February 2008 Blog Posts (82)

I continue to be inspired by the many ways technology is being discussed in Classroom 2.0, and hope that by my participation I'll inspire educators to use technology as part of service-learning projects, where students learn about problems in their community and the world, and use their web 2.0 technology and their classroom learning, to educate others in their community about specific issues, and about ways youth and adults can become involved in community problem solving.

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First Year Seperating Techniques sheet

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What do a commercial for Toyota, TV programs such as CSI: New York and The Office, film festivals, and an organization that works with

urban youth all have in common? They are at the forefront of machinima,

a filmmaking genre that is helping to shape video for the 21st…

x-posted from Muse For Jews

I’m sure you’ve received emails telling you to go to such-and-such site to click to ensure that some corporation will donate money to breast cancer research, food for homeless pets, etc. Today I got one that read:

Friends & Family,

In an effort to raise money for research on autism, the band, Five for Fighting, is generously donating $0.40 to Autism Speaks for *each time* the video…

The latest edition of Active Learning Blog Carnival is up at http://activelearningcarnival.blogspot.com/. This month, you get two editions for the act of going to one site, assessing how well students remember…

Last week I attended the MECA (Mississippi Educaitonal Computing Association) conference in Jackson. I had an amazing time and got to speak with a lot of educators about using technology in the classroom. To my alarm, no one I spoke to know about Teacher Tube! I explained that it was basically an equivalent to YouTube with educational material perfect for the classroom. Of course, many of the initial reactions were "Oh I'm sure thats blocked too" or from tech coordinators "Well, I know we…

The People’s Republic of California doesn’t require freshman-level history or social science. Therefore, our district doesn’t teach it.

In its place is a yearlong freshman health class — think “Communicable Diseases and You” — split with a seminar on how to succeed as a high school student. State-mandated and standards-driven, this approach looks good on paper.

The irony of the freshman seminar is that despite the adoption of the high school success class, the post-freshman…

Pink: Great point. I think we need a lot more “yes, but” teaching. You’ve also made a very strong and compelling argument that what might

be most important is learning how to learn. How can schools equip more

kids with this…

Looking forward to getting to terms with my revamped role, taking on more curriculum challenges and working to really embed some of the web 2.0 stuff I have learned about in not only my every day teaching, but by supporting other staff in a coaching role...

can't wait....

starting with working with a great team....

gotta work on getting the technology reliable enough so that the hard to convince staff can see the benefits...

hmmmm.... how will I play with the…

Interview with Sean

How did you choose the Internet to reach

the public?>I was standing in Best Buys and saw a wall of wed cams. Listening for about a half hour to all the questions being asked and the volume by which people, young and old, were buying them. The light bulb went off! As an actor for twenty-five years. I know the camera doesn’t lie. I know how commented I am t obeying Santa, and of course how fast the internet is growing, I new I could get Santa to people and…