This afternoon I had the opportunity to connect up with a whole bunch of schools for a video conference from all around North Carolina put on the by the North Carolina Connectivity Council. It was really cool. We could see all of them and they could see us. There should be an archive [...]
This afternoon a group we have here on campus, the Carolina Technology Consultants (CTC) sponsored a talk from Paul Jones here on campus. He is a professor in the SILS department here on campus and really one of the most forward thinkers here on UNC’s campus in regard to technology.
He titled his presentation “Exploring [...]
I ran across a great website called StudyBlue.com. I have long been a fan of these types of websites and there are more than a few of them, but what makes this one really stick out in my mind is the ability for students to earn money. I was one of those students that took [...]
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This could really be useful for classes as they surf the internet… it might be easier than trying to get a whole class into second life… and a bit easier to remember… interesting.
Weblin is a service that allows peo…
Yesterday Steve Hargadon published an article entitled “Web 2.0 is the Future of Education” that every educator should read. Here are a couple of excerpts”
“I believe that the read/write Web, or what we are calling Web 2.0, will culturally, socially, intellectually, and politically have a greater impact than the advent of the printing press. [...]
A couple of days ago I wrote about a new twitter-like service designed especially for educators, called Edmodo. They posted a little screencast today. Looks promising:
Edmodo Screencast Teaser from Jeff O’Hara on Vimeo.
AcademHack has a great article on the use of twitter in schools… check it out!
Ideas from the article:
Class Chatter
Classroom Community
Get a Sense of the World
Track a Word
Track a Conference
Instant Feedback
Follow a Professional
Follow a Famous Person
Grammar
Rule Based Writing
Maximizing the Teachable Moment
Public NotePad
Writing Assignments
Another thing which may be of interest… 7 Things you should know [...]
Michael Wesch posted notes from a presentation he just did about why we should use YouTube in the classroom that I found very useful. Topics he covers:
Legality of using YouTube video’s
Why we use them
Tips for finding good video’s
Ways to Download them locally
Tools for Remixing them
Ways to incorporate them into our teaching
There are some handouts (PowerPoint, Teacher Handout, Student Handout) are available here. You should really check these out, especially if you are charged with teaching others about social bookmarking.
A very interesting title… think about it. How can social bookmarking help students screen and use resources online to helping scholars collaborate about things that [...]
Joanne Berg, Lori Berquam, and Kathleen Christoph. I decided to attend this session because students are using this technology. I am a firm believer that any technology that students are using we should at least take a look at.
This is a part of students life… the is the number one [...]