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Any good "safe" web 2.0 products? (Saywire, RM Honeycomb, OpenClassroom)

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Hedrick Ellis left a comment for Alice Tope

Hi Alice, Thanks for the tip. It looks like what I was looking for. Have you used it? What is ETSEO? -Hedrick

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Hi Madeline, Thanks for the invite. You are my "first" colleague on Classroom 2.0. You realize what an honor that is don't you?:) I just joined last night. cheers, Hedrick

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Welcome! Jim

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Hedrick Ellis replied to Steve Hargadon's discussion 'Introductions'

I'm a former social studies teacher. I recently left my employer of 16 years, Tom Snyder Productions. While there I worked in professional development and product development. My next venture is to consult with schools to help them make the…

Jan 29, 2009

Hedrick Ellis left a comment for Mark Cruthers

Thanks Mark. I checked out WizIQ. I could have used that when I was teaching! It seems to be aimed to teachers. What I'm mainly interested in are services that let kids make blogs, wikis, and personal websites (ala MySpace, Facebook) in a…

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Any good "safe" web 2.0 products? (Saywire, RM Honeycomb, OpenClassroom)

I was at FETC last week and saw a few products that are advertised as "safe" web 2.0 environments. Basically all the activity is limited to a school network and to people with passwords. While I have some problems with this philosophically, I've heard from many teachers that their schools block most web 2.0 sites. So these kind of products could be their only option for kids to work on blogs, wikis, and podcasts in school.Has anyone tried Saywire, RM Honeycomb, or OpenClassroom? If so, what did…See More

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Professional Development

This group is intended for people who provide technology PD to teachers. I think there are a lot of resources and ideas about best practice that we can share.

Hedrick Ellis joined Elizabeth Davis's group Jan 29, 2009

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School / Work Affiliation: Professional Development & Consulting for Educational Technology

Blog: http://edtechlearning.wordpress.com

Website: http://www.edtechlearning.com

About Me: I'm a former teacher. I worked at Tom Snyder Productions for 16 years in professional development and product development. Some of the products I worked on include Timeliner XE, Thinking Reader, Decisions, Decisions: Current Events, and Neighborhood MapMachine.
I just started an edtech consulting business to help schools make the most of web 2.0 tools as well as other free web tools such as Google Apps, Google Earth, Scratch etc.

I'm also volunteering one day a week at my daughter's elementary school to help the teachers with technology.

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At 6:36pm on January 31, 2009, Alice Tope said…: Hi Hecrick.
I've used OurClassSpace.com.
There's a fee, but it's secure, so well worth it.

At 5:44am on January 29, 2009, Mark Cruthers said…: Hi Hedrick,

Actually, Ning is perfect for that. I use Ning for my AP US history class.

At 11:47pm on January 28, 2009, James Edward Charles Webber said…: Welcome!
Jim

At 7:19pm on January 28, 2009, Mark Cruthers said…: Hi Hedrick,

A couple of "safe" Web 2.0 tool I recommend you take a look at are Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service.

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