April 2009 Blog Posts (144)

10 internet technologies that every educator should be informed about

There are so many different tools and technologies available on the internet today, and so many associated terms and concepts. As I think about topics to focus on here in the coming months, I want to make sure we’re touching on the most important ones. What are the most important internet technologies for educators to be aware of, and informed about? I’m sure many people would probably come up with a slightly different list, but based on my observations and experiences, and feedback from… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on April 20, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

How to I get Classroom 2.0 as a Feed

Okay, I'm new to this but was hoping to set up a feed for Classroom 2.0. Any ideas how to do this?

Added by Jan on April 20, 2009 at 7:43am — No Comments

TPCK Ch.3-K-6 Literacy Education

The beginning of this chapter begins with what I consider to be obvious. With the integration of technology, it would seem necessary to make accommodations for it in an English teacher's lessons. However, not all schools have the same resources and I am not referring to just the computers, but the support needed to make the suggestions stated in the chapter. And I will quickly be a part of the problem:How do we as a society be sure schools who are already struggling, now be further behind the… Continue

Added by Kelly Roath on April 19, 2009 at 7:09pm — 1 Comment

Be Heard on Earth Day 2009!

Earthcast is a 24 hour broadcast held on April 22, 2009. It begins on April 22, 2009 at 00:00:00 GMT, which is 8:00pm Tuesday in my time zone, and runs until 23:00:00GMT or 7:00pm Wednesday where I live. All the live action can be heard by navigating to http://earthbridges.net/live

and more information about the Earthcast is available at… Continue

Added by Durff on April 19, 2009 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Friday, 4-17

Well, today was a bit of a wild one here at the ole Western Middle School. Student behavior was not where it was supposed to be (to say the least). Fridays typically are challenging anyway, but today was especially difficult...I feel like it's the warm weather's fault. Last block was especially tough because the students would not get focused. Indeed, there had been a couple of fights in related arts, so the students were especially talkative about that. Furthermore, two of the related arts… Continue

Added by Ryan Churchill on April 19, 2009 at 1:38pm — No Comments

MS Walk 2009

Dear Friends and Family,

This Sunday, April 26, my family and I will be once again joining hundreds of others in raising money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society by participating in the MS Walk. As many of you know I was diagnosed with MS several years ago and have rebounded from the lows that I first experienced. I attribute the highs I experience today to the clinical study I am participating in that is possible, in part, because of your past… Continue

Added by Peter Lane on April 19, 2009 at 11:44am — No Comments

My 2 cents on 2.0

Google Biz KitIn Web 1.0, a small number of writers created Web pages for a large number of readers. As a result, people could get information by going directly to the source: Adobe.com for graphic design issues, Microsoft.com for Windows issues, and CNN.com for news. Over time, however, more and more people started writing content in addition to reading it. This had an interesting effect—suddenly… Continue

Added by brandon on April 19, 2009 at 7:55am — No Comments

Introduction

I'm currently a mother, chef, textile artist,working as a relief teacher, secondary education in Tasmania. Food and Textiles. I'm loving blogging and am interested in the shift that youth and technology, economic and climate change are all ushering in. It is significant that as the new tools/resources are introduced the old pedagogy are dying. I appreciate Steve Hardegon Will Richardson,George Siemens and Stephen Downes as guides as I navigate the fault lines.

Added by Ruth Howard on April 19, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

RtI

Are there schools who are currently using RtI and are successful in the transition of students during the day for targeted instruction?

Added by Kathy Bruce on April 18, 2009 at 5:27pm — No Comments

Design Project Proposal

Project Proposal

Ariella Epstein

April 20, 2009

I am planning to create a WebQuest for use in a seventh grade Social Studies class for my Design Project. The topic of the WebQuest will be a comparison of direct and representative democracy using example from ancient Athens, the Roman Republic and the United States. My vision for this project is that it will be carried out in a classroom of about 20 students of varying abilities with access to five classroom computers.… Continue

Added by Ariella Epstein on April 18, 2009 at 11:51am — No Comments

Design Project

After speaking with Dr. Shutkin I have decided to do my Design Project in the form of a WebQuest. I envision presenting this WebQuest to a classroom of 20 seventh grade Social Studies students, who have 5 classroom computers available to them. THey will be researching direct and representative democracy through examining Athens, Rome and the United States, as per the Standards. I will be incorporating Wagner's survival skills into the lesson and plan to capitalize on this year's election. I'm… Continue

Added by Ariella Epstein on April 17, 2009 at 10:46pm — No Comments

Omegle, Chat with complete strangers.

