Carolyn Foote's Posts - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T21:58:57ZCarolyn Footehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Technolibraryhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1949873452?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=Technolibrary&xn_auth=noGiddy about learningtag:www.classroom20.com,2007-09-24:649749:BlogPost:520542007-09-24T11:45:33.000ZCarolyn Footehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Technolibrary
<p>(Cross posted at <a href="http://www.futura.edublogs.org">www.futura.edublogs.org</a>)</p>
<div class="entry"><p>I feel like a giddy schoolgirl this morning–just having so much fun interacting with other educators around the world who are also giddy about what they are doing.</p>
<p>While most of us in the U.S. were sleeping, Jeff Utecht of <a href="http://www.thethinkingstick.com/"><font color="#515151">Thinking Stick</font></a> in Shanghai was testing out a new site called…</p>
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<p>(Cross posted at <a href="http://www.futura.edublogs.org">www.futura.edublogs.org</a>)</p>
<div class="entry"><p>I feel like a giddy schoolgirl this morning–just having so much fun interacting with other educators around the world who are also giddy about what they are doing.</p>
<p>While most of us in the U.S. were sleeping, Jeff Utecht of <a href="http://www.thethinkingstick.com/"><font color="#515151">Thinking Stick</font></a> in Shanghai was testing out a new site called <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/"><font color="#515151">WizIq</font></a> (a new site that is a virtual classroom, with chat, sharing, etc.) and holding a skypechat to discuss it.</p>
<p>Then as I was just getting up, my Skype started ringing, and <a href="http://betch.edublogs.org/2007/09/24/trying-to-break-skype/"><font color="#515151">Chris Betcher</font></a>(in Australia) was inviting me into a Skype conference call. So I woke up this morning chatting with educators in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Thailand, and Pennsylvania and Maryland, about projects they are doing in their schools or are involved with, and am already trying to hook up some of them with teachers in our district.</p>
<p>I left my computer later thinking we were like giddy school kids, just so excited about the idea of connecting and learning.</p>
<p>And then I started wondering where that expression even comes from? Are most school kids we know giddy about learning, and if not, what can we do about it?</p>
<p>Can we bring this excitement into classrooms in our schools so that our own students feel like giddy school kids?</p>
<p>Some elements that get me giddy that I wonder if we can replicate in schools –</p>
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<li><em><strong>the collaboration piece</strong></em>–when you are working with others on something you are passionate about, and it starts clicking, it feels very energizing.</li>
<li><strong><em>the online piece</em></strong>–it’s exciting to bring the collaboration online because of transformative abilities the technologies now have to connect us.</li>
<li><strong><em>the adventure piece</em></strong>–trying something for the first time, exploring it with others, and testing the limits of it can be really energizing.</li>
<li><strong><em>the challenge piece</em></strong>–when something is challenging, and you figure it out as a group, (or on your own), it feels so rewarding.</li>
<li><strong><em>the global piece</em></strong>–this may or may not be as “mind blowing” for our students, since they have Facebook, Myspace, etc., but learning from others around the world is exciting. It’s illuminating to get different perspectives, but see what problems we also share across borders. And it’s just really cool to realize you are talking to someone in Thailand or New Zealand before breakfast ;)</li>
<li><strong><em>the curiosity piece</em></strong>–having some basic curiosity about how things work and discovery creates more enthusiasm.</li>
<li><strong><em>the spontaneity piece</em></strong>–being able to spontaneously check something out, ask someone a question, hop on the internet to look something up, collaborate on the spot, or contact someone creates a tremendous feeling of ‘point of need’ learning–a feeling I think students are accustomed to having in their “real” lives due to texting, Facebook, etc.</li>
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<p>There are so many tools now, as we were discussing in the Skypecast, that allow you to share with students and other teachers or experts this way. Skype, Elluminate, <a href="http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/"><font color="#515151">Flashmeeting</font></a> are just a few worth exploring.</p>
