Robin Young on June 26th, 2008

I saw this video on Good Morning America yesterday and was amazed!   Watching this I thought of a few questions I would ask students if they watched this in class with me: Is it real?  What evidence do you have to support your opinion?  Is everything posted online real?  Is everything “caught” on video [...]

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Robin Young on May 28th, 2008

I was reading a friend’s blog recently, explaining how to make good use of your summer.  One of the ideas was to explore projects with other schools in other areas.  That started me thinking – telecollaboration has been around for a while, but not until recently has it been made so easy.  Connecting with other [...]

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Robin Young on March 19th, 2008

In my recent blog readings, I have come across the prevailing thought that the importance of blogging is not just to make your voice heard, but it is the ongoing conversation that happens after a blog/piece of writing has put out there and others comment back to extend the conversation.  It is not just the [...]

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