In a workshop at our campus last year, Will Richardson rightfully(and insightfully) pointed out that one of the most fascinating aspects of Wikipedia lies in the discussion tab. It’s not just that wikis allow us to create websites where we can add links easily, but that they have a “comments” or discussion area, where the joint creators of [...]
Entries from August 15, 2007
Beginning anew. . . again
August 14, 2007 · 1 Comment · Staff development, Teacher Learner, Web 2.0
In keeping with the theme of staff development, I thought it’d be a good time to look back at Ken Pruitt’s three questions for school districts, which Scott McLeod highlighted on his blog in July. I’ll take the liberty of re-posting his questions here: What are the 21st century skills we want our teachers to [...]
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What motivates you?
August 14, 2007 · 1 Comment · Leadership, Staff development, Teacher Learner
School started in earnest for me on Friday, and I’ve felt a little dispirited. On the one hand, I have learned so much this summer that I am enthused and eager about implementing. But the tasks at hand right now aren’t necessarily those that will even get me there, but things I have to get [...]
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Ubiquitous wiki use
August 10, 2007 · 1 Comment · Tools, Web 2.0
Newsweek Online has a fascinating article about how the use of blogs and wikis is spreading across government agencies, businesses, etc. “In what’s been dubbed the “wiki workplace,” a growing number of organizations have begun shifting from traditional hierarchical structures to self-organized and collaborative networks, using wiki software—a basket of technologies that include wikis, blogs [...]
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The “new” librarians
August 9, 2007 · 1 Comment · libraries
Interesting article in the new issue of T.H.E. Journal about the “new” librarians–it features several Texas librarians as well as a great segment about Joyce Valenza’s “virtual” library. The article gives some good examples of the changing roles of librarians and libraries in the school setting. But my favorite part was Joyce’s description of her job –”I [...]
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Of cabbages and kings and random things…
August 9, 2007 · No Comments · Play
A fun way to end my summer blogging today(I am back to work in the physical sense tomorrow!) – I was tagged by two folks for the 8 random things “meme” or game, including one high school blogger, Ethan Bodnar, and also by Clay Burrell. Here are the rules: THE RULES 1. Post these rules before [...]
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A challenge for ourselves and our students
August 6, 2007 · 4 Comments · Web 2.0
In case you haven’t run across this challenge, dy/dan has posted a contest–the point being to try to sell yourself to a future college/employer/etc. in 4 slides. No special audio or transition effects allowed, by the way. Just 4 slides. Entries are due by this Friday(August 10). What a brilliant challenge this would be to [...]
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The Long View
August 3, 2007 · 2 Comments · Learning, Student projects, Teacher Learner
I’m joining Patrick Higgins today via Skype for a workshop he’s conducting on web 2.0 for teachers in his district. The plan is for me to share the Vietnam Wall project that our English 3 AP students completed last spring, so I’ve been looking through my post about it, re-viewing some of the student projects, [...]
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