Category: web 2.0
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Obama on Flickr and Validating Information Sources
I learned this evening Barack Obama is on Flickr. So if Senator Obama is elected President of the United States in 2008, will that mean students in our local Oklahoma school district will be able to access and use Flickr for digital storytelling projects? Probably not. Local school board control and interpretive implementation of mandates…
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50 Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story
If the information landscape has seasons, this should definitely be considered spring in the sense that SO MUCH is growing and proliferating. The 2007 K-12 Online Conference starts its first regular week on Monday, and it is going to be AMAZING. As a co-convener, I’ve been able to preview several of the presentations. Wow am…
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Tagging the K-12 Online Conference
I’ve posted some tips about adding Technorati “tags” for the K-12 Online Conference (including specific tags for each conference presentation) to blog posts you write in upcoming weeks on the main conference blog. Let’s tag the conference! Remember to also add comments on individual presentation posts of the conference blog to share your reflections and…
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Refreshed VoiceThread and Parent Permission form
A new and “refreshed” version of my favorite web-based digital storytelling tool, VoiceThread, is now online and available. I’ve just given it a brief spin, and it looks good. According to Andrew writing on the VoiceThread blog: Here’s what’s new on VoiceThread: Redesigned browsing, creating content and account management functionalities Upload more media types to…
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Warlick, Will, and WOW2 – All tonight online!
It’s a great evening in North America for professional development, and a great time irrespective of your location / time zone for conversations about teaching and learning. Join in the fun tonight/today: 11:00 PM Tuesday, October 9 GMT (6 pm US Central for me): Fireside Chat with David Warlick for K-12 Online 2007 12:00 AM…
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Amidst K12Online07 launch, content control wars rage on in schools
Taylor the Teacher notes with sadness that after waiting weeks to finish start of school standardized testing / benchmark testing with students, learners of all ages awoke to a new content filter at school that blocks virtually ALL web 2.0 / read/write web content sites: District installed new Internet filter today because the other one…
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Inventing the New Boundaries by David Warlick
The 2007 K-12 Online Conference is officially underway! David Warlick’s pre-conference keynote, “Inventing the New Boundaries,” is available in both audio and video formats for download on the conference blog. This year we’ve setup two podcast feed channels, one audio-only and one with video versions of published presentations. Not all conference presentations will be available…
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K12Online discussions on EdTechTalk
EdTechTalk is one of the best online communities to get and stay connected with other educators interested in the effective ways to use both educational technologies as well as creative teaching strategies to engage students and improve opportunities for learning. Tomorrow evening at 6 pm (for me in in North America Central time – GMT…
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Social Bookmarking 101
Last month I wrote a new, short article for the TechEdge (TCEA’s quarterly magazine) titled “Social Bookmarks 101.” This article is available online as a webpage and alternatively as a PDF file. This article will be published in the print version of the TechEdge later this fall. Technorati Tags: social, bookmarking, education, socialbookmarking, schools
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Many more K-12 Online Conference Teasers
If you haven’t been regularly checking out the K-12 Online Conference blog the last two weeks, check out this page which includes links to all the presentation “teasers” submitted to date. Wow do we ever have a creative lineup of presenters for the conference this year! 🙂