Posted in education, literacy, mashup, publishing, technology, writing on Mar 8th, 2009 No Comments »
With the emergence of Web 2.0 tools and a greater presence of computers at all grade levels balancing tactile and digital experiences in the classroom has become a even bigger challenge. Now “cut and paste,” creativity, and visual literacy have dual skill sets, application, and roles in student learning. How, as teachers, do we provide [...]
Posted in Web 2.0, education, technology on Jul 17th, 2008 No Comments »
StudyStack http://www.studystack.com/Home.jsp
This is one of those great finds that gets better and better as you dig into the site. StudyStack is a free online tool that provides teachers and students a place to create both interactive and printable flashcards resources. What StudyStack does better than cueFlash or Quizlet is that is provides the user of [...]
Posted in 21st century classroom, change, education, technology on Nov 18th, 2007 6 Comments »
I am embarrassed at how long it has been between posts; blame it on writer’s block. So instead I caught up on my blog reading. Hurray for Google Reader! Now my head is spinning with discussion, lesson ideas, ideas for PD, and ways to move our classrooms closer to a 21st century model. Where [...]
Posted in education, technology on Oct 16th, 2007 No Comments »
Last Friday I had the opportunity to attend ACTEM’s 20th MAINEducation conference in Augusta, and while the weather outside could not have been worse, the energy and excitement inside was fantastic. Will Richardson was the keynote speaker and focused attention on the need to prepare our students for a Web 2.0 world.
I was also excited [...]
