Wow! What a great ride. Of course I will blog that I’m finished. I’ve learned so much and encourage all teachers to do this. I hope that there will be a “23 Additional Things” next summer. Sure, I’ve moaned a little about how much time it took out of my [...]
Of the three Ning, Ning in Education, and Classroom 2.0, my favorite was Classroom 2.0. A lot of what I tried to look at in the other two prompted me to join the site before I could look (and I just didn’t feel like joining one more group – ha – maybe later).
Ning was [...]
I have been listening to Grammar Girl a bit and I like her. Her voice is not all that inviting but what she has to say is relevant. In one that I listened to she was sharing info on the correct way to use shall and will and comparing the American version and [...]
I had a little bit of trouble finding the template (you have to type “template” onto k12 learning 2.0) but when I did it was easy to load it up. I wasn’t able to edit the to-do list so I finally just deleted it. I liked browsing through the themes and page edits [...]
This was really pretty easy. I know we were asked to wait and use this when we really had something to work on but right now, THIS is what I have to work on! I created a document in googledocs and invited others to share their ideas/web site for help with a project that [...]
I recently used YouTube, SchoolTube, and TeacherTube for a presentation that I was sharing at a workshop. There is a lot of good (and bad) information out there. I think that are three are VERY useful tools for the classroom. Not only did I find some interesting stuff to use, I [...]
This was really easy. I had a headset at home and I just signed up, plugged in the headset and “presto” here it is. The Jing from Shelley was helpful for putting it into the blog (I’ve learned to quickly look at those because some of these tools are not as intuitive as you [...]
I think that podcasting is an interesting tool to use in teaching. I know that my students get tired of hearing me talk/teach so another voice/perspective might be just the ticket for some topics. I previewed Learn Out Loud, PBS Podcasts, and the NPR Podcast Directory. I found a few things that I liked but [...]
