My name is Richard Byrne. I write Free Technology for Teachers. When Wes asked me last week if I would guest blog during his vacation, I was flattered and immediately agreed. This post is based on a workshop that I will be leading in a couple of weeks at MLTI’s Summer Institute. During the past
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My name is Beth Still and I am one of the lucky people that Wes asked to guest blog this week while he is taking a well deserved vacation with his family. I wrote this post which focuses on social networking for Leadership Day 2009. I hope this example sparks some conversation. The first time
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Cheryl Oakes is a blogger from Maine, who can be found skiing in the winter season or in her garden or kayak during the short summer season. Either way she is a life long learner and looks for the positive impact that technologies have on learners and adventurers in our school environments. Thanks to Wes
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In this video Anastasia Goodstein talks about her book, Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online, and gives us the scoop on Judy Jetson, MySpace, IM, LJ, and the always-on digital lifestyles of today’s Gen Y student. As you listen to Anastasia, think about how teens use technology and social media in
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Teachers.TV, a UK-based professional development site for educators, has a great video on teaching kids about information literacy, social networking and web safety. This is a refreshingly rational analysis and discussion of the issues surrounding kids, web safety and social media. This video also outlines several classroom activities that teachers can use with their students
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The Media Awareness Network (MNet) is home to one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of media education and Internet literacy resources. The website has a wide variety of free resources for teachers (en)(fr), parents (en)(fr), and students (en)(fr). One of their special initiatives is the Be Web Aware (en)(fr) program, which includes many helpful
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WikiMapia is a “wiki meets Google Maps” mash-up intended to be used as a digital geographic encyclopedia reference tool. In its current incarnation, WikiMapia is a little rough around the edges, but keep this site on your list of potential teaching tools. Here’s how WikiMapia works: Key landmarks, such as Rainbow Arch in Utah, the
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Earlier this year, the New Media Consortium and the Educase Learning Initiative released The New Horizon Report, outlining which current and burgeoning technologies they feel will “impact education over the next five years.“ The report includes several “mega trends” in educational technology, including user-generated video (or “grassroots” video), mobile, collaborative web environments, as well as
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I’d like to welcome Derek Baird who will be guest blogging here for the next couple of days as my son and I head to Turner Falls Park in the Oklahoma Arbuckle Mountains for several days sans technology. Since Turner Falls is right beside I-35 exit 51 Fried Pies, you can bet some of the
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On May 19th I posted on Gomeric Hill and cross-posted to Web 2.0 4 Teachers: “Do you have a weblin? It’s like Second Life meets any website. From the weblin website: “Weblin makes you and others on the Web visible as small avatars. There are others on the same page you are on right now. Weblin
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Recently, on two separate occasions, my colleague and friend, Wesley Fryer asked if I would be willing to guest blog on Moving at the Speed of Creativity for the weekend. On both occasions I was planning to be at my cabin at Table Rock Lake. By design I do not have broadband Internet access and
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I’d like to welcome Karen Montgomery, one of the most innovative and enthusiastic educators I know, to the author’s chair here on Moving at the Speed of Creativity! The “Thinking Machine wiki” is Karen’s creation, and includes a multitude of resources, links and ideas for effectively integrating technology into the curriculum for PK-20 educators. Karen
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I’m going to be offline for the next several days, and educator Clay Burell has graciously agreed to take the guest blogger’s chair here at Moving at the Speed of Creativity. Clay is an educator in South Korea, and blogs at “Beyond School.” Welcome Clay!
Greetings to Wes’s readers from Manhattan, KS — Wes’s mom here. Wes and Alexander are camping out for the weekend at a Boy Scout Camporee, and having a great time in wonderful weather. Wes reports about 5,000 Scouts, leaders & dads in attendance. Here’s wishing you all the same kind of happiness that’s in Manhattan
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Day 3 Guest Blogging at Wes’ by Bob Sprankle Yesterday I picked my daughter up from the neighbor’s to “fetch” her home for dinner. She was playing with the two boys on their lawn, and they had all made these incredible tents and lean-tos. They designed them with natural resources (branches) as well as bandanas
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I’m honored to be a guest blogger for one of the most prolific bloggers in the universe! Thanks so much, Wes for all the hard work and inspiring words and thoughts you give to us! –Bob Sprankle There’s a great television show called “30 Days” created by Morgan Spurlock (the director/writer of “Super Size Me”).
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Thanks to Wes for this opportunity. Thanks to students everywhere for this inspiration. Thanks to teachers and administrators for all you do. Dear student, Thank you for kicking off this series of letters. I must say you have given me pause for thought. However, your questions are really unsettling and puzzling to me. Your questions
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