As more and more content is used and shared online, the once clear rules regarding copyright become more and more blurred. Mash-up videos combine songs (copyrighted) with original video or edited news clips(copyrighted) with songs, or mix clips from movies(copyrighted), or…. The list goes on and on. Lawrence Lessig, author of Free Culture, a book [...]
Entries from February 20, 2007
Don’t you love it when they improve tools
February 20, 2007 · No Comments · Tools, Web 2.0
Pbwiki just emailed me that they have added a new point/click editor to their site that makes it even easier for you to add content to a wiki site. They’ve included a point and click format similar to other collaborative sites, with easy gadgets for inserting videos, photostories, calendars, stock quotes, chat windows, etc. [...]
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Of finding our passion
February 19, 2007 · No Comments · Teacher Learner
I got the opportunity to hear Erin Gruwell (of Freedom Writers fame) speak recently and was moved by what her passion inspired in her students. I heard Will Richardson talk about the importance of helping students find their passion. And today, I read this simple and eloquent advice on finding our own and living it [...]
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Ethical questions
February 18, 2007 · 3 Comments · EthicsChallenge, Uncategorized
How can we help our students use wise behaviors online? That question has been getting a bit of discussion lately because of a recent article in the New York Times. I’ve been thinking it would be interesting to compile a collaborative list of online “ethics” questions for students to discuss and consider. The article has been getting [...]
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Welcome to “cat blogging” Friday!
February 16, 2007 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
Join us for Friday “Drop everything and blog!” My kitten finds it relaxing!
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Spreading the word
February 15, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Karl Fisch at Fischbowl, created a video called Did You Know? earlier this school year, and shared it with his staff at Arapahoe High School in Denver, as well as posting it on his blog. Scott Mcleod of Dangerously Irrelevant, a professor at University of Minnesota, modified it slightly (with Karl’s permission). The video was [...]
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Politics 2.0–Advertising versus content?
February 15, 2007 · 2 Comments · EthicsChallenge
Compared to the last presidential election, where the new web 2.0 tools were mainly part of a grassroots movement, the use of Web 2.0 tools like YouTube, Blogs, etc., is now a mainstream part of a campaign. TechCrunch draws our attention to a new site, techPresident, which is tracking the web 2.0 trail of all the [...]
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Learning new technology
February 12, 2007 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
[youtube]eRjVeRbhtRU[/youtube] Thanks to Susan at What Counts for sharing this. I wonder what technology item today will seem mystifyingly easy one hundred years from now?
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The podcast “mall”
February 11, 2007 · 1 Comment · Web 2.0
One good place to find educational podcasts is at David Warlick’s site EPN (Education Podcast Network). Podcasts listed there are organized by grade level and by subject area, so it’s easy to browse for programs to share with your class. Some examples: Podcast Bangladesh -Follow a journey to school in Bangladesh, learn a few words [...]
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21st century questions
February 10, 2007 · 2 Comments · Future students, Web 2.0, Will Richardson
I’ve been trying to assimilate some themes in what Will Richardson talked about on Tuesday and things I heard at the TCEA conference as well. Some reflections in no certain order– How our students learn is changing. How we learn is also changing. (In a presentation at TCEA, Ysleta ISD called it “PJ PD”—Pajama Professional [...]
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