Year: 2007
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Differentiating instruction, using blogs for student sharing
What’s the right word to describe the virtual pathway you follow to find a resource or idea? I am not sure, but whatever that word is… my pathway to the following resources included: – David Warlick’s Hitchhikr site for METC2007 — Rob Jacklin’s blog post on and podcast of Amy Vejraska’s METC 2007 preso “If…
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Life in perspective, breakthrough creativity
I listened to two NPR podcasts driving into work that really framed my thinking for the morning in powerful ways. The first was an NPR “This I Believe” podcast titled “I believe that my husband will call me tomorrow” by Becky Herz. For people who don’t have loved ones serving overseas in the military, podcasts…
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Debating Ataturk, more bans on user created content
Much of the news we hear about regarding the banning of technologies or websites has to do with “user created content.” In the 20th century, it wasn’t possible for just anyone to publish for a global audience. Today, however, that act is now possible for anyone with a modicum of literacy and access to an…
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Podcast138: Students Providing Tech Support: The 21st Century A/V Club (Sylvia Martinez)
This podcast is a recording of a presentation by Sylvia Martinez at the TCEA (Texas Computer Education Association) conference in Austin, Texas, on February 8, 2007. Sylvia is the CEO of “Generation Yes,” an extremely successful program in which students provide technical and instructional technology support for teachers and their peers in schools. In addition…
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Flickr adds photo pool moderation
This is great news: Flickr has added the option of enabling moderation for group photo pools. According to the February 28th press release: Ever wished you had a chance to review photos before they show up in your group pool? Well, now you can! For each group that you run, you can choose to set…
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Interviews with Christopher Paolini
When looking for the publication date of Christopher Paolini’s third book in his Inheritance series (to follow “Eragon” and “Eldest” – it doesn’t appear the date has been announced yet) my son and I discovered this 10 minute interview with Paolini from “Bill Thompson’s Eye On Books” series today. This was included as an external…
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Intelligently promoting technology integration
I’ve posted some new thoughts to the TechLearning blog that focus on helping teachers advance through pedagogic and digital “stages” of teaching with technologies. Technorati Tags: ACOT, education, educational law, leadership
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After the podcast is made…
Creating an audio-only podcast with Audacity or Garageband is a fairly straightforward process, and one of my favorite things to teach teachers how to do in workshops. What comes NEXT in the process of publishing a podcast is usually much more complicated, however. To address those issues, I created a 10 step guide this week…
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Now how am I going to get bored?
I think it is getting increasingly difficult to get bored if you’re “connected” to the web in the 21st century. If you are connected to the Internet and are online, it may indeed be impossible to get bored. There is value in boredom, because creative thought often takes flight when the mind is idle or…