Category: blogs
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Blogging can make you smarter
I’ve written a new post over on the ITM titled “Blogging can make you smarter.” I originally included the following two paragraphs in the post as well, but I thought maybe the personal tone of these sentences was more appropriate here rather than on the ITM: I am so appreciative of recent guest bloggers here…
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Blog comment problems here?
Have you had trouble leaving comments on my blog lately? I reconfigured my blog spam plug-ins awhile back, and it has REALLY helped– almost eliminating all blog spam entirely, but it seems comments have been quieter than usual. That may be because people are just not wanting to comment… but I want to make sure…
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Carpool discussions with Kevin Honeycutt
The ever creative Kevin Honeycutt interviewed me today for a video podcast he split into two parts: In the first section I discussed the background of how I started blogging and what is unique about blog conversations. In the second section we focused more on issues of cultural change in schools. This was a lot…
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Emphasizing informational texts via SSR with blogs
Mark Ahlness not only shared great perspectives from his classroom about “Technology and Literacy” at the recent International Reading Association’s conference in Toronto, but by presenting asynchronously via video and synchronously via a Skype chat he also shared a powerful object lesson about teaching, learning, and professional development in the 21st century. I’ve been able…
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Podcast151: Dr. Scott McLeod on Administrator Idea-Sharing via Blogs, Digital Social Networking, and Educating Others for the Transition to 21st Century Schools
This podcast is a skype interview with Dr. Scott McLeod, the director of CASTLE (The Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education) and an educational leadership/educational law professor at the University of Minnesota. Scott has been blogging since August 2006 on “Dangerously Irrelevant,” and has helped start several education team blogging projects…
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Need for transparency and full disclosure, egalitarian access to edublog conversations
I had time this morning driving to Enid, Oklahoma, (for another round of Oklahoma Digital Centennial facilitator training) to listen to EdTechTalk #76 from April 27th, which focused on recent discussions about the value of Ning social networks versus blogs, the egalitarian or elitist nature of the edublogosphere, and the importance of transparency in fully…
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Eric Langhorst shares on TeacherTube
Eric Langhorst has posted a great video to TeacherTube explaining his book blog project on “Guerrilla Season.” We need more teachers modeling and sharing their best practices with teaching via TeacherTube like Eric has done! I think we’re only getting glimpses of the power of these digital teaching resources. Great work Eric and students in…
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Be careful, be critical
eSchoolNews has a fantastic letter from the editor regarding the federal government’s recent evaluation of learning software for schools. The editor lambasts reporters’ overblown headlines, inappropriate and overbroad conclusions, and failure to adequately criticize and critically reflect upon the report and its accompanying publicity material. There was a recent dust-up at Dangerously Irrelevant as well…