The NYTimes published an interesting tool :
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/business/2007_BUYRENT_GRAPHIC.htmlIt could be used to illustrate the use of information graphics, create an ongoing discussion of economics, to consider received wisdom (in this case: buying property is always better than renting), to build writing pieces around. I imagine computer science, interactive multimedia educators…
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Added by Audrey Hill on April 15, 2007 at 7:38am —
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I just wanted to share this movie with you which the team has been created
to sum up what the openlearn project is about.
Back in February this year, openlearn was selected as a finalist in IMS
Global Learning Consortium’s Learning Impact Recognition and
Awards Program. Our entry received full marks from…
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Added by Stuart Brown on April 15, 2007 at 6:21am —
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Good Morning! First a little background, I was working with a huge Active Board in Pittsburgh Public schools in the early 1990"s. It was a K-5 school I was Tech Support--taught Tech and was the Media Specialist. You know budget shortages!! I have a Promethean in my Media Center, there is an Actiboard in the Lab. The P board has a pen----the ActivB can be manipulated by fingers---especially little kids fingers. The district I am in is just purchasing these boards. I love my P Board and use it…
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Added by Karen on April 15, 2007 at 5:44am —
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As I have decided to explore Moodle by installing a Moodle server in the next week or 2, I thought I would spin the first coffee clutch tale of how I began my foray into Linux and Open source computing.
I started my business Gwynedd Valley Systems in 1997. At that time Tim Berners-Lee's…
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Added by Michael Taylor on April 14, 2007 at 11:55pm —
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...is a bit difficult :(
If you don't find anything new here please go to the station and take this
train ;)
Some minutes ago I saw this fascinating pictures of the
OLPC project. Great!!!!
Added by erika hummer on April 14, 2007 at 2:02pm —
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I'm not sure why to blog here, rather than at my regular blog. I don't plan on doing this regularly!
I just wanted to share some thanks I posted on my regular blog today, by posting a snippet here, so those of you whose conversations I have enjoyed will see it. It really is nice to have your feedback and reflections.
So, I would like to thank those people who have shared their point of view with me lately:
The concerned educators…
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Added by Sue R. on April 14, 2007 at 1:59pm —
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Just wow!
The rest of the pictures are here....
http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6175025-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
Added by Aaron Slutsky on April 14, 2007 at 7:24am —
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One of the things that I love about the Jewish religion is the importance of learning. When Jewish people study they don't just study with the people in the same room. Instead, they use a book that contains ideas, questiosns and answers from other Jewish people who have lived throughout the ages. A typical page of Torah, when it's written in a book, has several short sentences of the actual text, in Hebrew at the top right of the page. RIght next to the original text is a translation in…
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Added by Andrew Pass on April 14, 2007 at 6:11am —
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Just finished posting an article on the
Techlearning blog that I think gets to the heart of classroom 2.0. That students are creators in this new digital world, and we need to find ways to allow them to create global content. They're already doing it in spaces like myspace, facebook, youtube, etc.
I also
recorded a podcast this week on a lot…
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Added by Jeff Utecht on April 14, 2007 at 3:30am —
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I'm going to do this two different ways. First, the blog. A group of us are in the process of beginning a
book club that will look at discussing different books and our reactions, insights, understandings, questions and general ideas about the book. We have started with
A Whole New Mind by
Daniel Pink. We are at the beginning stage so if…
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Added by Kelly Christopherson on April 13, 2007 at 11:20pm —
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I found this while searching
Kim Cofino's website
over the break. Most of you in this arena know Kim, and her
ideas and implementation are wonderful. I have been thinking quite a
bit recently about the future of our profession, the types of students
we want to have, and the adults we want entering the world as they
leave our schools.
It is not about the…
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Added by Patrick Higgins on April 13, 2007 at 9:43pm —
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Mid-January this year I left my position as an elementary principal to become a technology instructional coach for the district. At first I had to go through a bit of culture shock, not dealing with angry parents, not dealing with angry teachers, not seeing angry students, not dealing with angry central office administrators, etc. to working in a very small department on the backside of the district. My e-mails went from 100 a day to less than 10 and my face to face traffic was even less. I was…
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Added by Clifton Dancy on April 13, 2007 at 1:16pm —
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Edubloggercon2007
– This first-ever, international, all-day “meetup” of educational
bloggers will take place on Saturday, June 23rd, at the Georgia World
Conference Center in Atlanta just before the start of NECC.
All are invited–whether you yourself blog, are just an educational blog reader,
or even just want to hang out with an interesting group of people. The
event is free, and you can indicate that…
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Added by Steve Hargadon on April 13, 2007 at 12:14pm —
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(Cross-post from www.SteveHargadon.com)
Gina Bianchini is the co-founder and CEO of
Ning,
the "do-it-yourself" social networking site. Gina is no ivory-tower
entrepreneur--she is an active participant herself in several Ning
networks, and she demonstrates her passion (and her hands-on style) in
this fun interview. We…
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Added by Steve Hargadon on April 13, 2007 at 10:29am —
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John Pederson tagged me with this “what are your secrets to a successful life” meme. Now, I’d like to dedicate this meme to my
grandmother. I’m home visiting my family and my grandmother, who is 92,
is just a wonderful person. The day that she found out we were coming
home to visit, she went up town and made sure she had Easter gifts for
all 7 of my children. She makes sure to buy each of them a treat for
the drive home and just loves to have them visit. (Me, on…
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Added by Kelly Christopherson on April 13, 2007 at 10:10am —
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(Cross-post from www.SteveHargadon.com)
I'm
having an incredible brainstorm about used computers and homeless
shelters, emergency shelters, low-income housing units, schools, etc.
This
is our kitchen computer. Actually, it's just the monitor and our small
stereo. The computer is below, and pictured…
Added by Steve Hargadon on April 13, 2007 at 12:34am —
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...is really, really hard.
I thought it would be a good idea to actually try and do the things I ask my students do, even though one of the great perks of being a teacher is avoiding homework. And I realized that creating a digital essay is ridiculously, insanely, exhilaratingly
hard.
One of the issues is that no one's really sure what a digital essay looks like because the form is in it's infant stages. Probably the best examples out there right now are…
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Added by SparklingDrift on April 12, 2007 at 9:28pm —
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I would like to formally study educational technology through a Canadian on-line course however not too many of these exist. The great irony is that I e-mailed the director of one program and haven't heard back after a month. On-line, hu?
Added by Shayne Train on April 12, 2007 at 5:01pm —
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I thought I'd try this out to see how this works. I usually use my other
blog but thought I'd join the network to see who's here and what people are doing.
As an administrator in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, I am interested in using technology to expand the opportunities for the students in my school. I am always looking for ideas that we can adapt to our school. I like to find information for the teachers and librarian to help them in their…
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Added by Kelly Christopherson on April 12, 2007 at 1:57pm —
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Members of Purpose games, are invited to create,play and comment on the Games on site. I have found that the comments are usually very positive, and useful, pointing out a mistake I made or a way the game could be improved. Game making on the site is very simple and could be a a great end of year activity. To make a game one creates a gameboard using any graphic program, this is then uploaded to the site and hot spots and clues are added at the click of…
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Added by SusanTsairi on April 12, 2007 at 12:01pm —
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