Aug
18
Animoto – a new way to create slideshows
August 18, 2007 | 11 Comments
Grab your latest pictures everybody and have fun with Animoto. This slidesharing site, created by film and music people, allows users to upload or link to photos and produce a free, 30 second video from these images. You provide the photos; the site stitches them together using quick cuts and fades; you can upload a [...]
Aug
18
Team blogging
August 18, 2007 | 3 Comments
While surfing the web, scouring del.icio.us links, and drilling through wikis and blogs, I came across ICT in English NZ, team blog of teachers in New Zealand. I liked this blog immediately because it was focused on a team approach to blogging. I thought it great that teachers were sharing their insights and experiences with [...]
Aug
15
Why let students blog?
August 15, 2007 | 3 Comments
Need a reason to let students blog? Rachel Boyd makes the case in this engaging video.
Download Video: Posted by rachelboyd at TeacherTube.com.
Aug
10
Infusing math with technology
August 10, 2007 | 1 Comment
Normally, my focus with using these tools involves working with the English Language Arts curriculum. This post however, gives a nod to my colleagues in the math department. Patty “O’Flynn over at Patty Papers offers a number of posts devoted to examining the new and the exciting related to integrating technology with math applications. Concurrently, [...]
Aug
9
Extending collaboration beyond the teacher’s lounge
August 9, 2007 | 2 Comments
A few days ago, another teacher and I collaboratively planned our curriculum map for the coming school year and placed the map on a wiki. After selecting readings for our poetry and short story units, we cut and pasted content for our unit plans into the wiki pages, created [...]
Aug
7
Breaking with tradition
August 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Follwoing the lead of Dean Shareski, one of the bloggers tagged by Wesley Fryer, I have decided to break rule #4 of the “8 Random Facts” meme. Some may feel that memes are not appropriate for their blogs. Since this is a fun time of year for me, I used it because I am trying to add [...]
Aug
6
8 Random Facts
August 6, 2007 | 2 Comments
I discovered this meme by Wesley Fryer and thought I would give it a go. Just a little fun before returning to the business at hand.
I must start with giving the Rules:
1) Post these rules before you give your facts
2) List 8 random facts about yourself
3) At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 [...]
Aug
6
Using Google Reader in the classroom
August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Vacation has ended and I have returned home to find my in-box filled with correspondence from educators, my Bloglines account packed with new posts, my del.icio.us account delivering delightful digital content, and an incoming link to this blog pointed to a new blog. Goodie, goodie, goodie!
I have discovered wonderful resources simply by exploring this information. [...]
Aug
6
Enjoying the time off
August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I really enjoyed myself this summer. Visiting Niagara Falls was definitely a high point. The best part was getting a chance to use my digital cameras. Uploading original content to popular photo-sharing websites provided me opportunities to experiment with widgets and to add Creative Commons licenses to both my photos and [...]
