Sorry I haven't been posting lately. I've been involved in three days of training for the Celebrate Oklahoma Voices (COV) project. What an awesome experience! Teachers from more than 15 districts who teach all grade levels and subject areas came together to learn about creating videos and sharing them on the COV website. They will return to their classrooms this fall and help their students create their own videos. Today was show and tell, and I must say some wonderful videos were created this week. Check out the COV website, and watch some of these great stories.
http://celebrateoklahoma.us/
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Cool Web Site
Reading Radar is a great mashup site created by John Herren that features information from the New York Times and Amazon.com. You can check out the latest best sellers without wading through information you don't need. http://readingradar.com/
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
High-Speed Internet As Vital As Electricity, Gas, and Water
The Washington Post reported today that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that high-speed Internet access has become as "indispensable as electricity, gas and water." Is high-speed that essential?
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The New iPhone Is Coming
Alas, rumors of a keyboard were unfounded, but the new iPhone will reportedly have much greater speed, built in GPS, and voice recognition. http://www.slate.com/id/2220032/
Monday, June 8, 2009
Barriers to 21st Century Skills in Schools
How can we teach 21st century skills to students when we're not allowed to access most of the collaborative tools available online? See the following: http://bjansen.edublogs.org/2009/06/07/schools-sensessly-block-web-20-tools/
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Google Squared
Google, perhaps in an attempt to compete with Bing, has released Google Squared http://www.google.com/squared
It offers searchable results which expand your search. Pretty cool - check it out!
It offers searchable results which expand your search. Pretty cool - check it out!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Preliminary Results Comapring Microsoft's New Search Engine to Google
An Irish programmer named Paul Savage has done some preliminary testing comparing Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, to Google. See the story from the Washington Post. http://tinyurl.com/ngqz2n
21st Century Classrooms
Fayetteville, Arkansas is beginning a program to convert their classrooms to "21st century classrooms". http://nwanews.com/nwat/News/77035/
This is great, but they don't mention training the teachers to use the new equipment or to facilitate the collaborative and independent learning they envision. Training is the key to the success of such programs.
This is great, but they don't mention training the teachers to use the new equipment or to facilitate the collaborative and independent learning they envision. Training is the key to the success of such programs.
Monday, June 1, 2009
A Great Idea
Kim Cofino shares a great idea on her blog (http://mscofino.edublogs.org). Once a month, she and two other educators at her school host a parents' technology coffee. They share information with and encourage discussions by parents concerning technology and their children. What a wonderful way to get parents on board as we begin to integrate 21st century skills.
Book challenges are on the rise. This article discusses problems in one middle school http://tinyurl.com/lylzlq
Is the written word soon to be a thing of the past?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/31/AR2009053102119.html?wpisrc=newsletter
What do you think?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/31/AR2009053102119.html?wpisrc=newsletter
What do you think?
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