<p>I think one thing that is difficult to sort out if you are new to this is where to start, and where to find projects to participate in, or people to contact. Ning has some great groups to use as launching points–like <a href="http://www.classroom20.ning.com/"><font color="#515151">Classroom 2.0 Ning</font></a>, <a href="http://www.edubloggerworld.ning.com/"><font color="#515151">Edubloggerworld Ning</font></a>, or <a href="http://www.globaleducation.ning.com/"><font color="#515151">Global Education Ning</font></a>. <a href="http://www.takingitglobal.org/"><font color="#515151">Taking IT Global</font></a> is another resource that Sharon Peters mentioned in the Skype chat this morning. Blogs are another great source of information about global education projects, like the ones mentioned on <a href="http://www.mscofino.edublogs.org/"><font color="#515151">Always Learning</font></a> or on <a href="http://burell.blogspot.com/2007/09/1001-tales-remixed-exercise-in.html"><font color="#515151">Beyond School</font></a>.</p>
<p>And I have to say that <a href="http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/"><font color="#515151">Twitter</font></a> or any source that lets you network with other like-minded folks is a great resource for connections and ideas. I am not incredibly familiar with Facebook, but I think it has that same sort of ability for sharing. Using a resource like this to network is like having a constant live-feed of ideas from other professionals.</p>
<p>But I think the <em>key thing</em> for me is not the technology, but is thinking about those qualities above that make me feel giddy as a learner, and then figuring out how we can bring more of those things into our classrooms and libraries. Wouldn’t it be awesome to have learning that wakes our students up in the morning and makes them WANT to come to school?</p>
</div>NECC 2007 to......2008tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-06-27:649749:BlogPost:297582007-06-27T19:06:54.000ZCarolyn Footehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Technolibrary
<p>Though my blog has had a meltdown the last two weeks, I HAVE been blogging Necc 2007 on a site called tumblr, which is very handy for quickly posting things.</p>
<p>IF you want to check it out, or read about some sessions at NECC, check it out at <a href="http://www.technolibrary.tumblr.com">www.technolibrary.tumblr.com</a>.</p>
<p>It's been great getting to meet people in person, get inspired, and meet new people.</p>
<p>We're leaving and heading back to campus with a plan to start a women…</p>
<p>Though my blog has had a meltdown the last two weeks, I HAVE been blogging Necc 2007 on a site called tumblr, which is very handy for quickly posting things.</p>
<p>IF you want to check it out, or read about some sessions at NECC, check it out at <a href="http://www.technolibrary.tumblr.com">www.technolibrary.tumblr.com</a>.</p>
<p>It's been great getting to meet people in person, get inspired, and meet new people.</p>
<p>We're leaving and heading back to campus with a plan to start a women of the web for our girls at our high school, and a plan for a web20mashup to jointly talk with our librarians and technology coordinators, and that's just a beginning I know.</p>
<p>I'm looking forward to NECC being in San Antonio, one of my favorite places, and no flights involved (don't even ask about our difficult flight experiences this trip!)</p>
<p>Since you can't comment on tumblr, feel free to post a message to me here about anything from the conference.</p>
<p> </p>Blogging central for NECCtag:www.classroom20.com,2007-06-26:649749:BlogPost:295092007-06-26T10:43:52.000ZCarolyn Footehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Technolibrary
<p>I think it would be great to have a "blogging central" site for NECC--sort of like LeaderTalk where you could go and read a lot of different impressions of the conference, all in one place.</p>
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<p>With so many people posting on their own blogs, but all of us at the conference, it's hard to keep up, so it'd be nice to have one spot to post things, read things, keep up with "not miss" sessions.</p>
<p>Idea for next year?</p>
<p>I think it would be great to have a "blogging central" site for NECC--sort of like LeaderTalk where you could go and read a lot of different impressions of the conference, all in one place.</p>
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<p>With so many people posting on their own blogs, but all of us at the conference, it's hard to keep up, so it'd be nice to have one spot to post things, read things, keep up with "not miss" sessions.</p>
<p>Idea for next year?</p>Innovation. embrace the new.tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-05-11:649749:BlogPost:139022007-05-11T03:47:44.000ZCarolyn Footehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Technolibrary
