Entries from March 2007

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Wikis in Birdville!

A couple of our middle school science teachers have worked with their classes to produce some great wikis! Tony Zahn, a seventh grade science teacher at Smithfield Middle School, and Whitney Isbell, a science and math teacher at Richland Middle School have worked with their students to create sites about the human body and the [...]

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Microsoft Catching Web 2.0 Fever?

Interesting article in TechCrunch today. It seems Microsoft may bedeveloping an online application similar to Google Docs, Zoho, and thelike. It is certainly exciting news to consider the possibility thatthe functionality of Microsoft Office might one day soon be availableto anyone with an Internet connection, and it would be a great step for ease of [...]

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

The Sacrifice of Blogging?

Cara Hagen has a great post on this topic on her EdTechConnection blog. In the post, entitled “What Am I Willing to Give Up in Order to Blog?” she expresses eloquently the struggles shared by myself and, undoubtedly, many educators who are seeking to educate themselves on and develop proficiency with the technology that is [...]