June, 2008Archive

Thing 7a – Stretch

June 9th, 2008 | K12 Learning 2.0 | 1 comment

Well, I tried. I did a Google News Feed that I set up myself and I got a ton of stuff… that I didn’t want. I’ve got to figure out WHAT exactly I want to see and then narrow my search. I’ll try again but my observation is that I don’t have [...]

Thing 7A – RSS Interest

June 4th, 2008 | K12 Learning 2.0 | No comments

Ok, I must admit it. I love weather! Somewhere in me there must be a science teacher. I love that I can put the weather channel in my Google Reader and see the weather at the click of a button and not have to wade through the whole website. I also [...]

Thing 5 – Getting Started with RSS

June 3rd, 2008 | K12 Learning 2.0 | 1 comment

This podcast made me laugh! It is a discussion on when to use “bad” and “badly” and why people get it confused. The original site is Grammar Grater from Minnesota Public Radio. They take common grammar errors and discuss them in little blurbs. I love it! This would be a [...]

Thing 4: Blogging Begins with Reading

June 1st, 2008 | K12 Learning 2.0 | 1 comment

I definitely think that blogging can facilitate learning. When I read Patrick’s 5th grade Blog I was moved by his honestly. He received encouragement from folks all over the place and I was touched. Surely he was too and motivated to press on. In reading his “final blog” he said it [...]