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Thing 20: Google Docs
July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I had started receiving Google Docs this past spring related to my son’s football team. The first time I got one, I was just paralyzed, not knowing what to do. Now, of course, I know what to do. In June, I created a word document as an itinerary for a trip to NY. I knew [...]
Jul
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Thing 17: Podcasting
July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I really tried to manage my time when I sat down to do this task. I watched both videos and then, got started listening to podcasts. I listened to two student produced podcasts: 1)6th graders explaining Canada’s Federal Election, 2)5th graders in a podcast called Willowcast on the American Revolution which included narratives, poetry, and [...]
Jul
13
Thing 7C: Random Acts of Journalism
July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In Random Acts of Journalism, Andy Carvin attends a conference for journalists and ponders what skills need to be taught in schools for citizens to participate in our democracy. The following question sums up his post:
“How many people have within them the knowledge of how to form a local group and us the group to [...]
Jul
13
Thing 14: Tools
July 13, 2008 | 1 Comment
The potential of all the tools listed is astounding! I didn’t actually create anything but my 11 year old son has a website on Weebly. He draws comics and posts them on his own website. His friends go to the website to read his comic strip which is about being a 5th grader. Other tools [...]
Jul
13
Thing 13: Online Conferences
July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is an incredible resource. I went to a workshop called “Web 2.0 Classroom” given by Anne Davis who teaches at Georgia State University. She gave brief descriptions of many of the tools we have been learning about with links to actual classrooms using these tools. It made all of this very practical and real. [...]
Jul
5
Thing 12: Create a slideshow using flickrcc
July 5, 2008 | 4 Comments
I think I have spent a least 12 hours on this assignment. But, whoa, did I learn a lot. I learned a lot because I made so many mistakes! If only school worked liked this. Instead of expecting our students to get it right immediately, what if we let them muck up the assignment for [...]
Jul
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Thing 11: flickr
July 3, 2008 | 3 Comments
Lincoln at Antietam, Maryland by Alexander
Gardner, October 3, 1862 (LOC)
I’ve been flitting around in Flickr for more than an hour. There is a lot of stuff out there. It has the potential to suck the time out of your life if you are not careful. I also signed up and started to upload my [...]
Jun
24
Thing 10: Creative Commons
June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments
CC (Creative Commons) is the way that anyone can put their creative work out there. It has the potential to turn everyone into a creative director by making active web participation. I am amazed how kids already know how to do this as if it were an instinct they were born with. My 11 year [...]
Jun
23
Wikinomics and The Cool Cat Teacher
June 23, 2008 | 9 Comments
I am truly amazed that I got a response from Coot Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis. I thought only my colleagues would be reading my blog because they had to. Getting a response from an important person is exhilarating! This is powerful stuff.
I am continuing to “get religion” on Wikinomics as I continue through the book. [...]
Jun
19
Wikinomics
June 19, 2008 | 1 Comment
I’ve started reading Wikinomics which was a recommended book on the Cool Cat Teacher blog. At first, I’m thinking OMG I am so out of what’s going on with Web 2.0 in terms of all of the things we are trying like blogging, RSS, wikis, etc. The authors make it sounds as if the [...]
