Category: web 2.0
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Create a web feed for school sites which don’t provide/support RSS
My sister-in-law is a librarian in Allen ISD, in Texas, and has been updating her webpage on the school’s website with new content. I’d like to subscribe to her updates in Google Reader, but the content management system presently utilized by the district does not appear to support RSS or otherwise provide a “subscribable” web…
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Be The Change You Want To See In Schools by Shannon Miller #vanmeter #i11i (library perspectives)
These are my notes from Shannon Miller‘s presentation, “Be The Change You Want To See In Schools” at the Iowa 1 to 1 Institute on April 7, 2010. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Presentation resources from this session are all included on this Google site. Presenters today on Twitter: shannonmmiller (Shannon) Josh_Porter1…
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Fluency 3.0 by Angela Maiers #i11i
These are my notes from Angela Maiers‘ opening keynote at the Iowa 1 to 1 Institute on April 7, 2010. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Angela’s slides are available via SlideShare. Fluency 3.0 Angela Maiers 04-07-2010 View more presentations from angelamaiers. Today in schools we are doing what airline pilots due: taking…
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Telling the story of last Friday’s PD in Maine with PhotoPeach
Beth Goodwin created a short “PhotoPeach” digital story to share a visual narrative (set to music) of last Friday’s professional development session in Wells, Maine. She titled it, “Teachers at Work-21st Century Literacy.” After an initial hour-long presentation, all junior high school teachers in attendance had about an hour and a half to work and…
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PD at Wells Junior High School (Maine)
Yesterday I had an opportunity to share a presentation with the faculty at Wells Junior High School, in Wells, Maine. Cheryl Oakes webcasted the presentation on UStream. I shared a modified version of my presentation, “Tales of Digital Magic.” The Ustream recording is 1 hour, 18 minutes long. The most amazing thing about this day…
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New Media Literacies by Vanessa Vartabedian
These are my notes from Vanessa Vartabedian’s presentation “New Media Literacies” at the LESCN conference in Meredith, New Hampshire on April 1, 2010. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Vanessa is Va_Leigh on Twitter. Her personal Blip.tv account is vanessavartabedian.blip.tv. According to the NML website: New Media Literacies (NML), a research initiative based within USC’s…
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We all can learn a great deal from a great kindergarten teacher
Today was a real treat. My 9 year old daughter and I spent most of the day at Deerfield Community School, in Deerfield, New Hampshire. While Sarah was hosted by a wonderful Deerfield student and enjoyed learning about their upcoming science fair projects (as well as other topics) I met with teachers in several grade…
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Tales of Digital Magic presentation resources #pbtechconf
This are my presentation slides and resources for my opening keynote Friday at the Palm Beach County Schools’ annual technology conference. My session was initially titled “CCC in the 21C,” but I tweaked the name to be, “Tales of Digital Magic: gallant heroines, evil villains, and words of power.” Resources: Moving at the Speed of…
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Deep, Deep Dive into Digital: It’s Wild in There! by Hall Davidson #pbtechconf
These are my notes from Hall Davidson’s closing keynote, “Deep, Deep Dive into Digital: It’s Wild in There!” at the 12th annual Palm Beach County Schools Technology Conference. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Hall’s website on Discovery.com is “Media Matters.” Hall helped found Kitzu – I HAVE HEARD HALL SHARE KITZU PREVIOUSLY, BUT DIDN’T…