meg H on June 25, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Make a Screencast for Thesis Defense Presentation

A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output. It is widely used in illustrate technical concepts and operation procedures which are hard to explain in words. Most screencasts are generated by screen recorder software. So we can say screen recorder is a helpful presentation tool to create screencasts for software and system…

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Added by Tim on June 25, 2009 at 3:58am — No Comments

Java

I will be teaching Java next year; here is a quick screencast on the differences and simmilarities of Java and C++:

the full write up with reference links and code is at: JS Wiki Java

have fun,

enjoy the… Continue

Added by Geoff St. Pierre on June 24, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Congratulations Steve! Elluminate Taps Classroom 2.0 Founder for New LearnCentral Network

Elluminate Taps Classroom 2.0 Founder for New LearnCentral Network

Social Networking Pioneer Steve Hargadon Helps Build Unique Online Community for Education

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of web, audio and video solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration, announced today that it has hired Classroom 2.0 founder Steve Hargadon as the company’s first Social Learning Consultant. In his new role, Hargadon helped create… Continue

Added by Blaine Transue on June 24, 2009 at 1:07pm — No Comments

All About Me(TM)

On my flight back from Knoxville, Tennessee, I came across this article in the AA magazine. The title: Achieve Success by Building Your Personal Brand. You can read the full article here.

Stand Out
With so much white noise out there, it’s imperative you stay at the top of people's…

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Added by John Costilla on June 24, 2009 at 1:06pm — No Comments

EduBloggerCon - I'll be attending! (jcostilla)

I'll be there... jcostilla

EduBloggerCon / Classroom 2.0 "LIVE in DC" 2009

Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Main Room 206!

This is an international… Continue

Added by John Costilla on June 24, 2009 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Teaching Technique-The Reverse Field Trip

Teaching Technique_ the Reverse Field Trip.

I was assigned to a new school. On my first day the principal said. “I have heard of you, you like to take the students on field trips, there will be no field trips at this school.” I have never met the principal before, but his comments did not affect me whatsoever.

My concern is how can I best educate my students? I knew that the lecture method is the technique that is least likely to achieve the results I wanted. I was guilty of the… Continue

Added by William Lambert on June 24, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Exploring Audience on Teachers Teaching Teachers

You are invited to join teachers across the globe for a special interactive Teachers Teaching Teachers (TTT) webcast, titled "Teaching the New Writing: Exploring the Collaborative Nature of Writing and Technology in the Classroom," sponsored by the National Writing Project Technology Initiative.

As educators move forward into the terrain of digital literacy and learning with their students, part of the challenge is balancing the innovation of new… Continue

Added by Kevin H. on June 24, 2009 at 6:35am — No Comments

Year 6 Literacy Ideas

I was emailed over the weekend by a year 6 teacher who wanted some ideas for using ICT with his class, and in particular for literacy.

I set up an Etherpad to collate ideas and threw the question out to my network of Twitter friends. I invited them to visit the Etherpad and add their thoughts.

You can see the results of the collaboration here:… Continue

Added by Danny Nicholson on June 24, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

Planning for NECC 09

This will be my first trip to NECC, but I've attended other conferences in the past. My favorites are CUE (Computer Using Educators Conference, in Palm Springs), and the ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) conference I attended in Chicago. Good times and a wealth of learning opportunities.

Here are a few tips to share for your conference… Continue

Added by Donelle on June 23, 2009 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

Using technology in FL classroom

If anyone has any quick tips for using technology in the FL classroom, please let me know. So far, I have used only PPT and I know that is hopelessly outdated. I would like to use Ipods. Has anyone done a podcast? Have the students responded well to this method?

Added by Vivian Watts on June 23, 2009 at 3:44pm — No Comments