<p>A must read article on an idea for a new network and conference for Innovation in Education:</p>
<p><a href="http://thinklab.typepad.com/think_lab/2007/05/learning_dna_pe.html">http://thinklab.typepad.com/think_lab/2007/05/learning_dna_pe.html</a></p>
<p>Anyone interested???</p>
<p>A must read article on an idea for a new network and conference for Innovation in Education:</p>
<p><a href="http://thinklab.typepad.com/think_lab/2007/05/learning_dna_pe.html">http://thinklab.typepad.com/think_lab/2007/05/learning_dna_pe.html</a></p>
<p>Anyone interested???</p>365 daystag:www.classroom20.com,2007-04-09:649749:BlogPost:37322007-04-09T13:28:25.000ZCarolyn Footehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Technolibrary
<p>Over at the Library 2.0 group, Libraryman(Michael) who is a power Flickr user, posted a great idea that I wanted to share here.</p>
<p>He's starting a 365 Library Days project, where you document your library for a year, and post 365 photos to the Flickr library group.</p>
<p>I thought this idea had a lot of connections for Classroom 2.0. What if we contributed 365 photos to a classroom 2.0 group on flickr? Or just took this idea back to our individual schools?</p>
<p>More on my…</p>
<p>Over at the Library 2.0 group, Libraryman(Michael) who is a power Flickr user, posted a great idea that I wanted to share here.</p>
<p>He's starting a 365 Library Days project, where you document your library for a year, and post 365 photos to the Flickr library group.</p>
<p>I thought this idea had a lot of connections for Classroom 2.0. What if we contributed 365 photos to a classroom 2.0 group on flickr? Or just took this idea back to our individual schools?</p>
<p>More on my <a href="http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/04/09/365-days/">blog</a> (rather than re-iterating all of it here) but I thought this had great potential for a project for students also.</p>
<p> </p>This morning on Ning, I learned...tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-04-07:649749:BlogPost:33142007-04-07T14:56:59.000ZCarolyn Footehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Technolibrary
<p>After reading some discussion here, following links, and reading at 2 Cents Worth about Ning, I wanted to share a few things I learned here today.</p>
<p>I learned about the site <a href="http://lifehacker.com/">LifeHacker</a>, which I hadn't seen before.</p>
<p>I found Chris Craft's blog, <a href="http://www.crucialthought.com/">Crucial Thought</a>.</p>
<p>I followed the link to the <a href="http://www.classroom20.net/">Classroom 2.0 wiki</a> and explored that some. (had heard about it but…</p>
<p>After reading some discussion here, following links, and reading at 2 Cents Worth about Ning, I wanted to share a few things I learned here today.</p>
<p>I learned about the site <a href="http://lifehacker.com/">LifeHacker</a>, which I hadn't seen before.</p>
<p>I found Chris Craft's blog, <a href="http://www.crucialthought.com/">Crucial Thought</a>.</p>
<p>I followed the link to the <a href="http://www.classroom20.net/">Classroom 2.0 wiki</a> and explored that some. (had heard about it but hadn't followed up on it.) Through that site, I found a Texas wiki that I hadn't seen before either.</p>
<p>I identified a lot with some comments about educational technology by <a href="http://classroom20.ning.com/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=smartinez">Sylvia Martinez</a> and invited her to be a friend.</p>
<p>I only have time to really explore here a couple of times a week, but I've enjoyed discovering some new connections.</p>
<p>Anyone else?</p>Borrowing from Library 2.0 grouptag:www.classroom20.com,2007-03-29:649749:BlogPost:11622007-03-29T22:22:30.000ZCarolyn Footehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Technolibrary
<p>I was just in the Library 2.0 group--a couple of interesting items to share.</p>
<p>Bill Drew created a Clusty Cloud for "library 2.0" which displays in the sidebar--helpful touch, I thought.</p>
<p>Also, a blogger Connie Crosby in Library 2.0 referenced an interesting article on <a href="http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2007/03/learning2_0">Wired</a> about an effort by the Charlotte Mecklenberg Public Library, Learning 2.0--called 23 Things, where they ask their library staff to…</p>
<p>I was just in the Library 2.0 group--a couple of interesting items to share.</p>
<p>Bill Drew created a Clusty Cloud for "library 2.0" which displays in the sidebar--helpful touch, I thought.</p>
<p>Also, a blogger Connie Crosby in Library 2.0 referenced an interesting article on <a href="http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2007/03/learning2_0">Wired</a> about an effort by the Charlotte Mecklenberg Public Library, Learning 2.0--called 23 Things, where they ask their library staff to try 23 things online(web 2.0) tools.</p>