IÂ’m sitting in a Technology Curriculum meeting at the moment where we are looking at our student technology standards and benchmarks for our school. We, as most schools are looking at the NETS. The nets were last updated (as far as I can tell) in 2001. So, to move the NETS into the 2.0 world. I did a find and […]
After reading the Disruptive postings by John Pederson I had a thought. Anybody out there in the blogosphere wants to join the PD course IÂ’m running in Moodle? It would be great to have another disruptive factor in the class. No pressureÂ…just a collaborative thought. 😉
When I mean cross country IÂ’m not talking the U.S. IÂ’m talking across multiple countries. Yesterday, I stared a Professional Development course training teachers how to implement Moodle into their classroom. There are 27 teachers taking the course from 3 different countries. These teachers work at American international schools in China, Saudi Arabia, and the U.A.E. IÂ’m excited for this […]
Sorry Apple folks, this is a PC one! (I run both platforms, so no need for OS comments.?) I find the Desktop Sidebar a great tool to use as an aggregator. It docks itself on the right hand side of your screen so that you donÂ’t have to start a separate program when you want to view your RSS feeds. […]
I was talking with a High School teacher this weekend and she was asking me if I could help her connect two VCRÂ’s together so she could copy a tape. She said she asked a boy in her class to help her and he said: “How old do you think I am? I donÂ’t have a clue how to run […]
IÂ’ve been meaning to open up a bloglines account for awhile now but havenÂ’t found the time to actually do it. Then John Pederson goes and makes a nice little wiki about getting started with bloglines and blog reading. He recommends 20 edublogs to get newbie teachers into the edublogging world. I was honored to find The Thinking Stick among […]
Ok, so I had to get on the SuprGlu ban wagon. Thanks Tim for pointing out this great site. You can check out my SuprGlu page at http://jutecht.suprglu.com/. This is a great site that ‘gluesÂ’ all the RSS feeds you want to one web page. Putting all the information you want in one spot. My page keeps track of all […]
Thought IÂ’d just state up front that this is a reflection post and not a blogging post. Something Will Richardson has been discussing over on Weblogg-ed. I havenÂ’t written in a couple days, but have been spending a lot of time reading and reflecting on what other people have been posting and discussing. I find myself thinking a lot about […]
While browsing Firefox extensions the other day, I happened upon the TextMarker extension. WOW, what a great tool for students to use while researching the web. Students can highlight text as they read a web page. Then when they are finished they simply right click over the highlighted text and copy just the parts they have highlighted to their notes. […]
IÂ’ve been rereading George Siemens Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. I think this makes the third time IÂ’ve read it in the past 6 months. I read it because I feel George is on to something here, and as I blog and continue to expand my own learning by “connecting specialized nodes or information sources” together, I […]