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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]