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Mind maps and social software

Creative Commons Can Make Older Novels More Accessible

Web 2.0 Class Reflection

My students who I set up on blogs just before winter break are really having a good time. They've been working on an author study since November, and the blog has been the perfect venue to write their book reviews. They are totally buying into the notion that they are writing for an authentic audience: each other!



At parent-teacher conferences this evening, I made a point of bringing a laptop so I could show off the blog to parents. One student pointed out to his parent the… Continue

Nurturing technological schema: Taking some time

Nings & Blogs: As I see it in a nutshell

Sundry Items

Larry Ferlazzo's Website of the Day is hosting a What did you learn in 2007? querey. Check it out!

So, I finally jumped through all of the right hoops to get permission slips out to my students for our "Blog Experiment". On Friday, I set up my first group of kidds. Within 24 hours, three of them were having a grand old time playing with the template and --ta-da!-- writing. Today, I received three more permission slips. This is fun. I just hope that I can justify all of this fun with improved writing skills as well.

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I love this website!

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I'm really feeling a lot of success with my 1st year French class wiki. There is growing evidence that they use the links and videos to do their homework. Students talk about the videos, and one student even sent me a new video link to add. My latest coup in bringing kids to web 2.0 technology has been with comic strip generators. I am so pleased with the positive response I've gotten from kids with comic strip generators that I'm on the lookout for new… Continue

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Though I've been a blogger for two years now, I have just learned about Classroom 2.0. What a great social networking idea!



Among other things this summer, I have been very busy learning about technology as it might apply to education. Here are some things I have learned thus far --



Wikis: I first saw the Common Craft video on wikis in May. This coincided with family tragedy, for my mother-in-law suffered a… Continue