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Category Archives: Literacy
Fun And Motivation With FD’s Flickr Tools
Years ago I came up with an idea for a writing prompt that I felt was pretty “schema neutral“- all kids would have experience enough to be able to write a story about this prompt. I call it “A Day … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, Change, Digital Video, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
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Posts Worth Noting
Doug Noon has 2 great posts – “Scientifically Based Reading Research Wars†and “The Might-Work Clearinghouse†that are way worth the time. Doug has done his research and does a great job of laying out the issues and the research … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Literacy, Student Access
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One : One Laptop Ramblings
Miguel started this conversation – Tom and Doug have jumped in … here are my ramblings: How important or “worth it†are laptops, or any other technology? How valuable they are as learning tools should be the decider of how … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Literacy, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
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Nevada Education Technology Leadership Conference
Update 2-28 / 10:30pm Link to my conference Wiki. This weekend is our state technology conference. Ian Jukes is the keynote speaker Saturday. From the conference website: The theme of this year’s conference, Technology: The Great Connector , suggests the … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, ActivBoard, Blogging, Brian Crosby, Digital Video, Education, Literacy, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0
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Student Blogging Limbo
I’m not sure I would say we are going about this the wrong way, but we are trying to do many new things this school year. I have used technology with students since the early 80’s – but usually that … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, ActivBoard, Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0
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Be Prepared???
Usually when I’m going to present I spend lots of time preparing and still feel like I could have spent more time and then it would have been even better. So it is ironic that Friday, when I was asked … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Inclusion, Literacy, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0
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So Our Goal Was To Make A Difference With Web 2.0 – Will We Succeed?
As someone who embraced technology as a learning tool early on (my first classroom computer was a 64K Apple ll – not even a lle) I’m right there with many in the edblogosphere that have come to the conclusion that … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Email, Inclusion, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0
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Skyping Celest – Day One – The Whole Story
Wednesday We couldn’t begin first thing in the morning because we had the NAEP test to do – one last obstacle to get over before we could try our grand experiment. The plan was to wait until after lunch and … Continue reading
Posted in 1:1, ActivBoard, Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Email, Inclusion, Literacy, Messy Learning, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0
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A New Horizon?
Dave and Will and others have recently posted about sensing a new attitude towards education. They experience that change while mainly talking to large groups attending conferences – conferences that are going to draw folks that probably already share their … Continue reading
If I have Limited Access to Computers, How Do I Have My Students Blog?
A third grade teacher in my district emailed me the following queries about blogging with her third graders: “I established the blog with blogger.com and have been using it as part of my students 30 minutes/week in the computer lab. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Literacy, Technology, Uncategorized, Web 2.0
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