Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2009 No Comments »
Podcasting by Tony Vincent discusses the learning children and adults do through technology.
A few sites linked to in the article include the following:
Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing – This site talks about correct grammar, punctuation, uses, and spellings of words. It promotes good digital commenting techniques as well. I think [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
I read “Kids Owning the Learning” via Weblogg-ed by Will Richardson.
The blog was about students learning in one school in Australia. This school was called Wooranna Park Primary School. The education in this school is inquiry based and student led. Students who go to Wooranna Park receive an adequate academic and creative education which incorporates [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2009 No Comments »
I am really enjoying VOICETHREAD.COM.
Voicethread.com would be a wonderful site for educators to use in the classroom. Students in art class could use the program to compare critiques on a specific work. Students could also use voicethread to offer compliments and comment on each others’ projects. The possibilities for media-driven discussion and sharing are huge.
I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2009 No Comments »
I just wanted to note 2 activities (so I don’t forget them!) the Externalizing Emotional Impairments group did in our Special Ed. for Elementary Educators course today.
- A “You’ve Been Caught Red-Handed” chart: Take photos of students as they do “good deeds”. Put the photos of students doing these “good deeds” on a poster board [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
It seems many of my classmates are learning as much about technology from ED483 as I am.
Crissy wrote about Google Docs in her blog. She mentioned some of Google Docs benefits, including how the program allows one to share and collaborate on documents. I was skeptical about Google Docs at first, but when Stephanie and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 14th, 2009 2 Comments »
A technology tool from class that I have been using is bookmarking and tagging from DELICIOUS. I had never tagged or bookmarked anything before exploring the technology in class. I always relied on my short-term memory or a hastily written word document to help me remember where I had been on the web, and where [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 14th, 2009 No Comments »
I recently enjoyed watching 3 videos recommended on TED Talks.
This first was a commentary about Twitter, given my Twitter’s founding man Evan Williams. The movie can be viewed at TED.com. This video considered the “unexpected” uses of Twitter. These “unexpected” uses include business and news (personal, non-personal, national, etc.). These were uses of Twitter I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 12th, 2009 1 Comment »
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid is aziamng. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr teh ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht tehe frist and lsat ltteer be in teh rghit [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
I just finished reading an assignment for ED 311/316, and I’m so GLAD I did. This PDF file is packed FULL of WONDERFUL ideas for keeping students engaged in literacy activities. The focus is on occupying students during the long summer break, but the activities described could be used at any time. The activities described [...]
