Category: web 2.0
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Web 2.0 Projects by Laura Sadler #mace2010
These are my notes from Laura Sadler presentation “Web 2.0 Projects” at the 2010 MACE (Mid-America Association for Computers in Education) Conference in Manhattan, Kansas. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. All links from this session are available via Glogster. Kim will first talk about our blogging in the library project – our…
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Free Resources from Discovery Education #mace2010
These are my notes from Jennifer Dorman’s presentation “Free Resources from Discovery Education” at the 2010 MACE (Mid-America Association for Computers in Education) Conference in Manhattan, Kansas. MY THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK ARE IN ALL CAPS. This session was webcasted by Dean Mantz and live-blogged via CoverItLive. Those archives are embedded below. MACE 2010 DEN w/…
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It takes leadership to get creative in schools and support the use of Skype
Hat tip to Silvia Tolisano for her tweet and post, “Skype in the News,” which highlighted Shanthi Venkataraman’s recent article for the Columbia News Service, “Skype Gives Students Window On The World.” Shanthi is a student from Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism. I am delighted the use of Skype by Deer Creek Public Schools…
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How measurements in Google Earth can support math learning (Why We Need Pi)
Yesterday in week 8 of my “Technology 4 Teachers” class at the University of Central Oklahoma we focused on GeoApps, or Geographic Applications. The overview for yesterday’s class was: GeoApps are applications which permit learners to connect concepts to geography. Google Maps is a browser-based Geo-application environment, and Google Earth is a software-based GeoApp. We’ll…
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Embedding video on a Wikispaces site
The following is a cross-post from my “Technology 4 Teachers” (T4T) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) blog. Question: In a wiki I created in wikispaces, how can I embed video? Answer: Before working on your WikiSpaces site, copy the embed code for your video from the website where you found it or uploaded it. The steps…
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30 new VoiceThread Comments on Eragon
I received an email today from an Oklahoma K-12 librarian and friend, who was sharing my son’s VoiceThread book review of “Eragon” by Christopher Paolini this week at school. She was concerned because some of the student commenters drew on the images (virtually of course) using the VoiceThread annotation options. This VoiceThread-based book review is…
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Redefining the Beginner: What is a web browser and tabbed browsing
Teaching and facilitating my “Technology 4 Teachers” class this semester at the University of Central Oklahoma has led to a lot of personal learning for me. One thing it’s driven home is that we should NOT make assumptions about the “digital literacy” or technology skills / knowledge people already possess, whether those people are younger…
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Can you imagine this much global sharing?
Jesse Thomas designed and animated the 4 minute video “The State of The Internet” for his presentation at AIGA Baltimore in February 2010. The style is very similar to the “Did You Know” video series. The statistics which blew me away are the numbers for Facebook sharing, as well as botnet / zombie computer growth.…
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Silvia Tolisano on Skype in the Classroom and Digital Storytelling
Silvia Tolisano is an amazing educator and teacher-leader. She shared her presentation for the 2009 K-12 Online Conference, “Around the World with Skype,” in both English and Spanish versions. This is one of the best practical video tutorials for using Skype instructionally with students I have ever seen. Sylvia’s “supporting documents” post for this presentation…