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- Hometown:
- Wells, NY, USA
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- Wells Central School
- About Me:
- Fifth Grade Teacher in a remote rural Adirondack community. I am constantly experimenting with web 2.0 open source server side applications with my students.
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I'm not sure where the project I'm working on is going. It is fortunate, but also challenging, that it is a big project with a lot of teachers who are ready to jump into this big time. (Very unusual from most any other schools I've worked with.)
This is very difficult for me. I am SUCH a believer in student blogging and not creating artificial, closed environments that don't foster real 21st century skills development. I am also a realist about the policy implications though.
If you set up an online space to discuss this, I'd be happy to join in. (I looked for discussion on sites like Will's, I support blogging, etc. but didn't find much. You're in my feed reader in the meantime.
Btw, on an unrelated note, I see you're interested in open source. I do some work with open source content that might be of interest to you. (See www.k12oened.com.) We recently started an open dictionary for kids and teachers that we're pretty excited bout.
I am in the midst of setting up a WordPress MU installation for a middle school. The technical aspects are manageable, but I am struggling with the policy issues. I am trying to weigh the need to moderate everything for safety reasons against the desire to teach kids responsibility and be more independent.
Another non-trivial issue is the amount administration required by all this. At a middle school with 70+ teachers and 900+ students, the amount of moderation traffic might be overwhelming.
Anyway, your blog is helping me think through these issues. Let me know if you have any other advice related to the above.
Sorry I didn't catch up with you this time around--my deadline came and went before we could connect.
Next time!
Thanks,
Suzie
Just left a message on your blog--would like to set up a time to talk by phone about Web 2.0 tool access. Hope we can connect!
Thanks,
Suzie
Thanks for the suggestions. Sounds like your district is open to innovation/creative approaches. Good to hear.
And hope you're finding the book useful!
Thanks,
Suzie
Login to the admin area. Click on the Presentation tab. Select the "Widgets" tab beneath that.
You should see a "tray" of widget options across the lower part of the screen. You can drag the boxes to ( or from) the Sidebar 1 Box.
Mine are ordered:
Tag Cloud
Links
Meta
Hope that helps! Let me know if you have more questions.
Steve
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