Kelly Walsh's Blog – May 2009 Archive (4)

Blogging in (and out of) the classroom

Teachers and students blogging as a part of their course work.

This week we’re going to look at the use of Blogs in the classroom as a part of the educational process - blogging as a direct part of the course experience. Next week we’ll follow this up with a list of Blogs that educators may find useful. Let’s dive in…

Teachers have been using blogs in instructional situations for years now, and the Internet abounds with postings and articles about blogging in the… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on May 26, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

5 Reasons Why Educators Need To Embrace Internet Technologies

In April I wrote a post about 10 internet technologies that educators should be informed about. This quickly became my most read posting. I included some references in this article to why educators should be aware of and informed about these tools, but most of those comments were really about why each specific technology was included in the list, as opposed to why, in a more… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on May 18, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Collaboration & Brainstorming (Part 3) - Edmodo for workgroup collaboration

This is the final post in a 3 part series on web based collaboration and brainstorming tools for educational applications. In the first post, we examined some mind/idea mapping tools, last week we looked at some collaborative document editing applications, and this week we wrap up by checking out a free collaborative workgroup application for teachers and students. Edmodo.com is a tool that provides workgroup functionality specifically for education, and I am going to sign up and give it a… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on May 11, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Collaborative Documents

[This is part 2 of a short series on Collaboration & Brainstorming Tools on www.EmergingEdTech.com, where I blog every week about the use of emerging internet technologies in education. Please stop by and check out a topic of interest today!]

This week in our investigation of collaboration and brainstorming tools, we’re checking out collaborative document editing tools. Last week we took a brief look at some mind mapping/idea… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on May 4, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments