July 2007 Blog Posts (196)

enter the media specialist

I am the media specialist in a K-8 school. In the 07-08 I will be spending much of my time collaborating directly with classroom teachers and am searching for best practices and methods for integrating ed tech into these projects.

Added by Ernie Cox on July 30, 2007 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Greenbush Labs Work, Development, and Projects

Greenbsuh Labs Blog: http://labs.greenbush.us

Greenbush Podcast Directory: http://podcast.greenbush.us

Greenbush Island: http://sl.greenbush.us

GreenbushTV: https://www.youtube.com/GreenbushTV

GreenbushTV LIVE:… Continue

Added by Rich White on July 30, 2007 at 9:23am — No Comments

lesson plans

I am a first year teacher at a private school in Kansas City, Kansas. My subjects are computer skills and Gym for grades K-8. The gym I can handle but the Computer class has no manuel. I have to come up with lesson plans off the cuff, no book and ages range from K-8. I am looking for help with lesson plans in this age range. Or a good book to help, any direction or starting point, anything would help. Thank you for your help.
SHAWN

Added by Shawn Jackson on July 29, 2007 at 10:01pm — 3 Comments

I am in Alaska 'til the end of August

If anyone wonders why I am not responding immediately ... I am in Interior Alaska and separated from sophisticated internet computers.

Added by Hilding Lindquist on July 29, 2007 at 7:45pm — 1 Comment

Videos, Converting Powerpoints and Web 2.0

What a day - I wanted to put another video on dotsub, but I also wanted to convert a powerpoint to a video. In between getting sidetracked, I downloaded a program (Bytescout PPT to video free preview found on cnet) to convert my PowerPoint on PowerPoint to video, but I was not happy with the results for the particular presentation I had in mind. Actually the converter has so many options, I have more…

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Added by JoNelle on July 29, 2007 at 7:35pm — 7 Comments

Why I joined

I'm glad to be part of this network, as I am looking for folks to share ideas and thoughts with. I am an elementary school librarian, trying to figure out the best tools touse for that age group, that will enhance their use of information sources, both electronic and paper-based.

I want to use the Forum section, to see what's up, and to ask my questions.

Hasta la proxima!

Added by Paci Hammond on July 29, 2007 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Web2.0 Collections and Ology - my favorite science site

I read a forum about student networking and I shared the same concerns of safety, logistics, and collecting friends. It reminded me of a similar problem with a favorite science website – Ology…

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Added by JoNelle on July 29, 2007 at 12:49pm — No Comments

Everyone's welcome . . . !

Hi, Folks,

We're writers and teachers. Living since September '06 in rural France, we continue to write, teach classes in writing and screenwriting, and venture back to the States and to the UK now and then on reading and speaking tours with our books. (Please see our website, bluelupinpress.com)

Before she met Dan on the internet, moved to California's Sierra foothills and we were married, Jeanne was a Quaker chaplain in a men's prison in the UK. She also worked as a… Continue

Added by Dan Bessie on July 29, 2007 at 10:47am — 2 Comments

Web 2.0 and historical perspectives

Hi all,

Hope everyone is having a great summer!

I just posted some thoughts about Web 2.0 in education and the impact on educational reform. So many educators are being inspired by new tools and technology! It's an exciting time, and it feels like "something" is going to happen to change education. That's the good news... the bad news is that this is very similar to what happened when… Continue

Added by Sylvia Martinez on July 29, 2007 at 10:01am — No Comments

Dotsub: A Photo Walk to The Maish Cave - N. Israel - a school project

About 3 years ago Hachoresh Elementary School adopted a unique local landmark, The Maish Cave, which gets its name from a tree which grows through a "chimney" in the cave roof.

The Maish Cave Project is a whole school project. An outline website, in English, describing the project appears on Acts of Kindness - A summary of the project can be seen on…

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Added by SusanTsairi on July 29, 2007 at 6:16am — No Comments

Notes from poolside..

