Robin Young on April 6th, 2010

I started to title this blog post – A New Way to Brainstorm – but then I realized that Wall Wisher offers so much more than that. Wallwisher is a free internet application that allows you to build a wall that then you or you and others can post notes on.   To build a [...]

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Robin Young on October 7th, 2008

Several years ago I attended training at the University of Texas on Telecollaboration.  Most of the ideas presented in the training seemed so labor intensive that there was no way as a teacher or now as a Instructional Technology Specialist that they could be implemented.  Or I felt like I needed to know professors from [...]

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Robin Young on August 22nd, 2008

So many teachers have created wonderful powerpoints to use in their teaching.  The problem then is how to give access to the presentation for the students who were absent, or maybe for those who would like to review the materials later. No matter what site you choose to house your teacher web page, space is [...]

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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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Robin Young on February 21st, 2008

Let’s start  with the difference between a blog and your TeacherWeb page.  A blog allows for users to comment and keeps all posts stored in chronological order.  Blogs are also searchable and can be “tagged” with keywords for easy access to previous information.  For instance, in a few months from now you think, “Oh yeah – Robin emailed [...]

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Robin Young on February 19th, 2008

I have been trying to send out various podcasts in hopes of inspiring you to become listeners of what is happening online.  Ridgeview will be launching it’s own podcast forum in the next few weeks (look for it before Spring Break).  In getting away for a few moments from education I thought this week I’d show [...]

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Robin Young on January 25th, 2008

To become more familiar with what podcasts are and what they can offer us as educators, I thought I would send out links to good podcasts for teachers to listen to from time to time. These podcasts can be subscribed to so you are notified when new shows are broadcasted. They can be listened to [...]

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