Archive for October, 2010:


Tom Barrett on Blogging and Inspiring Student Learning #micon

These are my notes from Tom Barrett‘s presentation from England to educators in Memphis, Tennessee, USA attending the 1 Oct 2010 Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence’s fall conference. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Blogging is one of these technologies that is SO powerful – a really simple way for students to connect

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PODDY Training: iPod Touches in the Early Childhood Classroom #micon #edapp

These are my notes from Sheri Burkeen and Shelley Herzke‘s presentation, “PODDY Training: iPod Touches in the Early Childhood Classroom” on 1 Oct 2010 at the Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence’s fall conference. ADDITION 10/7/2010: This session is also available as an audio podcast! Resources for this presentation: http://web.me.com/eccsms/poddytraining/Poddy_Training.html Sheri Burkeen on Twitter: @ecctech Shelley

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Differentiated Professional Development by Melissa Smith #micon

These are my notes from Melissa Smith’s presentation, “Differentiated Professional Development” at the 1 Oct 2010 Martin Institute Fall Conference. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Melissa is @edutechsmith on Twitter. Her Posterous-based blog is “Infusing Technology into the Curriculum.” (SHE’S USING IT AS A TEAM BLOG!) Melissa also maintains the blog, “Diary

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Vocabulary Comprehension and Visual Literacy with PicLits

http://piclits.com From the website about page: PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture. My thought: A great

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