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Greenbush Labs: Exploring Tomorrows Educational Tech Today !

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RSS - Blogs - Podcasts - Immersive Environments - Youtube - Croquet - Second Life - Open Source - Live Streaming, Social Networks, AND MORE… Continue

Added by Rich White on September 19, 2007 at 3:49pm — No Comments

PowerSearching in a Web 2.0 World: Last Call

The 21st Century Information Project is offering a Moodle based online class: PowerSearching in a Web 2.0 World.

The course starts on September 24. The class is 4 weeks long. Each week we take on a new topic. We will look at searching, evaluating, and… Continue

Added by Dennis O'Connor on September 18, 2007 at 6:02pm — No Comments

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Added by Joseph Chmielewski on September 18, 2007 at 3:36pm — No Comments

Classroom Toolkit on Ning

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Added by Joseph Chmielewski on September 18, 2007 at 3:35pm — No Comments

Today I had the opportunity to really get into the classroom and teach a lesson that was relevant to the curriculum but it did not go as well as I had planned. Just thinking about it gets me in a tizzie. There was a vocabulary test given today and that went well. Many of the students did well while others did not. After the test I handed out the index cards with the sentences/phrases that were in the short story. The students were put into groups, this was not such a great plan. They were all… Continue

Added by Jacqueline Marien on September 18, 2007 at 2:57pm — No Comments

Wiki Trials

I have had very limited success so far with the Wiki Trials that I have tried to implement. I organised a PB Wiki site for some colleagues just to test how effective they could be with communication across the group and so far very few people have used it. There was an initial attempt at use but without collaboration from the whole team it just falls by the wayside.

Has anybody out there had success with Wikis and how do you motivate people to use them?

Added by Jo Norris on September 18, 2007 at 12:33am — 2 Comments

Japan Kids Are Ready

Etsuko from Fuchinobe Elementary in Sagamihara City, Japan sent the intro packet from her International Exchange Club and it arrived today. Her kids (5th and 6th graders) will begin exchanging photos, drawings, and cultural email with mine. Etsuko has been a great help in the past four years. She speaks English very well and helps teachers in Japan connect with English speaking groups, such as our Monster Project. Fuchinobe has been in the… Continue

Added by Terry Smith on September 17, 2007 at 8:56pm — 1 Comment

First time!

I have known about Ning for a while now and I have been a member of a couple different forums, Classroom 2.0 being one of them, but it has taken me a long time to set up my page and get into the discussions. I think my first impression of Ning was that it was very "busy" and I couldn't decide if it was the same or better than keeping a personal blog. I finally got around to setting this up and getting into the discussions and I am sad that it took me so long. A personal blog is great and it has… Continue

Added by Brad Davis on September 17, 2007 at 8:23pm — 3 Comments

Rantings of a Self-Proclaimed Geek

Because I just can't dare to not try everything 2.0 out, I have created this place on the Web. Like all the others, i.e. MySpace, Facebook, etc. this will not doubt prove to be more effort than return...however, I'll give it a go -- it just might turn out to be the next best thing to TiVO.

Added by Alan, a Self-Proclaimed Geek on September 17, 2007 at 6:14pm — 2 Comments

September 17, 2007

After a long four day weekend, I was back in the classroom ready to get those Monday blues out of my class. Today, we played a review game for the students because tomorrow is their vocabulary test. I designed a word search with the words inside and definitions outside. So the students had to find the words with only having the knowledge of the definitions. Unfortunately, it only worked out that way with one class. The other periods I gave the opportunity for them to have a word bank and really… Continue

Added by Jacqueline Marien on September 17, 2007 at 4:41pm — No Comments

Homeschooling question

So, give me your thoughts on this. My son, 7 1/2, has struggled with reading from day one. I have worked hard with him. He really can do a great job but he is definitely a boy who wants to play and not have to sit with me. I have tried to work with him to sit and focus but I also allowed him the opportunity to stand and throw a ball up and down while working through his phonics. He has come a long way. I have wanted to just see a desire in him to sit with a book. It happened last night. I put… Continue

Added by Kelly Rogers on September 17, 2007 at 3:18pm — 2 Comments

Shannon 2.0 - A Progress Report »

Our move toward Everything 2.0 is on-track. Actually, I believe we are actually ahead of schedule. Last year I outlined where I wanted us to be when it came to making progress in implementing Web 2.0 awareness and practices.

Staff volunteered for late Friday afternoon inservice - THAT’s dedication!

Below are two slides I prepared last year which listed all the objectives I could think of…

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Added by Greg Farr on September 17, 2007 at 2:21pm — No Comments

Guilt and EduBloggerWorld

After reading Draper's latest post, I thought a little bit about it and had to admit feeling a LITTLE guilty about my lack of participation. I think these social forums are fantastic ways to share ideas, and realized I haven't… Continue

Added by Russ Lauber on September 17, 2007 at 7:49am — 1 Comment

Patriotism in the Curriculum

Cross posted on educatorslog.in

I was just wondering how much of our curriculum is devoted to patriotism? How many children know about the heroes of war? How many do a follow up to see what the families are going through? Those who have fought and died while fighting, do we know about them? Do schools tell stories of their valour? To tell stories could kindle a feeling of inquisitiveness, to know more about those people who have actually left their homes, and loved ones to be… Continue

Added by Varnika Kapoor on September 17, 2007 at 2:30am — No Comments

The Updated Edusim Start Routine & Interface for Smartboards

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Added by Rich White on September 16, 2007 at 7:29pm — No Comments

It's time to move on!

This past week I’ve had time to get back into reading some and commenting some. I really wish I could do more but I have decided that being connected in a variety of ways in my f2f world is more important

that my being connected on the web. I had always imagined that, as I

learned more about the tools and became better at discussing the

implementation of the tools, my readership would grow and, eventually,

I’d get to do some presenting on the topics, at least in my…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on September 16, 2007 at 1:59pm — 6 Comments

Classroom 2.0 and Me

Wow, it's been a long time since I came into Classroom 2.0 and added to the site in any way. I have been so busy with other tasks. I started my own blogsite and have been working on that. I have written articles for Terry Freedman and Steve Hargedon. I have interned at the Webcast Academy, learning to produce and host online shows.…

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Added by Lisa Parisi on September 16, 2007 at 8:14am — 2 Comments

Security

We are trying to find a way for our teachers in the portables to view our morning announcements in a way that is secure since our students are the news casters. I am going to try this website.

Added by Megan Huss on September 16, 2007 at 7:39am — 2 Comments

Using Podcasts

I have used various Science Podcasts to begin each class period of my classes this year. This has lead to some unexpected results. I've had students comment regarding the science occupation discussed in the Podcast as well as discussions about the topic being discussed. In each and every class, students quickly help one another become quiet so they can hear the Podcast. It has been a great way to begin classes. While the topics are not necessarily the same as that day's lesson, each covers some… Continue

Added by Glen Westbroek on September 15, 2007 at 8:33pm — No Comments

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Added by Rich White on September 15, 2007 at 7:32pm — No Comments