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Jon Orech
- 50, Male
- St. Charles, IL
- United States
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Jon Orech, Downers Grove, Illinois
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- School / Work Affiliation
- Downers Grove South High School
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- http://jonorech.wikispaces.com
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- Twitter: jorech
- About Me
- I taught English for 24 years before becoming the instructional technology coordinator at Downers Grove South High School in Illinois. In the classroom, I always tried to promote best technology approaches to ensure student learning. Currently, my focus of research is in the area of Collaborative Technology, specifically, embedding structured Cooperative Learning pedagogy into teaching with Web 2.0 tools to improve student learning. Away from school, I savor the "Four F's": Family, Football, Fishing, and Food!
My Fave new tool:
Have you tried Wordle? it creates a tag cloud for any group of text or eve a web page. (Thanks, Meg!)
Imagine the possibilities...
Imagine the possibilities...
Latest Activity
Jon Orech replied to Chris Fritz's discussion 'Wikispaces vs. PBworks (previously PBwiki)'
Chris,
You might like this site: http://www.wikimatrix.org/
It allows you to compare many wiki tools (including the 2 you mentioned) side by side using many different criteria.
Jon Orech commented on Jeri Hurd's group 'Digital Storytelling'
Thanks, Arielle! You are right, Macs and PS3 do not mix. iMovie is the choice for mac users.
FYI...moviemaker ok...but only one soundtrack. voice or music.
PS3 does not allow video, but I prefer that. DST is about writing, not movie making. Great…
Jon Orech commented on Cheryl Hudson's group 'Using Photo story in the classroom'
aledou
http://jonorech.wikispaces.com/
(Lots of resources for PS 3 and DST.
Jon Orech commented on Jeri Hurd's group 'Digital Storytelling'
Aledou,
You really need to look at PhotoStory 3. Great (MUCH BETTERTHAN PP) for creating digital stories. Free download from Microsoft. Here is my DST web page: http://jonorech.wikispaces.com
Feel free to use the resources, totorials and models.…
Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 1:57pm on May 11, 2009,
aledoux said… - Thanks, Jon. Read -the creative educator article- and enjoyed reading it. I hope it will inspire our teachers towards taking steps in this direction as well.
- At 2:25pm on May 8, 2009,
aledoux said…
- Thanks for the advice Jon Orech. will be checking out the info in your wikispaces, blog, and even twitter.
- At 8:38pm on December 28, 2008,
Jack said… - Hi Jon!
Hope you're enjoying the winter break. I was wondering if you, your educator contacts or students would be interested in participating in a Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. We'd really like to get more students involved from Illinois.
You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
- At 10:15am on December 8, 2008,
maestrajohnson said…
- Thank you so much for the wealth of information- I am going to check out your resources, and then I will contact you with more questions.
- At 4:58pm on December 3, 2008,
Mike Romard said…
- Wordle eh? I'll have to try that tool if you recommend it. I'll throw twitter your way. You can find me at http://twitter.com/mikeromard
I saw your post on Digital Storytelling. I have experience with Voicethread, iMovie and Photostory. I'm interested in what suggestions you have for sharing it as a technology coach in a district. My experience currently resides with conference presentations and staff meetings with it. You can leave me a private message here or leave some ideas in the Digital Storytelling section. Cheers!
- At 3:02pm on November 25, 2008,
Bryan SCHOLES said… - Thanks Jon. I will be in the San Francisco area in February and will check it out online first to see if something will be happening when I'm there. Cheers, Bryan
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