Omegle is a new little program that lets you "talk to complete stangers". My mom always taught me to "never talk to strangers". Oh no! What shall we do!? Well we've got some advice for you..

read the full article at www.NoParentLeftBehind.net

Added by Mark Schreiber on April 17, 2009 at 9:02pm — No Comments

Best Sites For Earth Day;Pirates;Mexico's Drug War & More

Here are some of the latest "The Best..." lists:

The Best Sites For Learning About Planets & Space

(http://tinyurl.com/caph7a)

The Best Places Where Students Can Create Online Learning/Teaching Objects For An “Authentic Audience”

( http://digg.com/u1CL9)

The Best Sites To Learn About The Earthquake In Italy

( http://tinyurl.com/cuqkeb)

The Best Sources For Ideas On How To Use Technology With English Language… Continue

Added by Larry Ferlazzo on April 17, 2009 at 7:59pm — No Comments

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我是一个中国人，高中生，说实话，学了这么多年英语了，要用英文写点东西还真是难啊！希望能在这里提高自己的英语水平吧！

Added by lesy on April 17, 2009 at 7:48pm — No Comments

Internet Safety and Digital Natives - A Letter to Parents

Recent research shows that some of our most prevalent ideas about web safety are just plain wrong. The very small percentage of children who are victimized in ways related to the Internet are those who: enter private chat rooms, discuss topics of a sexual nature, or meet offline with strangers. Internet offenders pretended to be teenagers in only 5% of the crimes studied by researchers. Visiting popular social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook do not appear to increase children’s… Continue

Added by L. Suzanne Shanks on April 17, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Call for Nominations: 2009 Ypulse Totally Wired Teacher Award

The Ypulse 2009 Totally Wired Teacher Award (sponsored by Dell) will honor a trailblazing teacher who has successfully pioneered the innovative and educational use of technology, mobile technology, social media (blogs, wikis, social networking, photo/video sharing) in the classroom.

The award is inspired by Ypulse founder Anastasia Goodstein’s book, Totally Wired: What Teens & Tweens Are Really Doing Online, and the challenges she observed around integrating…

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Added by Derek Baird on April 17, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

See Whats New...at Cabrini Connections

Please Read Cabrini Connections' eNewsletter at www.cabriniconnections.net

Added by EL Da' Sheon Nix on April 17, 2009 at 1:58pm — No Comments

Using Blogs Effectively

If I'm going to write that teachers need additional support, as I did here then it would probably make sense to offer this kind of support, to the extent that I am able.

Here's one suggestion on how a blog might be used effectively within teaching and learning. The educator, or for that matter a selected student, might post an engaging question as the actual blog post.

Lesson 1:… Continue

Added by Andrew Pass on April 17, 2009 at 11:14am — No Comments

Earth Summit info

For anyone interested in learning about JEM, here is a link to the page on Buckingham Friends School website. It is truly an amazing program. This tiny school in Pennsylvania is making a tremendous difference in the world through this program. The focus is the environment and the children learn how they can help. Perhaps even more important are the friendships that are created. Students and teachers from around the world have bonded.… Continue

Added by Lynne H on April 17, 2009 at 8:32am — No Comments

TeacherTube, and other YouTube alternatives for educational/instructional use

[Posted last month about video hosting sites focused on educational applications - a nice intro to a few of the sites out there that focus on providing this service for the academic community. - KW]

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Like many of the educators I know, you have probably heard of TeacherTube, but like me, you may be wondering how TeacherTube differs from YouTube, and how it compares to alternative… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on April 17, 2009 at 6:41am — No Comments