Head on over to Kevin Honeycutt’s driving questions podcast at http://kevinhoneycutt.org/ and click on the driving questions podcast. I had a great conversation with him this morning about change in schools and ways to create instant and always on collaboration. I will be posting my audio and notes from the …
I had a meeting today about transitioning to a google apps for your domain installation from an exchange server. This sounds like a pretty easy sell, actually. It will save something like $13,500 a year. In the end it was, but not for that reason. It was only easy because …
I was teaching yesterday using xtranormal (http://www.xtranormal.com/profile/horizon) and edmodo. I found myself trying to justify why I wanted to archive all of the learning going on in the room. As if somehow there were people watching and asking why I was doing what I was doing. I waited, but no …
Cores 1-4: Discuss-on: Brainstorm ways in which you would like to “reframe” A Christmas Carol: Well, let’s talk about how we will be reframing A Christmas Carol using animation and microblogging. First, XtraNormal will allow us to completely create the scene, choose the characters and their actions, and even add …
Hey, its Katie from your digied group. Next year 2009/2010 I would like to use the ability to blog and skype in order to communicate with other middle schoolers in other countries. The things I need help with are: a good blog site, how to really set up and skype …
I have to say that as I am preparing to write and create my presentation for Educon 2.1 (http://educon21.wikispaces.com), I am struck by the need to do something very big. I really would like to have all of my efforts to instill an attitude of change in those around me …
Do Not turn off your cell phones and laptops. If you have them, use them. (Throughout this workshop, you can ask questions via text message by texting hopeonline and your question to 41411. You can also add to our questions without a cell phone by going to http://www.textmarks.com/HOPEONLINE) I am …
I’m holding my son right now and talking to my WordPress blog and I am considering whether or not this is going to be a great way for me to start blogging regularly again and thinking a lot of different things in order to get my mind out there and …
An aside: it is too bad that every post I write seems like an attempt to get back into the habit of posting, but I suppose until I start blogging consistently again, that is just how it is going to have to be. I have missed way too many things …
Cores 1+4: Write-on: How can we decipher the symbolism of Maus 2, extracting more meaning from only the images? Frame analysis: Describe- Describe the frame in detail. Make sure you find even the smallest pieces of information that are hiding within the illustration. Explain- Explain the meaning of each of …