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The Wonderful World of Wikimedia

I'm been looking for a new creative outlet lately (not like I have any extra time :)...something not exactly work-related, but media-oriented and imagination-stretching. I started a small-format documentary video project, but it wasn't really moving along. I tried Second Life...well, let's just say that didn't really work out for me.

At the same time, I've been spending a lot of time thinking about "copyleft" content and the Open Source… Continue

Added by Karen Fasimpaur on May 29, 2007 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Mirror mirror in the brain

I had an ah ha moment this morning while reading an article about "mirror neurons". For some time scientists have studied these fascinating cells in the brain. Mirror neurons don't seem to descriminate between actually doing something and seeing someone else do it. They were first discovered quite by accident in a lab with monkeys. Scientists were observing the firing of specific neurons related to… Continue

Added by Kevin on May 29, 2007 at 8:25am — 1 Comment

Great lists of Web 2.0 services

Here are a couple of lists worth checking out:

Web 2.0 Directory: eConsultant
Top 25 Web 2.0 Apps to Improve a Student's or Professor's Productivity
The Complete Web 2.0 Directory

Anyone have other suggestions?

Added by Lucy Gray on May 29, 2007 at 1:25am — No Comments

Let's all meet at NECC

Okay everyone, shall we all plan a meeting at NECC in Atlanta??
We could all take pictures of each other for our blog sites,. we could all go to dinner or drinks...

It would be great to meet y'all!

How about a Classroom 2.0 dinner?

Tim

Added by Tim Holt on May 28, 2007 at 10:35pm — 10 Comments

Time Crunch

Well, like many teachers and administrators, the end of May and June are times when things get a bit hectic. It seems that each year, no matter how much I plan, I always seem to be crunched for time. So why

am I writing this blog if I don’t have much time? Good question.

Since I began on this web2.0 journey in January, I’ve begun to rely on this blog as a place to discuss important ideas, sound off about things that are bugging me and ask for input on ideas that are…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 28, 2007 at 5:15pm — No Comments

Web 2.0

Right before April vacation, I went to a fantastic conference - A Celebration of Teaching and Learning, sponsored by PBS, among others. The focus of the conference was technology and global awareness. One of the speakers was Alan November. It was from his speech that I learned about rss feeds and aggregates, blogging, podcasting, vodcasting, delicious, and social networking.

So here I am, just two months later, feeling exhilarated and overwhelmed all at the same time. We, Christine…

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Added by Lisa Parisi on May 28, 2007 at 4:07pm — 2 Comments

more on this new mind; with Horton

My big thing is to figure out is what's going on with the new "world mind." I just can't stop thinking about it. It's such a new stage for human evolution.

I read a cool article in Discover Magazine called "How Much Does the Internet Weigh," and that got me to thinking that the internet is an entity, rather than not an entity, just something ethereal. Hmmmm.

Then another article, from the next (this month's) Discover Magazine: "Map: Welcome to the Blogosphere" which… Continue

Added by Connie Weber on May 28, 2007 at 12:28pm — 1 Comment

my edublogs blog

I'm blogging at edublogs.

Added by pete whitfield on May 28, 2007 at 10:22am — No Comments

My One-Man Crusade: Multimedia Science Fair Projects

Is there anyone in the Science education community that thinks this is a worthwhile idea?

All the tech folks love it, the kids love it...

The Science fair people think it is..well...they won't comment..

What will it take to get out of the "Cardboard backboard is better" mentality.

I also did a podcast with Kevin over at his site about this topic.

Here is a blog entry form about 6 months ago...

Multimedia Science Fair… Continue

Added by Tim Holt on May 28, 2007 at 8:52am — 8 Comments

Classroom Webpages

Creating a class webpage has been one of the most experimental and exciting tools for learning and reflection I have found. I would love to hear from anyone who has created a class webpage particularly if you are an infants teacher.

Added by Stacey Morgan on May 27, 2007 at 3:37pm — 2 Comments

Creative Thoughts Regarding Cyber-Safety

In a recent blog, Susan has sparked my thinking about internet safety.

I talk with my students about this topic, and I see how they like to learn. Many students LOVE to learn with games, especially simulation and/or networking games.

I'm no programmer--heck, I'm lucky to even just be able to navigate this site and begin to put in html paragraphing! ;-) But I think I have a…

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Added by Ginger Lewman on May 27, 2007 at 8:44am — 3 Comments

Summer blogging

I need recommendations! I am teaching grades 4-9 summer
blogging - a one week crash course. Kids are likely to continue
blogging after the course ends. They are social creatures.
I would like you to suggest opensource, zero download, safe tools for this
bunch. I'm thinking I would like to set these up with safe email, too.
You're the educators, you tell me!

Added by Durff on May 27, 2007 at 5:20am — 1 Comment

The good fairy

The RAM fairy paid my classroom a visit and left me 10 128mb RAM chips for my Mac resurrection project! Actually, it was our technology specialist who left them for me, she just neglected to tell me she had left them in my box a week ago. I found them Friday and was positively giddy! I have been sticking the two chips that I had into a computer, firing it up, updating the firmware and the OS, shutting it down, removing the RAM and repeating the process with the next computer. Whew! Now they are… Continue

Added by Shawn Moore on May 26, 2007 at 10:01pm — No Comments

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Added by Phil Christian on May 26, 2007 at 8:25pm — No Comments

The Changing Role of the Teacher

Now is the best time to be a teacher?

That seems to be the consensus; but only from teachers just coming out of grad school. They have had the latest and the greatest of instruction on how to integrate technology. Librarians are also coming out of school with more tech armor for the classroom. But what about the teachers who have been in classroom for the past 15 years and missed the technological wave? What about them? They're still good teachers?…

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Added by Amy Bowllan on May 26, 2007 at 4:30pm — 5 Comments

Grab Bag of Wow - Tech Tips and Tricks

By Alix E. Peshette

Cross-posted from EdTech Gold Rush

I really like finding a tip or trick that makes me say “Wow, what a…

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Added by Alix E. Peshette on May 26, 2007 at 4:01pm — 1 Comment

Student Technology Bill of Rights

On my other blog, I asked for feedback for creating a student technology Bill of Rights.

Here is what I have so far. What would you…

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Added by Tim Holt on May 26, 2007 at 10:17am — 2 Comments

Greetings fellow travelers!

Okay, Kevin Honeycutt forced me to come over here, and being the kinda guy that lets Kevin tell me what to do, here I am!

I will be posting more as time goes on, but in the meantime, to get an idea of where my little brain is, check out Tim's little website and let me know what you think.

Byte Speed

Added by Tim Holt on May 26, 2007 at 10:12am — 1 Comment

Technology Overwhelmed!

Finishing up my MLIS program AND trying to prepare for the new job. Whew. I always thought I was pretty tech savvy, but that was in a teaching English kind of way. Now that I'll be leading other teachers cross-curriculum, I'm feeling snowed under as I study ways to integrate technology into science/math/art, etc.

Added by Jeri Hurd on May 25, 2007 at 9:11am — No Comments

Instructional Technology

Web 2.0 is evidence of a growing trend in education toward the use of instructional technology. The field has become so pervasive now that its becoming increasingly difficult to keep up. The cornucopia of tools available to teachers is dumbfounding. From Moodle to the projector in my classroom; I am overwhelmed. I first became aware of the vastness of technology when my favorites in Firefox began to balloon with video, picture, and other freeware. There are so many resources available that… Continue

Added by Scott Beiter on May 25, 2007 at 8:43am — No Comments