Christopher Potter
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How twitter is changing social media

MySpace? Old News Google? can’t do real time search. email? not fast enough. twitter is where it is @. Assuming you have a big enough social network. Authored by mrpotter. Hosted by Edublogs.

The Future

How do we get here? Authored by mrpotter. Hosted by Edublogs.

Kim Coffino’s the 21st Century classroom

The 21st Century Classroom View more presentations from Kim Cofino. (tags: web collaborations) Authored by mrpotter. Hosted by Edublogs.

Top 10 Myths in Ed Tech Staff Development

Our new planning strategy. Authored by mrpotter. Hosted by Edublogs.

Inaugural Addresses

Using a tag cloud, the NY Times has created a visual representation of every President’s Inaugural address. Pretty cool. Definately gives you an idea of the main concern of each President. Authored by mrpotter. Hosted by Edublogs.
 

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Check out these new multimedia projects that incorporate social studies and other content areas... 2009 Student Media Projects
June 6
Important topic that I would like some feedback on from Social Studies teachers especially. Content vs. Critical Thinking. Please feel free to leave comments or e-mail me directly. http://stretchourminds.blogspot.com/
May 17
Here are some excellent sites with free tools and ideas for integrating technology into the classroom: 4 Teachers.Org - 4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site help...
April 2
Have you got any articles or special features presented here? I'd like to know some new ideas on technology class. -- Poznań
April 2
I am a Global Sudies and Cultural Anthropology teacher and I am looking for new an exciting ways to integrate technology into my curriculum
March 4
Thought members might be interested in some of the arts integration and technology integration links/resources at my profile. Many of the social studies activities incorporate popular music and character education. JChase
February 27
Webfiltering can be a challenge at best, and thanks to Jarod on his note of exceptions to get the classroom 2.0 working without unblocking to much of ning.com. I am also a technology coordinator at a small school district. And yes even though the ...
February 24
Check out my new post on the banter. Comments welcome. http://birchbark.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/the-time-debate/
February 16

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Hometown:
Penfield, NY
School / Work Affiliation
Ruben A. Cirillo High School - Gananda CSD
About Me:
I am a Social Studies teacher for Ruben A. Cirillo High School in Gananda, NY.
I teach 11th grade US Regents and 9th grade Global (dawn of time - 1750) right now. I have taught the entire Social Studies curriculum at least once in my career.
I am very interested in bringing new technologies to the classroom and this is one way I am trying to do that.
Blog:
http://mrpotter.edublogs.org
Twitter / Plurk / Other Account:
mrpotter

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At 7:19pm on January 31, 2009, Jack said…
Hi Christopher. I was wondering if you have students or educator friends who would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
At 1:31pm on October 15, 2008, Kelley Irish said…
Try using http://www.youhide.com/ After you get to that site you can type in the URL for here and go there. I use youhide.com when I know the site had been approved in the past.
At 8:16pm on July 3, 2008, ursula accumanno said…
Hi Christopher,
I am an Elementary Art Teacher. If I didn't teach Art, I would love to teach MS Social Studies.
Happy almost 4th!
I just finished 2 Grad classes, and I'm catching up with the rest of my life!
Ursula
At 6:58pm on March 7, 2008, Clif Mims said…
I'm curious to know if you and your students are enjoying your history class Ning.
At 12:03am on September 3, 2007, SHANG Xian-fu said…
Thanks for your invitation. I am working in CAS (SCIENCE ACADAMY OF CHINA) .My wife is a K-7 computer teacher , I usually surf on the web with not busy to help her a lot , collecting teaching materials , talking about new method .
At 10:43pm on June 17, 2007, berniec said…
Thanks for your invitation. I teach English for Specific Purposes in southern France. I love experimenting with Web 2.0 sites as teaching auxiliaries.
At 8:15pm on June 17, 2007, Jennifer Verschoor said…
Hi Cristopher from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I´m an ESL teacher incorporating new technologies in my English classes.
At 12:54am on June 4, 2007, Phil Pound said…
Hi Christopher, thanks for the invite, I look forward to getting to spend more time within the cr2.0 world in the next week and seeing what folk are working with.
At 4:56pm on May 31, 2007, Betsy Ruffin said…
Hello Chris, glad to meet you
At 11:29pm on May 30, 2007, Ray Tolley said…
Hi, Chris,
I, too, am trying to push the boundaries in education. Having taught for 45 years I'm still eager to learn new things and share ideas.
My present research is into VLEs, PLEs, and blogs etc.
I really want to see things take off in the UK!
Best Wishes,
Ray T
 
 

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