Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #2

Today’s new 12 Second Tech Challenge is now available for viewing. You can view it below or at this link. Remember to leave a comment here when you’ve completed the challenge. Oh, and why not include a link to a video you found during the challenge? Thanks, and good luck!
BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #2 [...]

Monday, January 5th, 2009

The BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge

12seconds is a site that I joined a few months ago as an Alpha user, but haven’t gotten around to really exploring until now. The site functions as basically a video blog, allowing users to record short (12 seconds…you probably guessed that.) videos, which are posted to a user’s homepage, where they can be visited [...]

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

BISD Educator Spotlight

Who says that teaching stops when the bell rings? Josh Grizzelle, a 5th grade science teacher here in Birdville, is using Web 2.0 tools to take advantage of “teachable moments” whenever and wherever they occur. Among the tools Josh is using:

WetPaint wiki–This serves as Josh’s class website and hub of student information. The wiki includes [...]

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

A Special Tribute

I had the opportunity to assist with a special event on Monday. Staff and students at Richland Middle School gathered to honor our nation’s soldiers, both past and present. The event has become an annual tradition for the school. Soldiers, veterans, and their families are served breakfast, then they are honored with a ceremony including [...]

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

More Common Craft Vids (One May Save Your Life!)

First, a great explanation of Twitter, although it doesn’t do much justice to the way Twitter can be used more constructively as a means of sharing great resources and connecting learners:

This one is a new video explaining the basics of Internet searching:

Finally, as a public service during the Halloween season (I feel fairly certain this [...]

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Not So Live Video

Here is the slideshow for a presentation I gave today on uStream and Yahoo!Live. Unfortunately, issues with the network and the video streaming wreaked havoc on the demonstration (Insert groan here.). Time to buy an air card, I guess. That was a struggle. My sincerest apologies to those who attended–thank you for your incredible patience!

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