Category: web 2.0
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Discussing Copyright, Creative Commons, IP and Education
Steve Hargadon facilitated a great conference call this afternoon about copyright issues in education on his Talkshoe Channel for Classroom 2.0. The recorded conversation is available now (15 minutes after the conversation ended) as a mp3 file. I had never participated in a TalkShoe audio conference before, and I really liked it– especially the way…
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Hatred, Racism, the 9th Governor of Oklahoma, WikiPedia, and “approved textbook history”
2007 was Oklahoma’s Centennial year. Celebrations on November 16, 2007, focused on the 100th anniversary of Oklahoma’s inaugural day of statehood in the United States of America. One of the many reasons I am enthused to help facilitate and lead our statewide digital storytelling project, Celebrate Oklahoma voices, is that historically the “voices” included in…
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Research-based support for digital storytelling and Dual-Coding Theory
As an advocate for the appropriate use of digital storytelling to support learning inside and outside the classroom, I am constantly on the lookout for educational research which explores not only the ways digital storytelling can be used effectively to support learning, but also the REASONS it SHOULD be used. Last December when I had…
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Podcast225: The K-12 Online Conference – Free, World-Class Professional Development for Educators about Web 2.0 Tools for Learning
This podcast is a recording of my spotlight presentation at the Oklahoma Technology Association’s annual conference on February 5, 2008, about the K-12 Online Conference. The program description for this session stated: The K-12 Online Conference offers a fantastic, free opportunity for educators around the world to learn together about innovative and effective ways web…
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The Future is Unwritten by Miguel Guhlin
These are my notes from Miguel Guhlin’s OTA 2008 keynote, “The Future is Unwritten.” In my free time, I serve as instructional technology director for San Antonio ISD All resources from today’s session: http://snipurl.com/ota2008 My core values #1 share more In New Zealand last year, Jenny Litchfield – has a face that tells a story…
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Information Revolution, Digital Revolution
These are my notes from a presentation titled “Go Digital to Revolutionize Learning” on February 2, 2008, at the Oklahoma 2008 State Superintendent’s Social Studies and Fine Arts Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is, “Revolutionary Matters.” This presentation by Cheryl McInnis from Mustang Public Schools has the following description in the conference program:…
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Podcast222: Using Technology for Building Learning Communities by Alan November
This podcast is a recording of Alan November’s first breakout session on January 31, 2008, at the MidWinter Conference of the OU K-20 Center held in Norman, Oklahoma, on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. The title of his session was “Using Technology for Building Learning Communities.” The program description was: We now have…