I'm in Bonner Springs kansas at a LaQuinta Inn with my family after the MACE MTI conference, watching my kid swimming in the pool outside. My wonderful wife and I are in the air conditioned lobby but our line of sight is perfect. As I watch him scamper and play with friends he just met, I think about Classroom 2.0 and the online teacher community. Was it like this for you, that when you were a kid, you could make the "five minute"friend easily simply by virtue of having a pool in common. It… Continue

Added by Kevin on July 28, 2007 at 8:45pm — 4 Comments

The Pleasures and Pains of Lifelong Learning

In her post entitled Frustrating, life enhancing learning, educator and author Lisa Durff shares the frustrations and ultimate elations brought about as one embarks upon the attainment of new skills, knowledge, and levels of understanding. I've only just met Durff, but she has already left an indelible impression on me as an educator who is willing to stretch her boundaries and risk…

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Added by Kevin Sandridge on July 28, 2007 at 3:51pm — No Comments

July 28, 2007

Well, it's been a while. But, BOY has it been a busy summer! I've finished two of the classes I've been teaching for the college and have two more that finish this week. Paperwork.....gotta love it, right??? I have this week and then part of next in the Teaching and Learning Center for the college and then, I'm off to prepare for the grade school. It's going to happen so quickly! We have teachers meetings on the 13th and the 16th with students coming for a little while on the 17th. I don't…

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Added by Marsha on July 28, 2007 at 3:36pm — 1 Comment

To-do checklist

Though my report date is not for two more weeks, I am already in the back-to-school mindset. Here are some of the things I need to do this week.

1. Make a trip to my school and start setting up. I've been moved to a different room, and figuring out how to arrange it is important to me.

2. Get back in touch with three colleagues who've already contacted me regarding planning for next year. We…

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Added by Donna Hebert on July 28, 2007 at 11:17am — 4 Comments

Teach 21st Century Skills with Scratch!

Thanks to Wes Fryer for his tip about Scratch, a new freely downloadable programming language based on Sqeak that will allow your students to create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- all poised to share across the Web! Now we're talking!

According to Mitchel…

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Added by Kevin Sandridge on July 28, 2007 at 11:06am — 1 Comment

Websites Step Up!

Web Sites Step Up

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22044686-11869,00.html

Thought you may all be interested in this article.

Jacinta

Added by Jacinta Gascoigne on July 28, 2007 at 8:37am — 3 Comments

Good for our politicians in Australia but banned from educational institutions and stakeholders - Interesting

MP's flock to myspace

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22062159-11869,00.html

Interesting. How can it be that myspace is seen as an important feature of current political campaigns in Australia, yet the same politicians endorse the banning or blocking of access to such tools/sites in educational institutions nationwide?

I am most confused:)

Added by Jacinta Gascoigne on July 28, 2007 at 8:35am — No Comments

Blogathon for Charity, live 7/28/07

Have any of you visited the web site of Blogathon 2007 at http://www.blogathon.org/ ? More than 500 bloggers have signed up for a 24 hour marithon to raise money for their favorite charities. I just learned about this so I'm not included, but I'm going to follow this and see how the idea might apply to the work we all do of helping kids connect with technology, elearning, mentoring and expanded adult support.

If you're participating in…

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Added by Daniel Bassill on July 28, 2007 at 8:09am — No Comments

Okay, so scare the parents and educational policy makers - now let's whack the teachers on the head!

Teacher Video Hits Net.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21994648-11869,00.html

I just came across the article above - they will stop at nothing!

When was the last time you saw a good news story about social networking tools/sites in the public media fora?

Added by Jacinta Gascoigne on July 28, 2007 at 7:50am — 3 Comments

Well, our "Web 2.0 for Us" workshop (thus renamed in its PowerPoint title slide 10 minutes before the first minute of the first day's work) is completed, but after some enthusiastic shareshare from t…

Well, our "Web 2.0 for Us" workshop (thus renamed in its PowerPoint title slide 10 minutes before the first minute of the first day's work) is completed, but after some enthusiastic shareshare from the 10 participants the last hour or so of the weeklong experience, I'm hopeful that like all good discussions, it may well never end...

Steve Hargadon, Classroom 2.0's creator and longtime advocate of free and open source software for…

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Added by Scott Merrick on July 28, 2007 at 6:11am — No Comments