Category: blogs
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Kids making the case for classroom blogging
Thanks to Lee Anne of The Eighth Floor in Tulsa, Oklahoma for drawing my attention today to the marvelous TeacherTube video “6 & 7 Year Olds and BLOGS” (from Nelson Central School in New Zealand) via her post, “What About Blogs?” My favorite responses from the students to the question “Why do you like having…
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Sharing Google Reader feeds by tag and reflections on information flow management
I’m not sure how long this has been available, but I was glad this evening to discover that Google Reader permits users to share subscribed feeds by tag: To do this, click MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS below your list of subscribed feeds in Google Reader and click the TAGS link. Click the checkbox beside the tag you’d…
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Podcast245: Technology Shopping Cart Podcast05 – Digital Citizenship and an Interview with Kristine of PBWiki
Welcome to episode five of the Technology Shopping Cart podcast where educational innovation thrives on the food of creative ideas! This week Karen Montgomery, Vicki Allen and Wesley Fryer host an interview with Kristine Molnar of PBwiki. PBwiki is one of our favorite web 2.0 sites for creating collaborative wiki documents with teachers and students.…
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Here for the learning revolution
I’m a few days late getting to Jon Becker post’s “Reflections of a new-ish blogger,” but in our digital world of asynchronously empowered conversations, I don’t think that is a bad thing. I read David Warlick’s post “10 Ways to Keep your PLN from Running Amok!” several weeks ago, and remember thinking to myself, “Boy…
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Positive impressions of WordPress 2.5
Utilizing an open source blogging solution has its ups and downs. I love WordPress and am a BIG fan, but whenever I upgrade to a new version I always hold my breath and cross my fingers… Nothing SHOULD go wrong, but you never know, and being your own technical support person can be a bit…
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Opinions about auto-blogged social bookmark lists?
This past week, I’ve experimented with the “daily blog posting” option of del.icio.us: I have my del.icio.us account set to auto-post my publicly shared social bookmarks at 0800 GMT each day, which should be 3 am US Central time. (For some reason it works out to be about 3:30 am US Central.) You can view…
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Cell phones in Cuba today, political changes tomorrow?
CNN is reporting “ordinary Cubans” are going to be allowed to have cell phones, something not permitted when Fidel Castro was the leader of Cuba. Fidel’s brother, Raul, made this decision. I think it is likely to have major effects on the Cuban economy, political culture, and society in general. Limiting access to information and…
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Blogs, Wikis, District Polices, Walled Gardens and the Open Web
While I am an outspoken advocate for the constructive uses of blogs, wikis, podcasts, cell phones, and other types of read/write web services and digital technologies to support learning both inside and outside the classroom, it is also VERY important for teachers to understand and respect local school board policies which may exist regarding these…
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Mysterious WordPress and Podpress problems
My experiences this evening with my blog must have something to do with Murphy’s Law of blogging and podcasting… I wanted to “quickly” (a relative term when it comes to podcasting) publish one of the recorded sessions from COSN earlier this week before going to bed, but some quirky and unexpected problems have led to…
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When litigation fear rules the network
I’m on an airplane flying from Seattle to Denver, enroute back from the NCCE conference to my home in Oklahoma. NCCE was a great conference, and I really enjoyed the opportunities to present as well as have conversations with so many educators from around the Pacific northwest. One of the most troubling themes in several…