Lucy Gray's Posts - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T15:53:11ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenoushttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1949873446?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=elemenous&xn_auth=noHas Technology Transformed Your Practice? Take This Survey!tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-18:649749:BlogPost:3836842009-09-18T23:15:50.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/transformingpractice" target="_blank">Transforming Teaching and Learning Survey<br />
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At the end of October, I will have the privilege of attending an education summit at Google entitled, "Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age ". Before this event, I will be blogging on the topic of transforming teachers' practices with digital technologies.<br />
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I have some pretty specific ideas in mind that I'd like to include in my blog posting. I also would like to include the voices…
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/transformingpractice" target="_blank">Transforming Teaching and Learning Survey<br />
</a><br />
At the end of October, I will have the privilege of attending an education summit at Google entitled, "Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age ". Before this event, I will be blogging on the topic of transforming teachers' practices with digital technologies.<br />
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I have some pretty specific ideas in mind that I'd like to include in my blog posting. I also would like to include the voices from my PLN, so please share your thoughts in this survey. I may directly link to it in my blog post so that all responses can be viewed, so realize that your responses will be public. If you are uncomfortable with this, feel free to respond anonymously.<br />
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Thanks for your time and effort!<br />
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Lucy Gray<br />
elemenous@gmail.comNew listserv for charter school teacherstag:www.classroom20.com,2008-03-16:649749:BlogPost:1195502008-03-16T03:55:09.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
Cross-posted in several places....<br />
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<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/charterschoolconnections">http://groups.google.com/group/charterschoolconnections</a><br />
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I could have started another ning... but I thought I'd start with a good old-fashioned listserv!<br />
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I'm starting an unofficial and informal listserv for people interested in or working in charter schools across the country. The inspiration for this is the wonderful ISED listserv (http://www.milton.edu/ISED-L/), which has provided a…
Cross-posted in several places....<br />
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<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/charterschoolconnections">http://groups.google.com/group/charterschoolconnections</a><br />
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I could have started another ning... but I thought I'd start with a good old-fashioned listserv!<br />
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I'm starting an unofficial and informal listserv for people interested in or working in charter schools across the country. The inspiration for this is the wonderful ISED listserv (http://www.milton.edu/ISED-L/), which has provided a great deal of guidance and support to me while working in independent schools. However, I am now working in the charter school world! I still refer to ISED-L, but I personally am looking to connect with others who are working specifically in charter schools.<br />
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The purpose of this list is to facilitate conversation and the sharing of resources. While my area of specialization is educational technology, this list is not limited to just tech talk. Teachers and administrators can post questions, job opportunities, grant writing tips, project collaboration opportunities etc. Let's share how we are all re-inventing the education wheel, so to speak!<br />
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Please pass this along to any you know who might be interested. I would really appreciate your help in growing this online community!World Languages and Culturestag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-17:649749:BlogPost:1102202008-02-17T15:00:00.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
Cross posted from the <a href="http://globaleducation.ning.com">Global Education Collaborative ning</a>:<br />
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I'm meeting with a group of middle school world language teachers on Monday to discuss technology integration ideas. Languages taught in this school district include: Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, German, Italian, French and Spanish.<br />
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This school district is also developing courses involving world cultures and global perspectives and are particularly interested in resources related to world…
Cross posted from the <a href="http://globaleducation.ning.com">Global Education Collaborative ning</a>:<br />
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I'm meeting with a group of middle school world language teachers on Monday to discuss technology integration ideas. Languages taught in this school district include: Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, German, Italian, French and Spanish.<br />
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This school district is also developing courses involving world cultures and global perspectives and are particularly interested in resources related to world geography, Africa, Australia, and world folk tales. I personally am interested, too, in any curriculum that's been developed around teaching global awareness.<br />
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If you are interested in collaborating with these teachers, mostly like for the next U.S. school year, please reply <a href="http://globaleducation.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=717180%3ATopic%3A20847">here</a>.<br />
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Also, if you have any recommendations for teaching these languages, technology-based or otherwise, please feel free to post them here as well. Here are some of the bookmarks I've been collecting: http://del.icio.us/elemenous/foreignlanguage<br />
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Thanks in advance!Busy updating my stuff....tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-01-21:649749:BlogPost:1000732008-01-21T15:21:10.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
