Posted in 21st century Learning, Blogging on Sep 24th, 2009 6 Comments »
While trying to find something to bring to my Advanced class I found this great post by Jeff Utecht regarding the validity of blogging in the classroom. More often than not the major impediment that Technology teachers face is the fear of the unknown.
We have all heard horrible stories about what happens to people when [...]
Posted in Blogging, Ed Tech, Schools 2.0 on Sep 15th, 2009 9 Comments »
I have long wanted to teach students all the amazing things I have learned while blogging. Recently, I have gotten the opportunity to change my curriculum in my Advanced Computer Applications class. I am now calling the Advanced Computer Applications” class the “21st Century Skills” class.
As an opener I played the class a video created [...]
Posted in Blogging, Ed Tech, Google Teacher Academy, Web 2.0 on Oct 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Google wiki, originally uploaded by Jenn Cronk.
Really quick snippet:
Woot! I am in the Google Teacher Academy! I am so excited! I was on Skype with Jeff Whipple who mentioned two others that he knew of. So then I checked my Twitter and found a few more which led me to this site that was created not more [...]
Posted in Blogging, Ed Tech, Web 2.0 on Apr 8th, 2008 4 Comments »
While perusing my feeds I came across a phrase by Lucy Gray from the Infinite Thinking Machine
It’s not about “competing in a global economy” for me…it’s about experiencing all that the world has to offer. I want kids and other adults to realize that there is so much out there to discover and explore.
Lucy was [...]
Posted in Blogging, Web 2.0 Educator I on Mar 13th, 2007 3 Comments »
The sense of accomplishment I felt when reading my class blogs was truly warming. Some of them got it on their first try! I didn’t get “it” (how to post) for a while after reading feeds and commenting. Here are two of them only one day after learning about Web 2.0 and setting up their blogs:
Posted in Blogging, Web 2.0 on Sep 20th, 2006 1 Comment »
Two very cool things happened today:
1. I was interviewed by doctoral candidates about concerns I have for my school’s technology program. I gave pretty lengthy answers on all the new things I wanted to do with my classes, so on of the candidates decided to use Garage Band to record my interview. After we were [...]
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