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Making Curriculum Development Agile

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Introducing the EdReach Media Network

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Google Moderator: Cast Your Vote!

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Louisa Schaefer replied to John Sowash's discussion 'Making Curriculum Development Agile'

John, I appreciated your agile curriculum development manifesto and shared with my team for their feedback. We are an adult education curriculum development team that just recently migrated to an agile curriculum development…

Sep 26, 2011

John Sowash replied to Brandt Schneider's discussion 'Google+ in the Classroom'

Google+ is an open social network. Although you can post a Google Docs as public, there is no easy way for a random person to find and edit a public document. Google Docs is not designed to be a social network, it's designed to allow people who…

Sep 25, 2011

Making Curriculum Development Agile

I am in the process of overseeing the development of an online course for my high school. The development process is very slow going which has encouraged me to think about ways to improve the process. I have had some exposure to the principles of Agile software development which values breaking a large project into small chunks and embracing change rather than documentation. I wrote a more detailed…See More

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John Sowash replied to Brandt Schneider's discussion 'Google+ in the Classroom'

I would hold off until G+ is released as part of the Google Apps for Education suite. There is no official timetable for the release, but every indication is that it will be months, not years. I am hoping to use it in my classroom starting next…

Sep 25, 2011

John Sowash replied to Jonathan Wylie's discussion 'Who's on Google+?'

I am on Google+ (+jrsowash) although I haven't found the community to be as active (yet) as Twitter. There also remains a void in services that connect Google+ and Twitter. The hangout feature is remarkable. I have used it with one…

Sep 11, 2011

B L Ehrhardt replied to John Sowash's discussion 'Introducing the EdReach Media Network'

Keeping the lines of communication open should be so much easier in the world of web2.0 and social media. However, the same innovations that have expanded access are also inundating us with so much information, we struggle to find it, access it and…

Feb 26, 2011

Introducing the EdReach Media Network

Today is the official launch of the EdReach Media Network, a collaboration by educators from all over the United States. I am proud to be a contributer to this endeavor through a bi-weekly post and the Google in Education podcast. This week my post on EdReach.us was about Schoology, a cool company I visited at the…See More

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John Sowash replied to Jeff Beard's discussion 'Wikis in the classroom'

Here's a blog post I wrote entitled "Wiki's, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Feel free to use and adapt.

Feb 6, 2011

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School / Work Affiliation: Southfield Christian School

Blog: http://electriceducator.blogspot.com/

Website: http://jrsowash.wikispaces.com

Twitter / Plurk / Other Account: @jrsowash

About Me: I am a high school biology teacher with a passion for incorporating 21st century learning tools into my classroom. I recently became a Google Certified Teacher and am interested in fostering student collaboration.

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Rat Dissection-- Thoracic and Circulatory System

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At 5:54am on August 19, 2010, Richard said…: Try Josten's site and look at the winning pages and yearbook design. http://www.jostens.com/yearbooks/ybk_advisers_cp_inspire.html

use InDesign to create the yearbook ...

in the course, concentrate on teaching students to take great photos, write brilliant captions and stick to design and formatting parameters ... in the end, the book will be very good.

We did not use a yearbook service. The students put together the book themselves, got all the files ready for the printer, and published independently. The results were a lower priced book that ended up great. By doing it independently, you are freer with design. But it will reduce your lifespan by a couple of years.

Have fun. Be sure to be taking pictures from day 1.

At 7:54pm on August 17, 2010, nathalie ettzevoglou said…: John! Thanks so much for responding to my post. Please tell the teacher to contact me at nettzevo@gmail.com. Take care, Nathalie

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