A couple of updates:<br />
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1) I've changed the name of my blog from A Teacher's Life to High Techpectations. There's another Teacher's Life out there now, and frankly, the title was just booooooring. Not sure if I like my new one yet, but time will tell. You can find the blog at http://elemenous.typepad.com.<br />
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2) Last fall, I started a ning for teachers within my organization. This ning thing was new to everyone, and by keeping it private, we just didn't have the numbers to drive activity. I've…
A couple of updates:<br />
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1) I've changed the name of my blog from A Teacher's Life to High Techpectations. There's another Teacher's Life out there now, and frankly, the title was just booooooring. Not sure if I like my new one yet, but time will tell. You can find the blog at http://elemenous.typepad.com.<br />
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2) Last fall, I started a ning for teachers within my organization. This ning thing was new to everyone, and by keeping it private, we just didn't have the numbers to drive activity. I've opened it up to everyone and hope to focus on professional development (not just related to ed tech stuff). Everyone is welcome to join, but I'd love to reach out to more urban and/or charter school teachers.<br />
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Here's the link: <a href="http://usischools.ning.com/">http://usischools.ning.com</a>/ and I hope to see you there!<br />
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3) I created two workshops for the Macworld Educator's Academy and you can find them at: http://lucygrayworkshops.wikispaces.com.<br />
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Hope someone finds this info helpful!<br />
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LucyField Trip 2.0 Update - Join Us!tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-09-25:649749:BlogPost:523432007-09-25T10:42:29.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
Hi All - <br></br>
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We've formed a group to support our ALI exhibit from this year's<br />
Apple Distinguished Educator Institute. Our goal is to encourage conversation around kicking field<br />
trips up a notch by adding digital components and Web 2.0 apps. <br></br>
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We'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas:<br></br>
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<a href="http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=12021" target="_blank">http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=12021…<br></br>
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Hi All - <br/>
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We've formed a group to support our ALI exhibit from this year's<br />
Apple Distinguished Educator Institute. Our goal is to encourage conversation around kicking field<br />
trips up a notch by adding digital components and Web 2.0 apps. <br/>
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We'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas:<br/>
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<a href="http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=12021" target="_blank">http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=12021<br/>
</a> <a href="http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=12021" target="_blank"><br/>
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/group.php?id=15100</a><br/>
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Additionally, we are planning on hosting a group live conversation<br />
using Flashmeeting in the near future. We'll post the date and time in<br />
our ALI group space when we have that set.<br/>
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Thanks!Spam Scam Alert!!tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-09-13:649749:BlogPost:488842007-09-13T05:05:49.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
<b>This is what I sent out to many people in my address book tonight and I thought others my benefit from my *cough* experience.</b><br></br><br></br>If you are receiving this email, it is because you came in contact with me via email sometime in the last decade. There is a nefarious social networking site that has spammed people's address books, including mine unfortunately. Please <font size="5"><u><b>do not</b></u></font> accept any invitations to join anything appearing to be from…
<b>This is what I sent out to many people in my address book tonight and I thought others my benefit from my *cough* experience.</b><br/><br/>If you are receiving this email, it is because you came in contact with me via email sometime in the last decade. There is a nefarious social networking site that has spammed people's address books, including mine unfortunately. Please <font size="5"><u><b>do not</b></u></font> accept any invitations to join anything appearing to be from me.<br/><br/>Please read this blog post by Westley Fryer for more detailed information: http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/09/07/beware-of-quechup-spam-scam/<br/><br/>My sincere apologies,<br/><br/>Lucy Gray<br/><br/>Developing Our Own Standards for Global Educationtag:www.classroom20.com,2007-09-05:649749:BlogPost:471002007-09-05T17:43:26.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
Over at the <a href="http://globaleducation.ning.com">Global Education Collaborative</a> ning, I've suggested that we start building our own set of standards on global ed for students, pre-service teachers, teachers, and administrators. If you're interested, take a peek and join the ning. Once we have some people on board for this project, I'll establish a wiki for this purpose.<br/>
Over at the <a href="http://globaleducation.ning.com">Global Education Collaborative</a> ning, I've suggested that we start building our own set of standards on global ed for students, pre-service teachers, teachers, and administrators. If you're interested, take a peek and join the ning. Once we have some people on board for this project, I'll establish a wiki for this purpose.<br/>Great lists of Web 2.0 servicestag:www.classroom20.com,2007-05-29:649749:BlogPost:230652007-05-29T07:25:04.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
Here are a couple of lists worth checking out:<br />
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<br/><a href="http://web2.econsultant.com/%20">Web 2.0 Directory: eConsultant</a> <br/><a href="http://www.go2web20.net/%20">Top 25 Web 2.0 Apps to Improve a Student's or Professor's Productivity
</a> <a href="http://www.go2web20.net/%20"><br/>The Complete Web 2.0 Directory</a> <br/><br/>Anyone have other suggestions?
