Category: web 2.0
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2010 K-12 Online Conference Call for Proposals #k12online10
The call for proposals for the 2010 K-12 Online Conference has been released! Please check out all the details, and the online Google form, on the K-12 Online Conference blog. This year the conference will feature a “Student Voices” strand for the first time! Please consider submitting a proposal by August 13, 2010, and share…
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Look for innovations which change the script
Today I had a five and a half hour opportunity to put together a new swingset with my brother-in-law. This is the third time I’ve put together a swingset as a parent, and the first time I’ve put together a wooden swingset. The first time I ever spent hours putting together a swingset in my…
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Stories we wish we had recorded or could record
Thursday at the Oklahoma Multimedia Teachers workshop in Norman, I asked our participants to discuss and share stories they wish they had recorded or could record. Most of these were family stories, and many were about relatives who had lived amazing and interesting lives. I recorded these using the iPadio application on my iPhone, to…
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Create a free online survey with Google Forms
Earlier this week, Iain requested a set of instructions to show to create a Google form like the one I made in the post, “How important are these digital skills for you as an educator? (poll)” Here they are! STEP 1: LOG IN TO GOOGLE DOCS If you do not have a Google account already,…
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Convergence Media Examples from Mike Koehler of Smirk New Media
This afternoon I’m learning with educators participating in the week long “Oklahoma Multimedia Teachers” workshop on convergence journalism at OU’s Gaylord College of Journalism. This is the third year of the workshop here in Oklahoma, which is part of the High School Broadcast Journalism (HSBJ) Project. Earlier in the week, Mike Koehler shared a host…
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Passion-based learning in action: Brian Crosby at TEDxDenverEd
Do you consider yourself a passionate person? What are the things about which you are passionate? Are you passionate about kids and helping kids learn? Are you passionate about opening up new vistas of experiences and understanding for others which – absent your intervention – they might never experience? Are you passionate about creating moments…
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Podcast354: Behind the Curtain of the NORAD Tracks Santa Program
This podcast is a fortuitous interview recording with Stacia Reddish, who was the US Air Force Public Affairs officer in charge of the “NORAD Tracks Santa” program for five years. Stacia was responsible for getting Google involved with NORAD Tracks Santa and taking the program (which dates from the 1950s) to the next level with…
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Is your state department of education providing full text RSS / web feeds yet?
I’m doing a bit of homework in advance of some professional development sessions I’ll be sharing next month down south in Texas, and noticed today the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is providing several different web feeds of content on their main site. This is a GOOD step in the right direction, and hopefully we’ll see…