Entries from June 2008

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Science Teaching (weekly)

Wesley Fryer’s notebooks
tags: technology, resources, web2.0, fryer, google, googlenotebook

Doodle: Easy Scheduling
tags: web2.0, collaboration

VoiceThread – Group conversations around images, docs and videos
tags: voicethread, education, storytelling, technology, web2.0, collaboration

learninginhand.com – Podcasting for Teachers & Students Booklet
tags: learninginhand, podcast, podcasting, resources, learninginhand.com

Using Google Docs in the classroom: T…
This guide provides some six tips and tricks for teachers who’ve [...]

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Wes Fryer and Crew

Geek EduSquad?

Wow, this is awesome. Can you name all the technology skills they are using in this video?

Computer:  what brand?
Software and apps?
Cell phones?
camera?

Update: This morning, I noticed that Wes has done a super job filling in the details concerning the “Live from I-35: Moving at the Speed of Creativity enroute to NECC” event! Even after [...]

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Science Teaching (weekly)

Google Reader -JB’s shared items
tags: sharing

EDTECH: Focus On K-12 – Unleash Your Digital Natives
“Lesson Description:
Students will create their own multimedia presentation. During this lesson, students can choose from a variety of video or sound sources online or they can use audio provided by the teacher. Students will use a software editing program to capture the [...]

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Science Teaching (weekly)

NEA: Technology Not Being Used Effectively In Schools
tags: no_tag

“Access, Adequacy, and Equity in Education Technology recommends that education policymakers and advocates increase access to technology in the classroom and outside of school by providing more wireless and portable technology and increasing access to high-speed Internet service.  Other proposals include establishing standards for student usage in [...]

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Excuses

Where did all the time go?
Well, first of all, I have no real excuse. But looking back at the school year, many factors contributed to not using blogs. One key difference this past year was Twitter. Instead of spending time thinking and writing, I constantly found myself glued to mini blog posts. I have never [...]

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Science Teaching (weekly)

Education World® Holidays Center: Summer Fun
tags: holidays, Summer, Fun, learning

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators – Home Page
tags: kathyschrock, lessonplans, classroom, technology, teachers, resources, teaching, education

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site – Reviews and teaching ideas for kids’ books.
tags: education, books, children, library, readaloud, literature

Apple – Pro – Tips – Welcome to Wikipedia!
tags: no_tag

Your built-in Dictionary application [...]

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Excuses

Reading the post in this blog from last September, I am ashamed of not having posted a single blog post all year. What happened? Where did all the time go? Why did I not use this great tool?
Well, first of all, I have no real excuse. But looking back at the school year, many factors [...]