Author: Ben Wilkoff
Why should students come to class?
If my students can do the majority of their work with writing and reading online… If my students can receive all of their assignments online… If my students can maintain constant contact with their friends, classmates, and teachers online… If my students can create spaces to come together or work …
Mini-Edublogger Meetup at VSS2007
I would like to propose a meet-up for anyone who is blogging, podcasting, or tagging at VSS2007. Please comment on this post if you would like to be a part of this. We could meet at a session or simply eat at the same table at lunch. I would love …
Evangelists for Learning
Point #1: “The people that complain are our best customers, not our worst.” –Jackie Huba In the keynote for NACOL VSS 2007: Jackie Huba, an advertising consultant and blogger, is talking about creating learning evangelists. Her idea is that word of mouth is all powerful. The students and parents that …
11.05.07
I am at NACOL’s VSS 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky today. Here are my sub plans. Cores 1-3: If you get stuck in your blogging today, please go here and find inspiration. Core 4: If you are “finished” or “stuck” in your essay writing: Get a couple of people to read …
Without Community…
This is my first time blogging from in on an airplane. My daughter, Isabelle, may be the cause of that. She is cleverly intriguing, so much so that it is difficult to be very reflective when she is saying “da da da” at you. My trip today, and the reason …
Combined Word Dictionary Video Podcasts
This is our first attempt at a video podcast. Because not all of our students have agreed to have their pictures posted online (and because I hold security at a premium), I have obscured their faces somewhat with CamTwist. This project is about creating new words and putting them into …
11.02.07
Core 1: Debrief-on? How many new words can we expect in our lexicon based upon your work with the Combined Word Dictionary. Record a few definitions for classroom podcast. Turn-in Essay, and self-assess according to Kid-Friendly Rubric. Read Pied Piper of Hamelin: How can music create changes in the ways …
101 Resources and Tools for Authentic Learning
I have always shied away from making absolute lists of resources. They are dated a few months after they are penned. I much prefer the enigmatic, socially tagged nature of a delicious account. Why take one person’s word for it, when you can see exactly how many people have found …