Mining for Treasures Archives: October 2007
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17 October 2007
Top Language Web 2.0 Tools
I am highlighting a group of tools that I have found on a blog post by Richard MacManus, who writes a blog called the Read/Write Web. In a a post called the top Spanish Web 2.0 Apps from August 2006, he highlights the following applications which I think may have application in our classrooms:
Tagzania [...]
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16 October 2007
Gabcast – Podcasting using a Phone
One of the highlights that I have listened to at the K12 Online Conference is a presentation by LizKolb on the use of cell phones as data acquisition tools in the classroom. Two of the new tools that she highlighted were Gabcast and GCast. After setting up accounts at each site, they allow you [...]
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10 October 2007
Create Portable Documents
If you want to share various documents with students, you have to be concerned whether or not the students will have the application and the correct version of the software that you used to create the document. This is especially important when sharing SMARTBoard notes or tablet inkings on Moodle or with others via email.
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8 October 2007
K12 Online Conference Begins
The K12 Online conference kicked off today with the posting of the Pre-Conference Keynote by David Warlick. There is both an audio and a video component of the presentation. ( http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=144). On Monday and Tuesday, there is a live chat that you can participate in ( http://davidwarlick.com/k12onlinekeynote_chat/signin.php ) and on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m., there [...]
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7 October 2007
Global Project – Flat Classroom
This idea comes from Kim Cofino, who is the Elementary 21st Century Literacy Specialist at the International School in Bangkok, Thailand. On Monday, Kim posted an idea on her blog, always learning, on Monday, October 1st entitled Collaborative Ideas Number 3: Creating a Flat Classroom Project. In this post, Kim shares:
Our goal is to enable [...]
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1 October 2007
Creating Tutorials using Jing
Yesterday, Monday, October 1st, we held our first Brown Bag Monday Technology Lunchtime training. We were treated to a wonderful presentation on how to use Microsoft Journal given by our Chemistry teacher, Roderick Mobley, who has been using a Tablet PC for the past four years. Due to other commitments, some of our teachers who [...]
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1 October 2007
Getting Ready for Global Collaboration – Time Converter
Invariably, if you begin to network with individuals who are not on campus, you will want to schedule time to have a voice or text chat do do some planning. I know that I am pretty good about remembering what cities are in what time zone and when daylight savings time starts and ends for [...]
