Entries from June 2007

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Another Enthusiastic Advocate On Board

I wanted to share this blog by a Birdville principal, Greg Bicknell. Greg participated in our blogging and podcasting workshop on the 13th of June, and he has embraced the tools in a big way! It’s exciting to see his use of the blog and podcasts together to document his experiences at the Marilyn Hohlman [...]

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Student Resources

Josh Catone at Read/Write Web has compiled a nice list of free Web 2.0 applications and other student resources. They include online office applications, note-taking tools, mind-mapping sites, study tools, social bookmarking sites, and more. Be sure to check out the comments, too, as readers have contributed even more. It’s not a comprehensive list, but [...]

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

Now Surfacing at Microsoft…

Microsoft has announced an amazing new product to be released later this year, Microsoft Surface. While this doesn’t fall into the Web 2.0 category that this site is usually devoted to, it is worth taking a look at. Amazing stuff coming our way!
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007

Britannica vs. Web 2.0?

I just read a couple of interesting blog posts on the Britannica Blog. The first, by Andrew Keen, was brought to my attention in a post by Will Richardson (Web 2.0 as a “Cultural and Intellectual Catastrophe”). It is entitled “The Answer to Web 2.0: Political Activism.” Keen advocates political action to defeat the evil [...]

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Lead On!

Today I’m working with two of my fellow ITS to train 17 administrators at the school and district level on blogging and podcasting. It’s funny how, the more things change, the more they stay the same. The things that kids spend the most time agonizing over are the titles/url of their blogs and the appearance. [...]

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

Teachers As Bloggers: Superstars, Vol. 1

Could I have come up with a more generic title? No need to answer that. I want to begin compiling a database, for lack of a better word, of exemplary teacher blogs to use as examples for the educators that I serve. Today is the first installment, and it comes from the wacky left coast:
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