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Tryin' on the Podcast with PodcastPeople

I know there are a ton of application purists out there who believe that the only way to go is to host software applications on their desktop, laptop, or server. While I can appreciate this viewpoint, and do have many software elements loaded on my laptop, I just can't shake the fact that I love hosted services - like PodcastPeople, a…

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Added by Kevin Sandridge on July 26, 2007 at 10:27pm — 1 Comment

A Lesson in ShiftHappens from Norway...

The above referenced story, about a school in Oslo, Norway turning things around by using technology, learner-focused planning, and participatory media just gives me the feeling of being home! Ok, they're in Norway and I'm in Haines City, Florida. Oh, and true, my school hasn't achieved quite what the fine folks at the… Continue

Added by Kevin Sandridge on July 26, 2007 at 10:24pm — No Comments

Textbooks? We don't need no stinking textbooks!

Ok, so I'm not really against using textbooks. I just don't like using them as a bible of sorts. I mean really, there are so many other resources available out there on the net, and it seems like not six months go by and there are key bits of information in my tech ed books that are already heading for the 'old news' category! I'd rather scour the web and rely on my network of fellow Web 2.0 educators to come up with new and exciting ways to educate and engage my students using information that… Continue

Added by Kevin Sandridge on July 26, 2007 at 10:19pm — 1 Comment

OMG! 21st Century Teachers Nurtured the Wong Way...

OMG indeed! Harry Wong, one of the most dynamic and continuously refreshing educational speakers of our era or any other penned an article that turns the whole Web 2.0/collaborative education focus around a bit by focusing, not on today's students, but on today's teachers - specifically, the teachers hired this year to replace teachers school districts recruited last year!

In the article, Training Gen Y Teachers for Maximum… Continue

Added by Kevin Sandridge on July 26, 2007 at 10:18pm — 1 Comment

Staff Development and Curriculum Coordinators: Anybody Out There?

I'm a newbie here and here as well. I'm eager to collaborate with other educators who are working in the field as staff developers or curriculum coordinators who help to facilitate mapping, data analysis, assessment building, and use of best practices....among all sorts of other things. It's great to be here!

Added by AngelaStockman on July 26, 2007 at 8:58pm — No Comments

Rook

I am taking my first foray into connecting to other teachers online. This summer, I've been exploring ways to collaborate with schools around the nation and world, not only for my fifth grade classroom but also for our other LS classrooms. In the past weeks, I've just begun to explore the world of wikis and blogging. We use Google Earth, Inspiration, and imovie to enhance our curriculum. However, I am quickly learning how unlimited the possibilities are when it comes to technology integration.… Continue

Added by Annie Gentithes on July 26, 2007 at 8:18pm — 1 Comment

Classroom 2.0 Newbie

G'day Guys :-)

I just stumbled across this site yesterday whilst researching 21st Century educational transformation, and I must say I'm pretty impressed! What a great idea. It's awesome to see a collaborative network of like-minded folks who are striving to push education forward. Hopefully this mentality will spread across Australia as well!

Thanks Steve and Art Goddess for the welcome. I was only here 5 minutes and you wanted to be my friend already…

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Added by James Picton on July 26, 2007 at 5:43pm — No Comments

My 1st

My 1st idea was to start blogging in this Classroom2.0 about 'dropping the e in elearning'. Coming soon.
Today I replied to Connie Weber's article about her very interesting Harry Potter-link. I already blogged a several times about Harry Potter on my learning blog The Sausage Machine ...
Then I've been…

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Added by janien on July 26, 2007 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Update: Slideshare now with Audio!

And the hits just keep on coming! Thanks to Jim Gates, for keeping me posted on this update. I really like SlideShare, but my only knock against it was the lack of audio. I'd seen other presentations online with separate mp3 feeds associated with them, but they always require you to pace through the slides yourself, based on verbal cues from the presenter.

Thanks to this update, you can create your presentation, create a separate mp3 file,…

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Added by Kevin Sandridge on July 26, 2007 at 4:22pm — No Comments

Backchannel

I did not attend NECC 07 in Atlanta but I have been following it through blog posts, podcasts etc. It was so interesting to hear about the Blog Cafe and the skype backchannel. I love the idea and have even heard of its use in the classroom. Just wondering what people are thinking about this new way of participating.

