This a continuation from yesterday’s post. I copied the following quote the Instructional Technology website of the St. Vrain Valley School District. These four lines grabbed my attention. “We know three things: Learning takes time. Learning is a social process. Learning about technology should be embedded within sound instructional practices.” Last week I visited about [...]
Entries Tagged as 'collaboration'
How do we hold it together?
October 25, 2008 · No Comments · reflecting, wisdom
Tags: collaboration·conversation·mountain top experiences·roller coasters·vision·Voicethread
Jumping for joy: multimedia, promethean boards, and learning
October 14, 2008 · No Comments · professional development, Promethean Board, reflecting
It was the almost perfect PD I have organized and executed. I included a comedy routine video clip of Abbott and Costello teacheing each other to divide 28 in to seven parts. Every time I watch this video clip in Teacher Tube it brings so much laughter to me. It started my presentation with laughter [...]
Tags: collaboration·lesson plan·multimedia·multimedia in the classroom·perfect day·professional development·Promethean Board·rubric·site professional development
Blogging Workshop and Class Blogmeister
September 24, 2008 · No Comments · Blogging, connective writing
Today I taught a workshop on blogging in the classroom. I showed the teachers how other educators in the world are using blogs as learning tools as they connect with alike educators from around the world. Then I showed the websites of teachers who are using blog sites in their class and they explored how [...]
Tags: blog·Blogging·blogs·classroom blogmeister·collaboration·community·connections·connective writing·digital environment·learning
Cavers Bay Digital Arts Project
September 21, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century, Voicethread, Web 2.0
Students from my school had the opportunity to participate in a digital arts project for twelve weeks on Saturdays this fall at the local branch library that joins our campus. I spent a couple of hours visiting the project and learning with the kids. Below is a voicethread highlighting the project. Follow the conversation to [...]
Tags: Add new tag·collaboration·digital arts·digital media·Voicethread
Summer End
September 20, 2008 · No Comments · Middle Schools, Voicethread
Tags: collaboration·collaboration tools·communication·Voicethread
Connective Writing
August 13, 2008 · No Comments · Blogging, learning, Uncategorized
The image represents how messy and confusing learning new things can be. The child seems supported by the green leafs as he tries to. We have to take action to make things happen in our learning. We have to experiment with the ideas, test them, and share them. I read recently that sharing with others [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Anne Lamott·Blogging·collaboration·connective writing·digital images·sharing·using images to write·wrting
Teaching is Tough and Lonely
March 30, 2008 · No Comments · Teaching
Teaching is the most difficult thing I do. Good teachers have to expose so much of ourselves to our students. We have to be so transparent. And we make mistakes and some mistakes pain us. I think this is topic we need to explore together as educators so we can acknowledge the pains teaching causes [...]
What is Google Documents— In Plain English
January 27, 2008 · No Comments · Google Tools, Web 2.0, Web Tools
Common Craft Productions created this video to explain Google Document in Plain English.
