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This is an awesome and thorough list of the topics you cover. I am an Instructional Technology Specialist K-8, and I teach a Technology Course to grades 6 and 7. I have no curriculum, however, so your list is extremely helpful…"
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Jenny Murphy replied to Jeff Beard's discussion Wikis in the classroom"Edmodo has been awesome. Even my most reluctant teachers have been willing to learn about it and use it with classes because it's easy! The teachers I have tried it with this year are 6th and 7th grade language arts teachers. Students created…"
Jenny Murphy replied to Jeff Beard's discussion Wikis in the classroom"Hi Ken,
I talk to the invite staff individually or in small groups about how the wiki works. Then I invite them by email. I am still talking to people about it because even though the links change often, people still don't…"
Jenny Murphy replied to Jeff Beard's discussion Wikis in the classroom"Hi Jeff,
I love wikis and have had much success with them over the past few years. I am an Instructional Technology Specialist at a K-8 school in Massachusetts. I use wikispaces for a few different uses.
Resources4Learning - this wiki…"
Jenny Murphy replied to Katherine Southmayd's discussion Kindergarten Technology"Hi Katherine,
I work as an Instructional Technology Specialist in a K-8 school and work with all three of my kindergarten classes every week. I agree with all of the skills Jonathan listed. I'll add that they love using Kid Pix (drawing…"
Jenny Murphy replied to Dean Poignant's discussion Great Classroom Wikis"Hi Dean,
I know your presentation was on Feb.15, but thought I'd add mine too. I use wikispaces for a couple different things.
Resources4Learning is a site that I maintain for students to access all grade level resources. I've encouraged…"
"Look at the NETS standards for students (NETS-S) for some ideas for the overall class too. You are probably meeting a number of these already, so why not work to include all of them?…"
Jenny Murphy posted a discussionMedia Literacy
I'm wondering if there's anyone out there that has ideas for teaching Media Literacy in the middle school grades. In my role as Instructional Technology Specialist at a K-8 school, I teach a "computer class" to seventh grade. There really is no set curriculum for this "class" and I've been trying to mold the curriculum to meet the needs of the 21st century learner by incorporating creativity, collaboration and critical thinking skills. We've done projects using various tools such as…See More
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- At 7:07pm on May 3, 2009,
Andy Pethan said… - Jenny,
My name is Andy Pethan. I'm a student at Olin College in Needham working on an education startup called Alight Learning. We're in the process of developing web-based collaboration software and are looking to meet with teachers to get your perspective and feedback. If you are interested in meeting with us, please contact me through CR2.0 or email. Thanks!
Andy
- At 8:50pm on December 31, 2008,
Jack said… - Hi Jenny!
Happy New Year! I was wondering if you, your educator contacts or students (grade 8) would be interested in participating in a nationwide Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. We'd really like to get local kids involved!
You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
- At 8:41am on November 3, 2008,
jean luc gomis said… - hi jenny nice to meet you expecting heard you soon
ps you are very pretty
- At 1:58pm on July 22, 2008,
Anne Mirtschin said…
- Hello Jenny and welcome to this community. I have only been using web2.0 tools for 12 months but have become quite passionate about their use. What have you used over the 2 years and what are some of your favourite tools? Mine is blogging.
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