Ok, I am really think that I should be asking what did you learn this week… but my brain is having time issues right now. Let me give you a bit of background. About 3 months ago, a colleague of my and I decided to offer a summer in-district course on Web 2.0… after [...]
Entries Tagged as 'learning'
What did you learn today?
June 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: blogging · convergence · learning · staff development · teaching · web 2.0
TechForum - Chicago: Supporting Reading and Literacy with Technology Tools
April 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
http://allthingsliteracy.com
Live Blogged: Please pardon the incomplete thoughts, omissions, and or errors.
Kelly Doubek and Anna Beard
How to evaluate software or tools by breaking them down to along literacy goals.
Reading to learn: Reading and writing across content area
Project CRISS, PowerUP, etc
What are your District’s current reading Initiatives? How is technology supporting reading initiatives?
Data Tools
Online Assessments
Student Practice and [...]
Tags: Conferences · TECHForum · TLtechforum · learning · literacy · reading · staff development
"Big Rocks" and Classroom Apathy (Stream of Consciousness)
April 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Well, here I am at a crossroads. While on one hand I want to start podcasting, on the other I would like for my efforts to have some semblance of quality… I think that I achieve a podcast here. I apologize in advance for the audio quality as I am providing this caveat: [...]
Tags: convergence · disruption · intrinsiclearning · learning · podcast · staff development
"Down the Rabbit Hole" and into the Wonders of Zoho
April 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Greg Noack just posted his first blog post and he relates a great story of efficiency and the utilization and experimentation of new tools specifically Google Docs and Zoho Writer.
I left a long comment and it got me thinking about my use of Zoho’s myriad of applications and how they might be better [...]
Tags: Paradigm Shift · convergence · learning · web 2.0 · zoho
"In the Cloud" Expanded - Part II RSS Aggregators
March 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
In this post I will be expanding on the category of RSS I started in this post. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a tremendous way to simplify your processes in searching and gathering information. I know that I could hunt for words to describe an RSS Aggregator but Lee Lefever from Common Craft really sums [...]
Tags: RSS · convergence · disruption · learning · teaching · web 2.0
Internalization vs. Utilization
March 28th, 2008 · 9 Comments
While I was off on a different tangent a few weeks back, I had a chance to spend a couple of minutes talking with David Jakes about a couple of different subjects, but one thing that he said that really resonated with me was that teachers needed time to internalize technology before they begin [...]
Tags: Paradigm Shift · convergence · disruption · learning · staff development · teaching · web 2.0





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