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Flattered

Posted in 21st Century Learning, tagged , , , , , on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I recieved a shocking email a week ago.  It was an agency representing the Illinois State Board of Education.  They were putting together a training course for Illinois teachers on gifted students.  They were requesting the use of my google application video in their curriculum.
When I made the video, I had never put together a [...]

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Wordle in the Classroom

Posted in Computer Lab, Student Projects, Web 2.0, integration, video, tagged , , , , on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I first mentioned Wordle on this blog back in June.  Mrs. Nicholson wrote to me this week and told me about how she used it in her classroom.  I think this is a wonderful project, especially if you have a class that needs some self esteem work.  The students each created a wordle answering “What [...]

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Understanding Your Kids

Posted in Links, video, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Can you relate to this mom?  Too many parents and teachers can.  Kids use a whole new language to text and IM each other.  So how do we protect them from something we don’t understand?
I am a firm believer that the best way to protect kids is to educate them, and [...]

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Google Teacher Academy- Chicago 2008

Posted in Google Teacher Academy, video, tagged , , , , , on August 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Many people have asked how I became a Google Certified Teacher, and the answer is that I applied and was accepted into the program.  Until today I could not answer the question that always followed my explanation- “When will there be another Google Teacher Academy?”
The answer is September 24, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois!  Applications are [...]

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Google Reader

Posted in EdTech, video, tagged , , , , , , on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Last week I touched on iGoogle, this week I will discuss another of my favorite Google Tools- Google Reader. I was a little slow to discover this tool. In fact, I didn’t really enter the “blogosphere” as a reader or blogger until this spring. When I was at the MACE conference in [...]

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iPhones in class?

Posted in 21st Century Learning, EdTech, video, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Abilene Christian University has done some research into using iphones in their curriculum. The video (way down below) shows what it might look like to have the iPhones fully integrated into university life. This fall all freshman attending the university will be receiving and iphone. This is the first university to undertake this [...]

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United Streaming

Posted in Links, tagged , , , , , on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I sure hope that this post is not something new for anyone, but just in case someone hasn’t heard of UnitedStreaming, I had to pass it along. UnitedStreaming is a project by Discovery. They have put together thousands of videos into a searchable database. I use this on a weekly basis. [...]

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Google Teacher Academy

Posted in 21st Century Learning, Google Teacher Academy, video, tagged , , , on May 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I have spent much of the last week preparing my application for the Google Teacher Academy. I had a few of my students work on the project with me. I chose a couple of my tech team kids, then I also chose some kids who needed an extra push to finish off the [...]

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21st Century Learning

Posted in 21st Century Learning, tagged , , , on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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