Added by Kathleen Johnson on July 26, 2007 at 4:11pm — 1 Comment

A little bit about me

I was born and grew up close to where I live now near Ottawa,

Canada, but have traveled to nearly 40 countries (most of Europe, Oz,

NZ, a number of Pacific Islands) and over much of North America and

lived for 12 years in southern Europe.

For much of my life, I was in the corporate world, creating and running

companies. I was responsible for many training ventures in that world, which I left behind in 1999. Since then, I have spent an

ever-increasing amount of… Continue

Added by Robert S. Vibert on July 26, 2007 at 4:09pm — No Comments

University 2.0

Hello everyone. This is an innovative community. This group might be interested in an article I wrote titled, University 2.0: Online Courses Enhance Universities. Read it Here

I would be really interested in your feedback about the article.

Added by Terence Armentano on July 26, 2007 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Open letter to MACE/MTI Conferees

Ok, so if you were in my presentation Project Based Learning: Portals into the 21st Century, you know that we barely scratched the surface in the information. Congratulations for being a member of CR2.0 and thank you SO much for finding this blog! I hope you find this network as useful as I have! It has literally changed my educational life, which I thought was pretty darn good to begin with!

There were some questions you all wanted me to answer, and I didn't really get a chance… Continue

Added by Ginger Lewman on July 26, 2007 at 2:03pm — 1 Comment

"It's A Web 2.0 World After All!"

The

concept of Web 2.0 (The Read/Write Web) has dramatically increased the

possibilities and opportunities of new learning for students of any

age. Whether someone is labeling you a "digital native" or "digital

immigrant," Web 2.0 provides the power to control your own digital

landscape. Students in the 21st century will need to be literate in a

Web 2.0 world. The will need a desire to use the… Continue

Added by Adam Wade on July 26, 2007 at 12:01pm — No Comments

Sale High Podcasts

I have created a Podcast of an enrichment event of the based arounf Cultural Diversity Day. ]

I created this using GarageBand and a series of interviews carried out by another teacher for the school radio station.

I have used the podcast add on in moodle to generate an RSS feed and then uploaded the RSS feed on to iTunes so people can now download the latest podcasts from iTunes.…

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Added by Khawer Ishtiaq on July 26, 2007 at 11:34am — No Comments

Need new tech ideas for fourth graders.

I want to use technolgy efficiently and effectively in my classroom. Keeping in mind that I have only 3.5 hours of actual academic teaching time, what are some ideas that you have tried and love. We study immigration, Aztecs, electricity, trees, and my favorite unit, space. Any ideas?

Added by Nikki S. Hunt on July 26, 2007 at 9:05am — 3 Comments

Early Childhood for African American Students

One of the most important strategies to reach African American young children is to provide appropiate instruction for these children and let them know that you care.

Added by Barbara Coatney on July 25, 2007 at 8:16pm — No Comments

A new direction

I have been doing a lot of reading and research over the summer to help guide me in a new direction for my teaching this next school year. Literacy with ICT, Peer Coaching, blogging, podcasting, Web 2.0 - what will all this mean to the teachers in my division? How can I model effective and easy ways to use technology for those who think they are interested in trying something new?

My teaching focus will be more group collaboration within the classroom as well as expanding out to other… Continue

Added by Kirsten Carter on July 25, 2007 at 10:55am — No Comments

What is a Blog ?

A blog is a web-based journal, a personal website. A blog offers features that make it particularly useful to educators, for their informality and ease of use.

Check out the link support blogging for very valuable information on blogs and blogging!

Added by Kirsten Carter on July 25, 2007 at 8:59am — 3 Comments

Any Chemistry teachers out there?

Chemistry teachers are a wonderful breed of human.....who teach better than anyone else. Whatever method or lab we use to teach is the best. After a few years of always being right along with other Chemistry teachers who are always right while not doing the same thing I realized that we may all be right; but differently. I'm attempting to celebrate our differences by finding out how you teach, dimensional analysis, writing/naming compounds, balancing equations, stoichiometry, redox, etc. Do you… Continue

Added by Jacci Leib on July 25, 2007 at 8:54am — 1 Comment