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Divided we fall

July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

NOTE: I came upon Mark Glaser’s article, “Your Guide to the Digital Divide,” after perusing del.icio.us bookmarks shared by Cindy Blakely. After reading this article, I decided today was an excellent time to repost the following story. The post disappeared June 21st when Edublogs was going through a hardware upgrade. Fortunately, I saved [...]

Jul

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Helping teachers help learners around the world

July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

My thanks to Wayne Mackintosh for sharing information about the Handouts4Teachers initiative. This project is one of many featured on WikiEducator geared toward closing the digital divide in many places around the world.

Jul

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Wikis made easy

July 22, 2007 | 4 Comments

Thanks to Kathy Schrock and Patty O’Flynn for sharing links to this delightful video called “Wikis in Plain English.”

Jul

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Tech adventures: Installing a wiki – Part II

July 21, 2007 | 2 Comments

Yes, the wiki is installed. No, I didn’t install it. The learning curve proved too steep for me this time.
I needed help.
I contacted my friend and mentor Pat Sine to seek her advice about installing the MediaWiki software on my web site’s server. MediaWiki is the wiki engine that powers Wikipedia. She mentioned that I [...]

Jul

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Turn blog posts into podcasts

July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I have added a delicious little plug-in called Talkr to my blog that turns my posts into podcasts. Using this free tool allows those who prefer to listen to a blog the opportunity to free themselves from a computer and listen on any mp3 player. Of course this tool helps those with vision impairment to [...]

Jul

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Nature 1.0: It never needs an upgrade

July 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Niagara Falls
Originally uploaded by aepowell
While spending time with family and friends in Buffalo, NY this past week, I have had an opportunity to visit one of my favorite places in this part of the world. The majesty of Niagara Falls exhilarates whether viewed from Prospect Point in America’s oldest state park or felt [...]

Jul

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Favoring learning over tools

July 14, 2007 | 2 Comments

In a recent interview published in The Buffalo News Steven Higgins, curator of film and media at the Museum of Modern Art, noted that films produced by Pixar find the right balance between rendering eye-popping digital animation and telling a compelling story.
‘What they’re really trying to get at in Pixar films is: technology is simply [...]

Jul

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Getting Comfortable with Everything 2.0

July 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Sunset at Fenwick Island
Originally uploaded by aepowell
My thanks to Wesley Fryer for his article that gave me ideas for spreading the message about everything 2.0 (Web, School, Classroom) to teachers and administrators in my district.
I have been talking about my growth as a 21st century digital learner. The ride has been phenomenal. I [...]

Jul

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Learning the art of blogging

July 1, 2007 | 3 Comments

Blogging is an art.  I have been writing in this blog since June 2006. Sometimes I feel like I am writing to myself. I read the blogs of others and marvel at the depth of insight these bloggers provide. I learn just as much from others who leave comments on these blogs. In an effort [...]

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Tech adventures: Installing a wiki

July 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Lunarpages is the host for my class blog. I chose Lunarpages because the company offered to host our K-12 public school site for free. I also chose this host because they supported Wordpress. It took me a month to figure out how to set up the site. Now I want to add a wiki [...]