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Entries Tagged as 'web 2.0'

Wordle

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: web 2.0

What did you learn today?

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: blogging · convergence · learning · staff development · teaching · web 2.0

Hey this is from the Web20School PD

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

THis is an example of blogging from an offline app as opposed to blogging from the internet portals.

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Tags: web 2.0

Technology Live and in use!

June 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Here we are as part of our 5 day session and we are looking at how technology weaves together!

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TECHForum Chicago - Policies, Safety, and Social Networking

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Live Blogged:  So please forgive any typos, thought fragments, and any other issues.
Steve Dembo:  Discovery Education - NOTE: Steve put forth a specific disclaimer that he is not a lawyer and is NOT recommending anything or a direction in any way what so ever Go Steve!
Steve referenced Tony Vincent: Learning in Hand and Tony’s [...]

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Tags: web 2.0

Oh My Alice… That Hole is Deeper Than I Thought!

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Ok, I have to start with this: I am seriously going to finish the Part III of my “In the Cloud” series but I keep getting distracted. Also, I don’t want my blog to just be about tools and resources. I would prefer to discuss instructional / curricular / and PD issues, thoughts, ponderings, [...]

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Tags: Google Earth · IETC · Skype · delicious · web 2.0

"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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Tags: Paradigm Shift · convergence · disruption · learning · staff development · teaching · web 2.0

"In the Cloud" Expanded - Part 1 Professional (Social) Networking

March 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

After writing Wednesday’s post, I really felt that I needed to break out each of the topics “categories” into a post of their own to both further clarify my ideas and thoughts as well as provide some insight on educational uses both for educators and students.
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Tags: socialnetworking · twitter · web 2.0

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