Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 17th, 2008 No Comments »
When we want to learn something new or improve on what we already do, we go to our own personal learning networks to get help and advice. Web 2.0 tools assist us in building our own Personal Learning Networks (PLN). The people in our networks are not only those who we work with personally, but includes those outside of our physical setting. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
Lee Anne from The 8th Floor Blog sent me this link the other day which describes how to extend the use of your Pageflakes or iGoogle page to more than just your personal resource page. In the EdTech Gold Rush blog, Alix Peshette explains how we can use our resource page to challenge our [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2008 2 Comments »
In an earlier post, I talked about what a fan I was of the Common Craft Show created by Lee and Sachi LeFever. Here is how they describe their work:
We use a simple format and real-world stories to make sense of complex ideas.
Popular videos that are viewed deal with RSS in Plain English, Wikis [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 14th, 2008 2 Comments »
One of the challenges in the classroom today is to motivate our students and create a love of learning which will last their lifetime. Web 2.0 tools are giving teachers new options to increase motivation along with creativity. In the techLearning article, Web 2.0 Tools Motivate Student Creativity, Cory Plough describes how [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
When setting up a class wiki, we need to decide which wiki tool to use. Three of the wiki tools one can choose from are Wikispace, Wetpaint, or PBwiki. Decisions based on safeguards provided for students and how you want to manage your wiki will help you choose which tool to use. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 2nd, 2008 6 Comments »
SlideShare is a website for sharing presentations for free. You can also create a SlideSpace which is your private area for organizing presentations that you have uploaded or used. Just search a topic and see what is available. A chemistry teacher that I work with had previously found a whole set of PowerPoint presentations that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2008 11 Comments »
It is easy to become overwhelmed by all the new tools that are available for our use. Which ones do we spend time learning how to use? Maybe a place to start is by looking at what others consider valuable. The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies decided to find out [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 12th, 2008 6 Comments »
Since I live only a few miles from the Iowa border, our local TV stations were filled with campaign ads and stories prior to the Iowa caucuses. That has all quieted down somewhat as the campaigning has moved on. But there have been many articles looking at how Web 2.0 is influencing the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 1st, 2008 4 Comments »
While reading through some blogs the other day, the 8th Floor Blog mentioned a website called Wikivid. I have talked about TeacherTube in a previous posting where teachers post their educational videos for others to view and use. Wikivid is another educational site which provides links to free video tutorials. At this beginning stage, they are including [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2007 No Comments »
We know that students will take more care and use more creativity if their writing is made visible to others. Google Docs has teamed up with Weekly Reader to create lessons for your students using peer editing and revision writing. Google Docs is an online word processor that your students can use to collaborate with [...]
