I recently reviewed Google Sites, the company’s wiki tool. The site previously was an enterprise-only tool, meaning you had to be a member of a domain, such as a school district or company, to join. As of last Wednesday, the tool is open to anyone, meaning students can now create their own wikis. If you [...]
Ewan McIntosh posted a link to a great list of The Top 100 Lamest Excuses for Not Innovating to his Del.icio.us account today. A few particularly relevant ones to those of us in education (some with commentary):
I don’t have the time.
I’ll be punished if I fail. (Education translation: If my kids fail I’ll be punished.)
My [...]
The school year will be drawing to a close on Thursday. As we meet as an Instructional Technology team tomorrow, I feel it is important to evaluate where we have been, where we are now, and where we hope to go in the future. The year began with high expectations for teacher learning, student learning, [...]
Thanks to my Twitter friends, I recently found Weblin, a social networking site that has a different approach. Weblin users download a small piece of software that enables them to create a personal avatar that bears a resemblance to a Second Life character. Once activated, the avatar is present at the bottom of the browser [...]
The K12 Online Conference 2008 has released its call for participation. This is a great event, particularly in that it opens the door to learning about Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom to a global audience, and it allows access to some incredible educators from the comfort of a participant’s office chair. Details are below.
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