Clare,
Why on earth would the teachers be asked to stop blogging? Are they asked to stop having conversations? Are they asked to stop writing about things that matter to kids? How are teachers supposed to disregard one of the major communication for…
Good idea - look forward to the results. It's going way to slow in my part of the universe. A different worry is how the general bureaucracy absorbs the new changes and tends to distort them for older purposes. For example : smart boards being used…
There is significant educaitonal value (historical, literature, philosophical, etc) in the classics so it would be a waste to not read them. However, they way in whch they are presented could likely use some updating, that is, making use of current…
Dave, I'm on the same wavelength as Bob with Henry Jenkins' participatory culture:
**Participatory Culture is one:
1. With relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement
2. With strong support for creating and sharing one's cre…
The start of the year is always crazy! We are just glad you found us! We have a show at edtechtalk.com/live on Thursday nights (3 out of 4 weeks) and we will be presenting at the K12 Online Conference. Hope to catch you there!
Welcome Terry, so glad you are able to join us for conversations at Seedlings. We have gone to edtechtalk.com for Thurs. evening live chats and audio. Later it will be published, but try and join us for the conversation!
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Elementary teacher, grade 4. Online instructor for university edtech students, and also online instructor of high school English for Taiwanese students in Taipei. I do lots of playing around with Internet projects, video, tools, kid blogs, twittering, and so on.
Fresh from GTADC Richard Byrne will join us this week. Richard blogs at Free Technology for Teachers Please join us at 7:30 PM EST at http://edtechtalk.com/live
Hi, Alice. Like you, I find the gifts feature much too silly and Facebook-like. You can easily remove it by clicking the "remove the gifts feature" link from the Gifts icon on your Manage page. Cheers.
Would love to shed a little light on this, Bob, Alice, Sheri and Wes.
Back at the beginning of November, these new ads began popping up on nings I had created for various committees where I work. A few people including me protested that the ads wer…
There are several ways / places to link to K12Online09 presentations this year. The official schedule lists all presentations and events, and links to sessions are added as presentations "go live." Sessions are posted to our conference blog per the…
The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2009 c…
The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2009 c…