http://mscronk.edublogs.org Learning and using Web 2.0 in the Technology Classroom Wed, 21 May 2008 00:44:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://mscronk.edublogs.org/2008/04/08/the-benifits-of-going-global-in-your-chair/ While trying to get back into the swing of reading thinking and posting I just wanted to bring attention to Kim Cofino's efforts in the blog Connect Web 2.o. I inspired by the global connections Kim has made and hope to do the same with my 7-8th graders. ... http://mscronk.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/best-practices-of-web-20/ Back from maternity leave I am in my labs once again looking for ways to increase use of web 2.0 tools in my classroom! I have a nice change this year, I am teaching 3 sections of middle school as well as my usual high school. I have to ... http://mscronk.edublogs.org/2008/01/29/reload/  Funny,  I started to have readers and get excited with my blogging and then life happened,  I found myself with very little time to read (blogs).  Now I am four + months pregnant and find myself considering the impact that Web 2.0 technologies will have on my child's ... http://mscronk.edublogs.org/2007/05/14/getting-back-in-the-groove/ This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing. http://mscronk.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/flickr/ Blogging /learning is changing me and given me the opportunity to help others. Today was day #2 for my "The Web 2.0 Educator" course. I had to chuckle to myself when my students gave me that dazed "my head is going to explode" glare. That feeling is a friend of ... http://mscronk.edublogs.org/2007/03/13/teaching-teachers/ This is one of those days where you have not blogged in a while and it seems the blogo-verse is against you because every time I go to "publish" I loose my post! Darn! http://mscronk.edublogs.org/2007/03/08/brain-freeze-v-40/ This video is great, as the author stated there are one or two places where he may need to smooth out the XML vs HTML with the use of CSS. I didn't even know the similar XML effect was possible with HTML, in any instance until I saw the ... http://mscronk.edublogs.org/2007/02/04/web-20-in-under-5-minutes/ I have often wondered what would happen if my school stopped using filters. What would happened if edublogs, del.icio.us, and various other web 2.o standards were not blocked? What would happen if we taught students the educational value of cell phones and MySpace? More often than not talk of MySpace, chatting/IMing ... http://mscronk.edublogs.org/2007/01/27/the-technology-bath-water-taking-risks/ I was excited and a little bummed about David Warlick's post about the interview with his son while playing World of Warcraft. The reason is Monday I had idea about interviewing my students about web 2.0 and gaming. You see one of my student has used WOW to make about ... http://mscronk.edublogs.org/2007/01/11/teen-gaming-for-profit/