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Before you can walk the walk, you've got to think the thought ...

So I have spent the past few months leaning faster than I have ever learned before. While I have made some very small efforts to implement technology into my classroom in the past, coming across the new 2.0 tools changed my view of technology and learning as a whole. For me, it was important to gather a base of information before jumping into anything in my own classroom (the learning was too engaging to stop ...). I read blogs (thanks Ewan, Will, Chris, and many others), got a feed aggregator,… Continue

Added by Matt Kish on April 23, 2007 at 8:34pm — 3 Comments

Online Book Clubs

I'm looking for examples of online book clubs for adolescents. Is anyone using Second LIfe, Skype, or Blogging to form book clubs between students who are different time zones? How do you manage it? What are the challenges?

Added by Denise Lindstrom on April 23, 2007 at 7:11pm — No Comments

Book Report Project

I have an idea to have fourth graders do book reports on-line. I have little experience with 2.O stuff and would like some input about which would be a more appropriate format: a wiki, in which kids would change the book report about a book they've read; or a blog, in which kids would add their comments to the book reports of other students. What do you think? Or maybe you have a completely different suggestion?
Thanks,
Richard

Added by Richard on April 23, 2007 at 3:00pm — 4 Comments

Huh?

I've never used a blog or any on-line kind of journal and have never really gotten what the point of them is. I'm testing this out just to see if it will give me any ideas for what I might actually use it for.

Added by Richard on April 23, 2007 at 2:53pm — 3 Comments

Student-Designed Curriculum

I know this can't be an original idea, but what if we actually worked with students as they designed curriculum for what they want to learn?

What would be the key processes to follow to ensure that students learned what is essential yet were able to engage in learning those things of interest to them?

For instance, if a student were to discover that he or she is interested in pursuing a career in software development, how could we satisfy the requirements of federal… Continue

Added by Terry Eis on April 23, 2007 at 12:18pm — 4 Comments

In the Ning

What a great group! I haven't been on Classroom 2.0 for even 24 hours and already 5 people have bothered to welcome me with friend invites.

I signed on to Ning just to see what the system was like after hearing about the Classroom and Library 2.0 projects. My big question was whether Ning was worth the new time investment, especially given that I have a hard enough time carving out moments to write in my blog (it still hasn't become a habit for me).

These first five invites,… Continue

Added by Matt Clausen on April 23, 2007 at 6:32am — 1 Comment

Start!

I am very excited to join this network. I have been using technology in various ways in my own life for a quite a while, and I cannot wait to get it into my classroom. I only wish that our school was designed in such a way that fostered technology use.

I can't wait to meet more people who are interested in using technologies in learning!

Added by Matt Kish on April 22, 2007 at 8:52pm — 7 Comments

Coming in...

I was in the middle of doing some Web 2.0 studying this evening (Furl, Spurl, and Diigo) and lo and behold, I received an email from one of my partners in crime inviting me in here!

Since I'm always game to see what possibilites lie in wait--even tho my husband isn't always as patient with my studies--I thought I'd take a gander. I'm very interested in learning interesting new tools to share with students, but I'm also game for a good, thoughtful conversation about where this world… Continue

Added by Ginger Lewman on April 22, 2007 at 8:34pm — 4 Comments

The passion for learning continues

I am a learner, first and foremost and today, I pushed beyond my shaking left hand for complete a guitar recital for a group of great friends with the help and support of my teacher for the past five years and my lifelong partner. We served great food, enjoyed a perfect day and to think last week we were in the midst of a flood and I did my thing and then a celebration!

I have been working for this moment for the last two months. I can't say it was an A+ but that's the conditioned side of… Continue

Added by Bonnie Kaplan on April 22, 2007 at 8:12pm — No Comments

What to do with these LD teachers?

It was a long week. As my last post indicated, I was hoping it was Friday at about Wednesday. Friday finally did arrive. It's now Saturday. Yesterday evening I read through

some blogs and some forum comments over at Classroom2.0

which I've joined and am enjoying meeting new people. As I read through

the posts and forums, a strange thing happen. Maybe it was my frame…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on April 22, 2007 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Teacher Leaders -- Connectivist Activism

Howdy,

I've never met most of you, but I need your help.

