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I’ve taken the last week or so off of blogging to spend Christmas with my family and not be too distracted. I love blogging and it takes a lot of focus when I am consumed by a topic. However, this is not to say that I was totally disconnected from my online . . . → Read More: The Case for Social Networking in Schools
Christmas break is upon us. I read about 25 blogs on a regular basis and I notice that a lot of bloggers are in a reflective mood this time of year. I have not been a blogger for very long. The end of this month will mark five months of running this . . . → Read More: Reflection
Podcasting is an excellent way to engage your students. There are numerous free web-sites that allow you to host a podcast. There is one inherent problem, though. Most of these websites are ad-supported. This is not bad; it allow them to stay free. My main gripe is that a . . . → Read More: Podcasting Without Advertisements – A How-to Guide The tutorials are now live with the completion of my first series on how to setup and use Edublogs. There are designed to be short (under 5 minutes) clips to help the normal teacher get acclimated with technical applications that can aid in teaching. The first series on Edublogs goes over how . . . → Read More: Tutorials Are Now Live
It is good to remember that not all of our students learn and process information in the same way. ZoomIt is a free utility written by Mark Russovitch of Microsoft Technet. While it was originally developed as a tool to aid in giving presentations that require demonstrations, I find that I use . . . → Read More: Windows Accessibility Tool: ZoomIt
A blog is is web lingo for a web log, or online journal. Judging by the media, blogging has been overtaken by microblogging, such as brief status updates in Twitter or Facebook. However, judging by the number of quality blogs that I read daily and that I know of, . . . → Read More: Blogging – Should You Jump In? Before we start, I think some vocabulary is in order. Most word processor programs still do not recognize screencast as a word, so I just want to make sure that those who may not be familiar with the concept know what it is. Basically, a screencast is a short . . . → Read More: The Value of Screencasts As I librarian, I value collaboration and resource sharing. While I am not yet at the point where I am sharing as many resources as Larry Ferlazzo, I do want to start sharing and collaborating more online, as I try to do with my staff. Recently, a history teacher I work with . . . → Read More: New Lesson: 1920s Radio Show
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