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 […]
Reece Lennon wrote a comment to my posting yesterday on ‘What is the purpose of a school web site?Â’ I thought IÂ’d take this one step further and answer some of ReeceÂ’s questions. Principal As webmaster? Why not? Part of a principalÂ’s job description is “Communicate with parents, community members, and the larger school community effectively.” In the past this […]
This is the topic of a meeting I have today with the other technology teachers in my district. So I thought IÂ’d prepare for the meeting by taking some time and writing my thoughts down. IÂ’m glad we are stopping for a moment to look at what is our objective with a school web site. What is it we are […]