Here are a couple of lists worth checking out:<br />
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<br/><a href="http://web2.econsultant.com/%20">Web 2.0 Directory: eConsultant</a> <br/><a href="http://www.go2web20.net/%20">Top 25 Web 2.0 Apps to Improve a Student's or Professor's Productivity
</a> <a href="http://www.go2web20.net/%20"><br/>The Complete Web 2.0 Directory</a> <br/><br/>Anyone have other suggestions?NECC workshop resourcestag:www.classroom20.com,2007-05-17:649749:BlogPost:181412007-05-17T16:56:24.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
Excuse multiple crossposts - <br></br>
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Julene Reed and I are teaching a workshop at NECC on global<br />
collaboration, and I've set up a series of resources to demonstrate<br />
during this class. I hope that these resources will live on as people<br />
become interested in sharing resources used to teach global awareness<br />
concepts. Please consider jumping in and joining any of these groups.<br />
Some of them are already seeded with material, but others are just<br />
getting started. Feel free to pass this info on…
Excuse multiple crossposts - <br/>
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Julene Reed and I are teaching a workshop at NECC on global<br />
collaboration, and I've set up a series of resources to demonstrate<br />
during this class. I hope that these resources will live on as people<br />
become interested in sharing resources used to teach global awareness<br />
concepts. Please consider jumping in and joining any of these groups.<br />
Some of them are already seeded with material, but others are just<br />
getting started. Feel free to pass this info on to anyone you know that<br />
also might be interested.<br />
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If you are presenting on a simliar topic at NECC, please think about "crosspollinating" material in these spaces as well. <br/>
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1) Global Education Ning group<br/>
<a href="http://globaleducation.ning.com/" target="_blank"><br />
http://globaleducation.ning.com/</a><br/> <br/>
2) Global Education Flickr group<br/>
<a href="http://flickr.com/groups/globaleducation/" target="_blank">http://flickr.com/groups/globaleducation/</a><br/> <br/>
3) Global Ed Google Group<br/>
<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/globaleducation" target="_blank"><br />
http://groups.google.com/group/globaleducation</a><br/> <br/>
4) Global Education Collaborative Wikispace<br/>
<a href="http://globaleducationcollaborative.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">http://globaleducationcollaborative.wikispaces.com/</a> <br/>
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5) I'm tagging any resources I bookmark with the tag <span style="font-weight: bold;">globalawareness</span> in <a href="http://furl.net/members/elemenous?enc=UTF-8&search=browse&sort=&dir=&pos=&keyword=&date=0&x=26&y=15&category=592652" target="_blank"><br />
Furl</a> and in <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/globalawareness" target="_blank">del.icio.us</a>.<br/>
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6) <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=dsfvld4t9uivcc62jge9g552b4%2540group.calendar.google.com" target="_blank">Google Calendar for Global Education<br />
</a> - enter your NECC global awareness events here, for instance. <br/>
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If you think of other similar resources we should include, please send me suggestions. Thanks!!!New ITM Post on Google Co-optag:www.classroom20.com,2007-05-13:649749:BlogPost:150422007-05-13T02:10:30.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
For those of you interested in using Google's custom search tool, Google Co-op, I have a new post up at the Infinite thinking Machine on this topic:<br />
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http://www.infinitethinking.org/2007/05/teachers-often-bemoan-their-students.html<br />
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If you have rolled your own search engine, please consider posting the url to it in the comments section of this blog posting!<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Lucy
For those of you interested in using Google's custom search tool, Google Co-op, I have a new post up at the Infinite thinking Machine on this topic:<br />
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http://www.infinitethinking.org/2007/05/teachers-often-bemoan-their-students.html<br />
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If you have rolled your own search engine, please consider posting the url to it in the comments section of this blog posting!<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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LucyI started a Ning for Global Education!tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-04-29:649749:BlogPost:88832007-04-29T05:20:57.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
Excuse the multiple cross-postings on various listservs etc....<br></br><br></br><a href="http://globaleducation.ning.com/" target="_blank">http://globaleducation.ning.com/</a><br></br><br></br>At the National Educational Computing Conference to be held in Atlanta, Georgia this June, fellow ADE Julene Reed and I will be hosting a
workshop on global collaboration. I plan on utilizing a variety of<br />
tools and resources throughout this hands-on class, including Ning, a<br />
service that allows one to establish a custom…
Excuse the multiple cross-postings on various listservs etc....<br/><br/><a href="http://globaleducation.ning.com/" target="_blank">http://globaleducation.ning.com/</a><br/><br/>At the National Educational Computing Conference to be held in Atlanta, Georgia this June, fellow ADE Julene Reed and I will be hosting a
workshop on global collaboration. I plan on utilizing a variety of<br />
tools and resources throughout this hands-on class, including Ning, a<br />
service that allows one to establish a custom social networking site. <br/><br/>I've
made a few prior attempts at creating an online meeting space for those<br />
interested in global collaboration which included the establishment of<br />
a .Mac group and a blog. While I still plan on posting to these<br />
resources, I think this environment might be more inviting because it<br />
allows for the posting of photos, videos, and RSS feeds. Users can make<br />
their own custom personal pages, contribute to discussion forums,<br />
network with other like-minded individuals, and comment on these<br />
features. I've been inspired by the success of Steve Hargadon's <a href="../../../../../../../" target="_blank">Classroom 2.0</a> and <a href="http://school20.ning.com/" target="_blank">School 2.0 Ning</a> communities, particularly by the forum conversations in the Classroom<br />
2.0 one.<br/><br/>I
also hope that this will also serve as a hub for my fellow ADEs who<br />
will be presenting at NECC on various global education topics( or anyone else for the matter), . Please<br />
consider uploading any relevant files including presentation slides.<br />
You can upload presentations slide to sites such as SlideShare and<br />
Scribd, which I think, will give you the html code to embed here as a<br />
video. If you need help with this, just let me know.. it's pretty easy.<br />
Of course, you can probably also save slideshows as Quicktime files and<br />
upload them directly, too.<br/><br/>Please let me know if you have any
questions... you can reach me via email at <a href="mailto:elemenous@gmail.com" target="_blank">elemenous@gmail.com</a> and via<br />
instant messaging. My AIM name is elemenous. Also, feel free to pass this on to other interested parties. <br/><br/>Thanks!<br clear="all"/><br/><br/>Lucy GrayInnovationtag:www.classroom20.com,2007-03-29:649749:BlogPost:10332007-03-29T03:56:00.000ZLucy Grayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elemenous
I mentioned in the forum earlier that I found a cool link to ThinkFree in my new college alumni networking site... tonight I found something else that was interesting. It's the blog of another Beloit grad who is an <a href="http://creativesage.wordpress.com/">innovation journalist/consultant</a> and she has some interested innovation references in her blog's sidebar. She also blogs about this…
I mentioned in the forum earlier that I found a cool link to ThinkFree in my new college alumni networking site... tonight I found something else that was interesting. It's the blog of another Beloit grad who is an <a href="http://creativesage.wordpress.com/">innovation journalist/consultant</a> and she has some interested innovation references in her blog's sidebar. She also blogs about this <a href="http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2007/03/12/innovation-bloggers-virtual-forum-on-april-26/">Innovation Bloggers Virtual Forum</a> that will be held April 26. The content of both aforementioned links is probably more business oriented, but ... before I get skewered for mentioning business and education in the same sentence... I think educators should look to business to learn something about organizational change. Schools are unique animals, but I really think education needs to move forward into the 21st century.<br/>