Firefox is continuing to grow in user numbers, with over 8 million users downloading the 3rd version of the browser on its June 18th release day, a world record for a software download. The worldwide market share of Firefox topped 19% by the end of June (story). One of the biggest appeals of Firefox for [...]
I finally was successful at uploading a video of some interviews I conducted this spring with students who published their writing to a class blog this year. In just six months, the students’ blog had over 1,000 visitors from six continents! What an effective way to motivate our students to write! The blog also includes [...]
I have had to do several projects involving putting together examples of Web 2.0 use in our district in the past couple of weeks. I thought I would share a small sampling of them here. They might inspire others to give some of the tools a try.
Blogs
Talented Texans–elementary students sharing writing. Student interaction is constructive [...]
Here is a short, well-crafted slideshow created by Sacha Chua, an enterprise 2.0 specialist with IBM. It lists some very practical steps to blogging effectively for work, including doing lots of reading, sharing knowledge through writing, and tooting one’s own horn, so to speak, by sharing successes and accomplishments. Great focus on how blogs can [...]
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, [...]
I used the Google Documents survey tool to create a brief survey over the use of Internet tools by educators in our district. Seventy teachers responded. The survey turned out as expected, generally, with a few surprises. Some of the results:
Time spent online away from work:
31% <2 hours
37% 2-5 hours
16% 5-10 hours
16% [...]
Blogs are the first things that come to mind for most when the term Web 2.0 is heard. This is because blogging is one of the earliest internet tools that allowed for users to create their own content. Blogging is a big trend in our district, as administrators, teachers, and students are beginning to create [...]
Just a heads up for other Edublogs users–be sure to check out the new Clustrmaps widget. No more copying/pasting code. Now you just enter a couple of lines of information, such as your site’s URL, agree to the terms, and your Clustrmap is set. Clustrmaps are a great, visual way to demonstrate the global impact [...]
Here are the links from today’s session–enjoy! Oh, and be sure to let me know if your favorite sites are excluded. Oh, and no commentary from anyone nit-picking about whether or not a few sites are truly Web 2.0–they are all useful and free, so they all bear mentioning.
Student/Teacher Blogs:
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A co-worker, Dwight Goodwin, has set up a blog for students from around the country to post comments sharing information about their cultures. Ideas for items to share might include interests, details about the schools students attend, climate, the economy, future plans, etc. If interested, stop by Every Country in the World and chime in.
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