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New Online Presentation Tool

Service 280 Slides is a brand new tool to create presentations online. If you are a Mac user like me - something is like Keynote!?

Added by Hans Feldmeier on September 5, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

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This site is currently under construction.

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Added by Carol Good on September 4, 2008 at 8:03pm — No Comments

Here is one of my favorite paintings by Bren Bataclan. The mural in our school hallway is a collaboration between the third graders and Bren illustrating the third grade curriculum. Next week he is going to leave 115 of his smile paintings in NYC on September 9, 10th. If a person finds the painting there is a note on it that says, 'This painting is yours to keep if you promise to smile at people more… Continue

Added by Lorraine on September 4, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

All the buzz... Google Chrome

Google has introduced a new Web browser, called Chrome, which is directly targeted at going head-to-head in the browser market with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The move takes the…

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Added by John Costilla on September 4, 2008 at 6:28pm — No Comments

Believe in...

I've seen the video of Dalton Sherman, the 10 year old speaking to incoming teachers this year in Dallas. He's an amazing speaker, but I have more to say on the subject... as usual!

Read my post Believe in…

Love your thoughts either here or there...

Sylvia

Added by Sylvia Martinez on September 4, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Voice Thread

So I am looking for great tools to use with my 7th grade tech class. I have been thinking about project ideas for voice thread. I was wondering if there is anyone who is already using this and what type of success you are having?

Added by Carine on September 3, 2008 at 10:21pm — 1 Comment

You (yes, YOU) should present at a conference

Ever thought about presenting at an education technology conference? Here are some ideas - and how to include your students.

You (yes, YOU) should present at a conference

Sylvia

Added by Sylvia Martinez on September 3, 2008 at 3:51pm — No Comments

New Wiki for German speaking Comenius folks

Since one week I am working to create the structure of a new wiki for German speaking folks: Comenius Dialog. Okay, waiting for some improvements to start.....

Added by Hans Feldmeier on September 3, 2008 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Oh... The places we go.

According to comScore, a Web data tracker, Americans spent 302 billion minutes online last month. That's 6,760 lifetimes at 85 years apiece.

So where do we spend all this time?

Checking e-mail is the most popular online activity for the 221 million North American adults online, according… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 3, 2008 at 9:56am — No Comments

Grade 4 Children are Fantastic

Today I decided to ask my Grade 4 students what they wanted to learn about in IT and about computers. I thought I would start small in an area I am working on myself and see what they wanted rather than doing what I think they want or should know.

I got the idea from a small homework assignment I gave them this week about our class website. Bookmarking was something I asked them to do with our site and most of them indicated they didn't know how to do that but wanted to learn to do… Continue

Added by Heather Davis on September 3, 2008 at 8:25am — No Comments

Finally Back in Business!

So, the summer has passed and we're back in school. The new pupils seem so small and the nine-graders seem so big. It's funny how everything repeats itself. Don't get me wrong. I love it.

This year is going to be my second time moving towards the advantages of the 2.0 classroom. My best group have created accounts on Google where we have our own group. So far, they've only posted two assignments, but I plan on giving them something chewier (haven't decided what,… Continue

Added by Daniel Hermansson on September 2, 2008 at 11:31pm — No Comments

Musings about interactive applications, touch screens, participatory design, Intel's ethnographic research with the Classmate PC...

Here is a link to one of my recent blogs:

Interactive Touchscreen Technology, Participatory Design, and "Getting it".…

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Added by Lynn Marentette on September 2, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

SANTA'S SOCIAL NETWORK MISSION STATEMENT

PLEASE POST THIS POWERFUL MESSEGE WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS.

THANK YOU

SANTA

THANKS TO

ANGIE M. PARISH

THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT

My beloved friends of Santalivenow.ning.com.

As most everyone is aware there are thousands of people in our own respective states of origin… Continue

Added by Santa on September 2, 2008 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

The Study of a Culture - The YouTube Culture

No this is not the "Charlie bit me" video. This is Mike Wesch's presentation to the Library of Congress entitled "An anthropological introduction to YouTube." Mike is the creator of the now famous video - Web 2.0 Explained. This presentation really speaks to how widespread YouTube is and the notion of video blogs (… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 2, 2008 at 8:15am — No Comments

Wondershare PPT2Flash for shockwave in Powerpoint

After another teacher asked me how to put swf files into powerpoint I recalled how complicated this was, but with many teachers having resources already in Powerpoint rather than Smart Notebook it was a matter of finding a way for teachers to insert flash and movie, record narration in ppt. And even it could add our teachers' video and narration along with the PowerPoint courses.

Then I remembered Wondershare PPT2Flash that is great for… Continue

Added by Sabrina Fu on September 2, 2008 at 12:30am — No Comments

Announcing TeacherRated.com: where K-12 can find, share, rate and review the best online educational resources

TeacherRated.com is a free resource website created by teachers for teachers. Using TeacherRated.com, educators quickly locate the very best teaching tools, lesson plans, reference websites and student activities available online because resources are suggested, rated and reviewed by teachers.

Whether searching for lesson plans, teaching resources or student activities, many educators turn to the Internet for help. With thousands of… Continue

Added by Greg from LessonGateway.com on September 1, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

BORN DIGITAL Attempts to Make Sense of Digital Natives

[Cross-posted on Education Musings]

Seven years ago, Marc Prensky authored a seminal article titled Digital Natives, Digital… Continue

Added by Shuchi Grover on September 1, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments

e-Newsletter Topics

I am responsible for our school's monthly technology newsletter, and I am constantly looking for fresh new ideas or information to share with my faculty. Does anyone have any suggestions for Pre-K-5 and/or special education?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Added by kc on August 31, 2008 at 9:26pm — No Comments

What makes a good quality student blog?

The first part of this post is my answer to what are the......

Features of a good quality student blog

..Good structure and layout, with appealing design and theme

..Regularly uploaded and updated posts (should be at least once a week), showing intellectual quality.

..Evidence of proof reading for accuracy, reliability and completeness.

..Appropriate language, bearing in mind digital citizenship status

..Posts of varying lengths with interestingly… Continue

Added by Anne Mirtschin on August 31, 2008 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

The First Time

This is the first time to use Classroom2.0. The page is very simple and nice, I like it very much.
Here are so many resource on the page, some of them are useful to me.
I'm a teacher in China, and my major is "Educational Technology". So I am very interesting on the new technology, especially how to use them in the classroom.

Added by Danielle on August 30, 2008 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments