January 2009 Blog Posts (154)

Create Video & Edit Photos

The newest additions to the Teacher Toolbar include:

StoryBlender

* Blend Studio lets you make your own custom web videos! Use your photos, webcam video and audio, YouTube videos, custom animations, and more!

* Make Me Talk lets you add your voice to photos of your family and friends, politicians, celebrities, animals... whatever!

* E-card Creator but with… Continue

Added by Ellen on January 19, 2009 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Letter to the President: Support the Education of Youth through Tutoring/Mentoring Programs

Dear President Obama, January 19, 2009

First and foremost, Congratulations on becoming not just the first African American President in the Country’s history, but for being one of the greatest examples of the vision that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of in his “I Have a Dream” speech! I am writing you today to say that I will support you, respect you, and I will continue to try to follow in your footsteps by being a role model to all young people.

I am also writing… Continue

Added by EL Da' Sheon Nix on January 19, 2009 at 2:21pm — No Comments

Classroom 2.0 LIVE! Show

Please join us every Saturday morning at 11am CST/12pm EST for a weekly broadcast entitled, "Classroom 2.0 LIVE!". I co-host the show with Dr. Peggy George, Lorna Costantini and Steve Hargadon each week as we discuss, share and learn from educators around the world.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in real-time events, complete with audio, chat, desktop sharing, and sometimes even video.

Our weekly Saturday show resumed… Continue

Added by Kimberly Caise on January 19, 2009 at 2:09pm — No Comments

Class begins tomorrow... somewhat new.

Aside from the fact that our country will have a new President and a new administration at nearly this time tomorrow, my greatest concern is in what I can impact and work with in the here and now - and what's closest to me - that being the Introduction to Educational Technology course I teach each semester.

I have to say that teaching this course for me is very exciting - because it's in this course that I can engage up and-coming teaching… Continue

Added by Dave Eveland on January 19, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Featured on TeacherTube

I just discovered that TeacherTube is featuring my video capturing of the Presidential Inauguration here. How cool is that? I hope that it brings more business to News-2-You, which is a fantastic weekly online newspaper for current events.

I feel quite honored to have my video featured by TeacherTube. They only choose one video per day, and to be chosen for the Presidential Inauguration, I think that's… Continue

Added by Eric Sailers on January 19, 2009 at 7:25am — No Comments

How Much Do You Know about Martin Luther King?

How much do you know about Martin Luther King, Js.? The following is a quiz about Martin Luther King, Js.’s life, click the following picture and go to test now!

Or click here to take the quiz… Continue

Added by William Peterson on January 19, 2009 at 4:25am — No Comments

Presidential Inauguration

I made a video of this week's News-2-You: America's New President. I used it and language supports with an 8-year-old, as part of a lesson for the presidential inauguration. The video, supports, and more information can be found on my blog

Added by Eric Sailers on January 18, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Blog posts and videoclips to share: Adolescent Literacy, RTI, HP TouchSmart for Interaction & Communication; Crayon Physics Deluxe, and more

Here are a few of my blog posts that I thought I'd share with Classroom 2.0:

Resource Update: Adolescent Literacy, Digital Storytelling, RTI, & Data-based Decision Making

More Interactive Physics: Crayon Physics Deluxe…

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Added by Lynn Marentette on January 18, 2009 at 5:18pm — No Comments

eMINTS Winter Conference

I'm working on a presentation I'm giving at the eMINTS Winter Conference about Web 2.0 Tools. My focus is not what they are, but how to use them to encourage higher order thinking skills, engagement, reflection, and questioning. I finally finished up the agenda today, so now I've started working on putting the plan together. In the process, I decided to update my classroom wiki and found the plugins on pbwiki. Very cool!

I finally feel comfortable about my presentation, but have a long way… Continue

Added by Klista Lawyer-Reynolds on January 18, 2009 at 2:24pm — 2 Comments

Introductory Survey

Personal Info:

Hi! My name is Ariella Epstein. One would think that at some point duing my life I would have acquired some sort of lasting nickname, but that's not the case; everyone has just always called me Ariella! I grew up primarily in Beachwood, OH and now reside in University Heights, OH. In fact, I just bought my first house here with my fiance in November! My primary e-mail address is AriellaAnne@hotmail.com

I recieved my BSW (Bachelor of Arts in Social Work) in… Continue

Added by Ariella Epstein on January 18, 2009 at 2:14pm — No Comments

Web 2.0 in My English Honors II Class

Here's the website I have created for my English Honors II class for Language Arts related curriculum and links.

I also have a blog for my English Honors II students where they write and share original poetry, reflect on the literature we read in class, and evaluate their own writing after reading my feedback and their peer reviews.

My students use a wiki for vocabulary collaboration;… Continue

Added by Mary Lewis on January 18, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Palestinian Wall Art along the Israel/ West Bank Security Barrier

The Israeli West-Bank barrier is an 8 meters high concrete wall being constructed by Israel, mainly within the West Bank (Palestine). Most Israelis agree that the wall has improved their security; where the wall has been completed, there has been a drastic reduction in suicide bombings.

For… Continue

Added by Ellen Pham on January 17, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

The Future of interactive surfaces: Claytronics, Catoms, and Dynamic Physical Rendering in learning spaces

Through my research of late I have run into some interesting work being done by both Intel and Carnegie Mellon refered to as Dynamic Physical Rendering

A segment from the project website here

Welcome to the Claytronics Project Collaborative Research in Programmable Matter Directed by Carnegie Mellon and Intel

This project combines modular robotics, systems nanotechnology and computer science to create the dynamic, 3-Dimensional display of…

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Added by Rich White on January 17, 2009 at 9:24am — No Comments

Apple ITouch

Anyone using the Apple iTouch in the classroom?

I visited a middle school in another district today that are using them on a limited basis. The types of educational applications was impressive. With the WiFi feature… Continue

Added by John Patota on January 16, 2009 at 3:30pm — 15 Comments

Moodle or a social network for school?

I am a high school student and I am comparing and contrasting Moodle and a social network I created on Ning. The Social Network I created is exclusively for students in my high school. I am experimenting to see if it would work better then Moodle. Trying to test to see what students would take to more and what would be more used and effective. If anyone has any feedback to what they think would work best?, If this is a good or bad idea? And what uses could benefit out of both?

Added by Skye on January 16, 2009 at 6:16am — 3 Comments

Best Sites For Inauguration (UPDATED); Presidents; Music & More

Hi, Everybody,

Here are some new "The Best..." lists. Edublogs was off-line for a day or two, so I'm sorry if some of you couldn't access these sites. By the way, I'm posting a link to the Presidential Inauguration list again because its quadrupled in size since I first posted it:

The Best Sites For Learning About The Presidential Inauguration

(http://tinyurl.com/7fx4zk)

The Best Sites To Learn About U.S.… Continue

Added by Larry Ferlazzo on January 15, 2009 at 7:34pm — No Comments

Post on Cell Phone Blog site

The following I posted at http://www.classroom20.com/group/CellPhonesinEducation/forum/topics/using-the-cell-phone

I've used the PollEverywhere on our student laptops. I'm going to try and setup a few of these this semester on cell phones. I should note those students who do not have unlimited texting I simply e-mail them the same material. I give them more time to reply back as well.

Delete

Using the cell phone part two. Today .. I used the polleverywhere… Continue

Added by Alan Beam on January 15, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

A Meeting with 7th Grade Parents Around the Theme, "Teens and the Internet"

Hi ya'll,

Just wanted to invite ya'll to a little wiki I put together on the fly for an hour long meetup with concerned parents of my wonderful K12 school. There are a few resources, mostly gleaned from my PLN on twitter (and from personal experience with them) that you are welcome to use, to share and even to add to--the wiki's currently wide open.

It's at… Continue

Added by Scott Merrick on January 15, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Harvard Panel: Enhancing Child Safety and Technology Online

I haven't read it but plan to peruse shortly. I am posting here in case anyone hasbn't seen the news regarding it. I would be interested in anyone's feedback for this. Perhaps a good precaution in using technology online which I think is a good responsible track to be aware of as we add Web 2.0 technologies responsibly to our schools.

ISTTF_Final_Report.pdf

Added by Scott on January 15, 2009 at 10:50am — No Comments

A Shot Across the Bow - 21st Century Skills Under Attack

Jay Matthews of the Washington Post recently posted an article entitled “The Latest Doomed Pedagogical Fad: 21st Century Skills.” The good ship "21st Century Skills" has yet to be tested on open waters and already a shot across the bow! Somalia is not the only place with pirate problems.

Most disconcerting is the complete lack of understanding of what these skills are - and that they… Continue

Added by Sean Conner on January 15, 2009 at 10:50am — No Comments