Our Project Tech workshop yesterday was on blogs and wikis. What’s the difference between blogs and wikis? Simply put, blogs are more about connecting with people, while wikis are more about collecting information. You can use a blog to share and discuss information with others. One of the main things I’m liking about blogs is [...]
Entries from November 29th, 2006
Live posting
November 29th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Tools
Welcome to our edublogs workshop this morning! http://www.edublogs.org
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Wikis and more wikis
November 26th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
I know some of you have tried pbwiki.com or other wiki sites like Wikispaces, to start creating a wiki for yourself or for students to use. This article in Sunday’s American Statesman, (via the Boston Globe), shows wikis going more “mainstream” as technology tools and has examples of some new ones being developed. If you [...]
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Thanksgiving greetings
November 20th, 2006 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This new site allows you to make greetings spelled out of buildings from Google Earth. Click here to see mine: http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?zdCW33*J+kGGRhJ Click to zoom in, and if you slide your mouse over the map, it shows where the greeting is from) Or make your own at www.geogreeting.com. Happy holidays! (and thanks to http://ideasandthoughts.org/) where I [...]
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So what is all this stuff?
November 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Tools
I’ve been sharing a lot of different tools with you here. Why am I excited about them? I was thinking about that this morning when I was reading about a presentation Will Richardson(who is championing what he calls the “Read/Write”web) did at a conference. He believes that what is important about all of these tools [...]
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Google personalized home page
November 15th, 2006 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Thanks for the great workshop Joel! We had several questions about the personalized Google Home page that we talked about a few weeks ago, so I wanted to post some specific instructions. Go to Google.com. In the top right corner, you’ll notice a link to Sign in. If you don’t have a Google account, look [...]
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Whole New Mind
November 14th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
This is my first attempt at a podcast–It’s a book review of Whole New Mind, which I really enjoyed. Click to listen to the review! wholenewmind.mp3 It’s a little strange listening to your own voice, but I was trying to give you an idea of what we could have students do in terms of creating book talks [...]
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More about Flickr
November 13th, 2006 · No Comments · Tools
Flickr is basically a photography site with an added piece–community. Users can share their photos, join groups of those who have similar interests, or comment on photos. Each photographer “tags” their photos with relevant keywords. That means you can easily search a keyword like China and find photographs relating to it. For educational use, Flickr allows [...]
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Social networking with Powerpoint??
November 11th, 2006 · No Comments · Tools
Ok, this concept blows my mind. Slide Share is a site where people can upload their powerpoint presentations. BUT it is also a “social networking” site because other people can view and comment on the powerpoints that are posted. Talk about changing an experience for your class from a student having audience of 25 [...]
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