January 2008 Blog Posts (123)

On my Research

Well I haven't had a chance to blog in ages because I have been keeping myself very busy. Almost too busy. A lot of my buds from college look to me at times and ask me how I do it. I don't even know sometimes.

Okay, well more or less I was starting to progress in my research and then the end f the quarter came where I work. end of the quarter as you all means chasing around students to get their past work in (for absences right before the end of the quarter) and getting those midterms…

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Added by Lucas Fox on January 28, 2008 at 10:44am — No Comments

Video album from teachertube

This is just a short post, as I am trying to catch up with everything online before school starts back tomorrow. I have been camping for 10 days. However, I was really excited to find I could put my video album onto my website. I wanted to checkout the teachertube videos that I had uploaded for both myself and student work last year, but I clicked on the wrong link, thinking that I was going to read the messages that were awaiting for me to read. Instead, it took me to my home page and showed… Continue

Added by Anne Mirtschin on January 27, 2008 at 7:24pm — 2 Comments

Big Questions

I am trying to make large changes in my levels of computer knowledge. I was wondering if someone could take a moment to describe the differences between a ning, microblog, blog, wiki, skype, twitter and a moodle.

Added by Jane Faulkner on January 27, 2008 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

Shhhh! Don’t tell them they’re learning…

(Cross posted from the Nebulog to Commun-IT, Classroom 2.0, and …

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Added by Ed Hitchcock on January 27, 2008 at 3:19pm — No Comments

I'm taking a web 2.0 class with my district!!

Web 2.0 Class Reflection

Added by Donna Hebert on January 27, 2008 at 9:54am — No Comments

Edusim 3D IWB support & users group

I finally got the Edusim support & users group moved to ning:
http://edusim.ning.com/?xgi=DyzGp0

I will post updates & software downloads there.

Added by Rich White on January 27, 2008 at 8:20am — No Comments

a step and then another...and another

I am excited every day the kids begin arriving in the morning. I get so much energy from them. There were moments halfway through my cert program when I questioned if I was in fact doing the right thing. Do I really have what it takes to educate future citizens? What makes me equipped for such a job?

But this quarter I got back in the classroom and knew that this was it. Every day I love to be here. Don't get me wrong, I am scared to death sometimes about all the things that I don't know or… Continue

Added by Sara on January 26, 2008 at 9:37pm — 2 Comments

Have another blog!

This is my first Ning blog post.Please be patient; I'll start adding content here soon

Added by Sus Nyrop on January 26, 2008 at 3:54pm — 1 Comment

The Ning adventure begins - in my class

This week I started using a Ning network with my English as a Second Language class.

It's an exciting, challenging time for me working with a group of students

with vastly differing levels of ICT knowledge. Some have studied in the

field while others have had very little experience with computers.

My big lesson this week is Model, model, model and small, small, small. In the

excitement of it all, I think I tried to get too many things going… Continue

Added by Greg Oz on January 26, 2008 at 3:01pm — No Comments

eeePC for me!

http://themasterplan.edublogs.org/archives/22

Added by Daniel Stucke on January 26, 2008 at 1:08am — No Comments

Spring08: Friday, second week - thoughts about quizzes

Well, here it is, already Friday of the second week of the semester. I feel a bit zonked, but I think perhaps that is because I am coming down with a cold - it is more than just the usual online course end-of-week-zonkiness! Anyway, I want to stick to my plan of reflecting on how things went in general this week, and what improvements I can make next semester.

Probably the biggest thing I noticed was people either stressing too much about the quizzes (taking the quizzes over and over… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on January 25, 2008 at 2:58pm — No Comments

Julian Lombardi - Duke VP & Head of the Croquet Consortium - discusses 3D virtual environments, opensource, & Croquet [Audio Podcast]

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE

Added by Rich White on January 25, 2008 at 2:32pm — No Comments

New web presence

Here is my first Classroom 2.0 blog...

Added by Gary Ackerman on January 25, 2008 at 10:36am — No Comments

Spring08: Thinking about Janusz Korczak

Through a combination of chance online events, I've decided to write something here in my blog today about someone who is a great hero to me, Janusz Korczak. Wikipedia is a great place to learn something about this amazing man, whose dedication to the education of children can be an inspiration to us all; there is also a brilliant movie, called simply… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on January 24, 2008 at 10:45pm — No Comments

Project-based learning: Does it fit teacher education molds?

Today's students experience the massive use of rubrics, matrix, highly structured assignments, and keeping up will teacher's rules for this project forms -- Are students able to create quality work without rubrics and the like? Are we most interested in the outcomes as with a graded test when utilizing technology-based, CIA projects? After all, rubrics provide the guidelines for MAKING THE GRADE in most core classes.

Are students… Continue

Added by John Wilborn on January 24, 2008 at 8:51pm — No Comments

World Leader in School Design talks to Tim Holt

Prakash Nair, the world's leading expert in school design talked to me today about how schools should be designed.

This was one of the most interesting interviews I have had and I really hope you take the 25 minutes to listen to what Mr. Nair has to say.

Here is the link, and please leave a comment on the site when you are through.

http://snipurl.com/1y677

Enjoy

Tim

Added by Tim Holt on January 24, 2008 at 8:07pm — No Comments

Carnival of Education

I'm honored to be hosting the Carnival of Education this week from Eduwonks. I hope you'll join me in what promises to be an exciting assortment of articles from around the edusphere.

If you're new to blog carnivals, here's how it works. You submit your article using this form by Tuesday, 2/29 at 5:00 PM PST.

I'll compile the entries and post them here on Wednesday, 2/30. See you there!…

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Added by Mathew Needleman on January 24, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

So far so good

Fifteen high school students have already registered for the Wiki Mentoring Project. There was little enthusiasm to the project, but I assume they will become more interested as they get more involved with the project.

I was surprised at the number of students who have never heard of a wiki or RSS. I think this will be a bit of a learning experience for them as they learn some 2.0 tools.

Added by David James on January 23, 2008 at 9:23pm — No Comments

Presentation Veteran Insight: PowerPoint 2007 Review with Recommendations

Presentation Veteran Insight: PowerPoint 2007 Review with Recommendations

This essay just provides personal perspective on using PowerPoint 2007 as presentation tool and share the proven methods and techniques I've developed after the throughout year of facilitating PowerPoint 2007 presentations.

Read the full article if you like the topic at… Continue

Added by William Peterson on January 23, 2008 at 6:42pm — 1 Comment