Not So Distant Future

    A couple of the schools we visited on our site visits last week impressed me with their international “feel,” and I’ve been thinking about how we can bring more international connections into our curriculum here (both in the library and in general).   So I was pleased to rediscover the Newseum (a news museum that will [...]

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I was talking with a group of teachers yesterday, and one remarked, ‘I just love the internet.’  Everyone sitting there concurred immediately.   Another teacher commented now when her students ask her something, she can just turn to her computer and immediately find the answer instead of telling them, she doesn’t know or isn’t sure.  Now, [...]

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Ok, so Apple has just blown the lid off.  They have announced the new iPhone, which uses a touch screen rather than keys, allows you to skip through voice mails visually, includes internet and email, and has music, photos, and video like an iPod.   They are partnering with Google, Yahoo, and Cingular to bring all [...]

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Apple will announce some new product tomorrow at CES (Consumer Electronics Association show) Macworld and it is reputed to be the Ipod phone or an Apple phone/computer  or tablet of some kind. (If you are very curious about this announcement, Engadget is carrying a live feed) The New York Times article about the shrinking of [...]

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I hadn’t really put together the potential for Google Earth in my mind until I saw a workshop about a math teacher using it for an interactive math lesson that he created and then saw Joel’s workshop for Project Tech a few weeks ago.  I felt a little bewildered by how to use the basics of the [...]

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I feel like someone arriving late to the party when I saw this teacher’s post on what her students did with Photostory.   For some reason, I just didn’t fully get all of the curricular applications of Photostory (which by the way, is installed in our computer labs). Students created Photostory presentations of their interpretation of [...]

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Here’s an excellent example of a wiki created at Woodward Academy for the study of a  novel, Hannalee. (this is courtesy of Weblogg-ed where I always find fascinating tips!) You can see how the sidebar pages are organized so that they are information aids(like tours and historical information) to support the study of the novel. Check out some of [...]

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