All Blog Posts Tagged 'web' (144)

Are we there yet?

On many long road trips, my kids are always asking me, "Are we there yet?" And so it seems fitting that this is something our kids are asking us as educators, "Are we there yet?" There are so many tools and resources available for students, teachers, parents and communities to connect far beyond their classroom walls, yet I wonder, when we will we get there. As I read all the blog posts through my Google Reader or find great videos like the one below,… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 24, 2008 at 7:07am — No Comments

I ♥ this ☛ Twitterkeys

This is a post that a good friend shared and thought I would pass along.

Twitterkeys—enhance your Twitter conversations:

Written on September 16, 2008 – 10:27 pm

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten,

♥…

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Added by John Costilla on September 23, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

Information Overload: Clay Shirky

Web 2.0 Expo NY: Clay Shirky (shirky.com) It's Not Information Overload. It's Filter Failure.

Added by John Costilla on September 20, 2008 at 7:26am — 1 Comment

Yes We Can Build That.

I really love this image that I saw from a presentation @ Web 2.0 Expo NY by Jason Fried (37signals), High Order Bit. You can view his presentation here.

I believe this is the Homer's car that he designed when he wanted everything in… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 20, 2008 at 7:25am — No Comments

Web 2.0 Expo—State of the Web

B reaking news from the Web 2.0 Expo: What’s new? Nothing really! Social media continues to mature, and that means the market for social…

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Added by John Costilla on September 20, 2008 at 7:24am — No Comments

How to Use PowerPoint to Improve Teaching

This article from: http://www.answerbag.com/articles/How-to-Use-PowerPoint-to-Improve-Teaching/8e35e7a9-b8e6-ab0c-e477-6a38e5c8a97b

Things You’ll Need:

PowerPoint software

Step 1:

Put your opening activity or warm-up on PowerPoint instead of the overhead. As students share their responses, add them to the next slide.

Step 2:

Prepare lectures in PowerPoint. Adding pictures and short video clips makes the presentation truly… Continue

Added by Sabrina Fu on September 17, 2008 at 9:48pm — 1 Comment

I'm too social for my Web

How much is too social?

I often wonder how all these folks online are able to manage their time blogging, Twittering, Digging, Facebooking, Flickring and YouTubing and still manage their work and family responsibilities? Irregardless to ones profession, social media is a big part of where online learners, consumers, educators, businesses, teens, musicians,… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 12, 2008 at 7:51am — No Comments

The next 5,000 days?

The last 5,000 days have brought together through computers, cell phones, servers, linking of pages, satellite images and Web 2.0.

So what does the next 5,000 days bring us?

Kevin Kelly shares the coming of the… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 11, 2008 at 7:37am — No Comments

Using Web Based Technology to Breathe Life into Science Lessons with Visual Arts

I found that most of my students had a difficult time looking at a picture or diagram of a science concept in a textbook and understanding what the image is depicting. This is especially important in science, because many science concepts are learned as cycles or circles.

Pictures in science textbooks do not address multiple learning styles of students; they are designed primarily for visual/spatial learners.

I found it was easier to address more learning styles… Continue

Added by David Wetzel on September 10, 2008 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Facebook: Time is up.

We’ve known it for quite some time now: Facebook’s new design will soon be Facebook’s only design, although many users aren’t… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 10, 2008 at 7:02am — 2 Comments

Using Web-Based Resouces in Science Investigations

I found during my teaching middle school science and working with inservice teachers, students typically had better science fair projects when they used web-based real world data bases or collaborated with students around the country.

Using Online Resources

Students used online resources to support presentations PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheet(s) for data, and word processing for sharing findings of their science fair… Continue

Added by David Wetzel on September 9, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Techno Kids

On fathers day I decided to take dad out for a meal at a local eatery. My younger four year old half sister also came along, which was good as I rarely get a chance to catch up with her. From the moment she walked in I was blown away by how mature she appeared, this was compouded by the fact that the last time I saw her was probably 6 months prior. After lunch she reached into her bag and pulled out a camera, which at first I thought… Continue

Added by Jarrod Robinson on September 9, 2008 at 8:49pm — 2 Comments

2008 PBwiki Program for Educators

PBwiki has announced that they are offering educators & librarians who sign up as part of the 2008 PBwiki Program for Educators a free premium wiki (regular price: $250/year). This program is also open to home school parents as well.

You can learn more about all the ways you can use a wiki in your classroom to enhance and support student learning over on the PBWiki Education page, or the PBwiki… Continue

Added by Derek Baird on September 9, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Thirst

Check out the world's best slideshare presentation from the 2008 World's Best Presentation Contest. Great message and imagery. See top winners in each category.…

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Added by John Costilla on September 9, 2008 at 7:11am — No Comments

Web as Desktop: Live presentations on the web!

Are you suffering the high cost and continual repetition of live presentations?

"As a president, I always join many meetings and trade shows to present our products or corporation. There is no problem with the live presentation. But I’m stuck when I want to sharing the meeting with others after it. Because I need present the same presentation again and again even spend additional high costs on driving or flying. The boring continual repetition makes me crazy. Is there any… Continue

Added by Sabrina Fu on September 9, 2008 at 1:52am — 1 Comment

Can I get a status update?

It seems that in today's Web 2.0 society, we are open and willing to share just about anything. Sometimes, we even share the most meaningless information via our status updates, especially in the world of Twitter, Facebook and of course in this blog here as well.

So here are a few posts… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 8, 2008 at 8:08am — No Comments

All the buzz... Google Chrome

Google has introduced a new Web browser, called Chrome, which is directly targeted at going head-to-head in the browser market with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The move takes the…

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Added by John Costilla on September 4, 2008 at 6:28pm — No Comments

Oh... The places we go.

According to comScore, a Web data tracker, Americans spent 302 billion minutes online last month. That's 6,760 lifetimes at 85 years apiece.

So where do we spend all this time?

Checking e-mail is the most popular online activity for the 221 million North American adults online, according… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 3, 2008 at 9:56am — No Comments

The Study of a Culture - The YouTube Culture

No this is not the "Charlie bit me" video. This is Mike Wesch's presentation to the Library of Congress entitled "An anthropological introduction to YouTube." Mike is the creator of the now famous video - Web 2.0 Explained. This presentation really speaks to how widespread YouTube is and the notion of video blogs (… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 2, 2008 at 8:15am — No Comments

I believe in YOU! Do you believe?

What a breath of fresh air and a burst of energy. Do You Believe?

In an era of NCLB, Assessment, and Accountability, there is a voice we should all be listening to. His name — Dalton Sherman and the many others across the great… Continue

Added by John Costilla on August 29, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments