In an attempt to write an article for the blog for this week, I started surfing. There are some amazing blogs out there. Made me wonder what I am doing writing this, however. Not to be so easily deterred, here I am again.
Some of the blogs I found and what they are doing this week.
Yes Tech! has a great article on President Obama’s. This blog covers a wide range of topics about technology and education.
Webblogg-ed, Will Richardson, deals with Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and the future of education. Will Richardson is well known for trying to push our education system into the 21st century.
Media Matters- Hall Davidson’s blog. Hall Davidson works with Discovery School and works with video and long distance education. He has great topics like how to merge two movies so it appears that someone is, for instance, walking up to a dinosaur.
Ning in Education This blog is most concerned with using social networks for education.
Moving at the Speed of Creativity Wesley Fryer- His most recent post was about how race still matters for dropouts and student identity. His range of topics is pretty broad.
These are just a few of the better known blogs on computer education. They all have great ideas to ponder but none is the end all be all. Hope you like them.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Available Resources
We have Inspiration on the machines in both labs. It is a program that designs graphic organizers but few teachers use it. It allows students to represent a topic on the organizer as a picture. It allows an unlimited number of choices of types of graphic organizers. Students work with this software in computer class.
Photoshop is loaded on the machines in the lab and should be used by no more than 10 at a time but it is an amazing program and some of the kids who want a challenge would LOVE it.
We also have a camcorder that is dedicated to teacher use to record school activities. It is rarely used.
So, we have some resources that we aren’t using. Any thoughts about how to get them circulating?
Photoshop is loaded on the machines in the lab and should be used by no more than 10 at a time but it is an amazing program and some of the kids who want a challenge would LOVE it.
We also have a camcorder that is dedicated to teacher use to record school activities. It is rarely used.
So, we have some resources that we aren’t using. Any thoughts about how to get them circulating?
Thursday, March 5, 2009
webinars
Sorry, I am not feeling 100% and got a little behind in my blogging. I will try to do better.
I recently attended a webinar offered by PBS on teaching and learning with digital natives. It was pretty cool. A LOT is going on all at once. There were over 160 attendees including Kathy Schrock. Not that I am a groupie or anything but I was impressed. The chat with 160 people goes at lightening speed while the presenter is speaking so it is a test of multitasking but was a great experience and every direction I looked or listened there was great info. That webinar is archived at pbs.org as well as another on Changing Views of Race.
The next webinar is Remixing Shakespeare for 21st Century Students, the next webinar in the PBS Teachers LIVE! series. Mark your calendars for March 18 from 8-9:30 p.m and it looks great. In April, there is one on 21st century resources for Earth Day and May is Effective Technology integration.
. You need to download a little program and then you will be in the “classroom”. I hope you will attend one and let me know about it. They are really well done
I recently attended a webinar offered by PBS on teaching and learning with digital natives. It was pretty cool. A LOT is going on all at once. There were over 160 attendees including Kathy Schrock. Not that I am a groupie or anything but I was impressed. The chat with 160 people goes at lightening speed while the presenter is speaking so it is a test of multitasking but was a great experience and every direction I looked or listened there was great info. That webinar is archived at pbs.org as well as another on Changing Views of Race.
The next webinar is Remixing Shakespeare for 21st Century Students, the next webinar in the PBS Teachers LIVE! series. Mark your calendars for March 18 from 8-9:30 p.m and it looks great. In April, there is one on 21st century resources for Earth Day and May is Effective Technology integration.
. You need to download a little program and then you will be in the “classroom”. I hope you will attend one and let me know about it. They are really well done
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