I'm attending a phone conference on Thursday with the director of Stand for Children, a national organization dedicated to advocacy for children. He has been asked to write an article for a future issue of Ed. Leadership. The issue will be focused on teachers… Continue

Added by Jeremiah Patterson on April 22, 2007 at 6:46pm — 6 Comments

New College 2.0 Ning Network

I have just created College 2.0. a Ning social network to discuss Online Learning, CMS, PLE, Web2.0 and Open Learrning for Highered. We
welcome University students, faculty, alumni, and administrators to
join the College 2.0 network

Added by Eduardo Peirano on April 22, 2007 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Visit me in SL!

I’ve been exploring Second Life with teachers and I’ll tell you it is a very interesting world. I am Kevinski66 there. Add me as a friend when you arrive and we can explore together! Go here: http://secondlife.com/ to start your journey!

Added by Kevin on April 22, 2007 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Better Catch Up!

If you have not listened to/read Thomas Friedman's book "The World is Flat", better hurry! The next "great" book you need is "Wikinomics"

by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams. Wow! I find it very empowering

to listen to these books as a change agent in Education....well, in any

economic role!

Tom Peters talks about "disruptive technologies" in… Continue

Added by Karla Murray on April 22, 2007 at 1:24pm — No Comments

To blog or not to blog...

that is the question. Why read blogs? Why write a blog? (cross posted from my school blog)

We are living in an amazing time in history. Speech is truly becoming free. People everywhere are saying what they want to say and

publishing their ideas for people around the world to read. Web 2.0 has

given a voice to millions of people and also given us the ability… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Davis on April 22, 2007 at 6:51am — 6 Comments

Options for publishing student work

This is my first post to Classroom 2.0, and I am amazed. I never made friends so fast! :)

I actually have a current question that I thought someone in this network might have an answer for. We have so many options today for what technology to use in our teaching that often it can be overwhelming (and there is always the sense that out there is something better). Miguel Guilin and I have been talking about the metaphor of the "Walled… Continue

Added by Lennie Irvin on April 22, 2007 at 6:36am — 3 Comments

Before School2.0... you need Classroom 2.0... and you need Teacher2.0

Here is a tool I created for a professional development session I ran for the first time today:

Start Your Own Blog

A practical session that will introduce you to blogging.

You will see how others use their blogs and you will get a chance to create your own blog.

You will also learn just how easy it is to create links, add pictures and even movies to your blog.

Also, you will learn a bit about web2.0 and very easy to use tools that…

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Added by David Truss on April 22, 2007 at 12:31am — 1 Comment

What Do I Know?

Larry Sanger's essay about Citizedium and new ways of acquiring knowledge is interesting; not because he stumps for his new online encyclopedia, but because he discusses the evolution of authoritative knowledge. I try my best to discuss the way information is disseminated with my students, but they have a really ~~hard time~~ bad attitude sometimes. And… Continue

Added by Rhonda Crim-Tumelson on April 21, 2007 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Data Driven Decision Making??

"If we recognize that change and uncertainly are basic principles, we

can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the

understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic." - Hazel

Henderson, The Politics of the Solar Age

The hubbub in the headlines of a Western Kansas community this week could be found in the BOE news of 04.19.07 at the Hays Daily.

Did the… Continue

Added by Karla Murray on April 21, 2007 at 4:08pm — No Comments

So As Not To Duplicate

I keep several blogs going. My primary blog is a reflective practice which I consider to be "my blog page." A second blog I keep is one for our Media Center. As part of my role as a librarian for middle school students, I read and provide reviews on some of the books I think our students might enjoy reading. I also do booktalks with my colleague and students. Beginning next school year (probably beginning in July) I will be writing a blog about online tech tools and how I would use them in… Continue

Added by Ric Murry on April 21, 2007 at 2:27pm — No Comments