September 2008 Blog Posts (107)

Finally Back in Business!

So, the summer has passed and we're back in school. The new pupils seem so small and the nine-graders seem so big. It's funny how everything repeats itself. Don't get me wrong. I love it.

This year is going to be my second time moving towards the advantages of the 2.0 classroom. My best group have created accounts on Google where we have our own group. So far, they've only posted two assignments, but I plan on giving them something chewier (haven't decided what,… Continue

Added by Daniel Hermansson on September 2, 2008 at 11:31pm — No Comments

Musings about interactive applications, touch screens, participatory design, Intel's ethnographic research with the Classmate PC...

Here is a link to one of my recent blogs:

Interactive Touchscreen Technology, Participatory Design, and "Getting it".…

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Added by Lynn Marentette on September 2, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

SANTA'S SOCIAL NETWORK MISSION STATEMENT

PLEASE POST THIS POWERFUL MESSEGE WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS.

THANK YOU

SANTA

THANKS TO

ANGIE M. PARISH

THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT

My beloved friends of Santalivenow.ning.com.

As most everyone is aware there are thousands of people in our own respective states of origin… Continue

Added by Santa on September 2, 2008 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

The Study of a Culture - The YouTube Culture

No this is not the "Charlie bit me" video. This is Mike Wesch's presentation to the Library of Congress entitled "An anthropological introduction to YouTube." Mike is the creator of the now famous video - Web 2.0 Explained. This presentation really speaks to how widespread YouTube is and the notion of video blogs (… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 2, 2008 at 8:15am — No Comments

Wondershare PPT2Flash for shockwave in Powerpoint

After another teacher asked me how to put swf files into powerpoint I recalled how complicated this was, but with many teachers having resources already in Powerpoint rather than Smart Notebook it was a matter of finding a way for teachers to insert flash and movie, record narration in ppt. And even it could add our teachers' video and narration along with the PowerPoint courses.

Then I remembered Wondershare PPT2Flash that is great for… Continue

Added by Sabrina Fu on September 2, 2008 at 12:30am — No Comments

Announcing TeacherRated.com: where K-12 can find, share, rate and review the best online educational resources

TeacherRated.com is a free resource website created by teachers for teachers. Using TeacherRated.com, educators quickly locate the very best teaching tools, lesson plans, reference websites and student activities available online because resources are suggested, rated and reviewed by teachers.

Whether searching for lesson plans, teaching resources or student activities, many educators turn to the Internet for help. With thousands of… Continue

Added by Greg from LessonGateway.com on September 1, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments