Tom of Bionic Teaching has been writing about MITs Exhibit tool (post 1 and post 2). I have been thinking about this tool since he first shared his find. This web based tool allows the user to create an interactive Web exhibit. I have been thinking about the Social Studies and Science teachers who make interactive Hyperstudio projects (looking forward to checking out the reprise of hyperstudio) or Keynote/PowerPoints. I think this may be a great option for updating the…
Jennifer Wagner from Thougths From a Technospud and Women of Web 2.0, recently asked her readers to share some of their favorite lesser know blogs from their blogrolls. I was honored to be included on her list. I think this is a great idea, many of us have a core group that we all read. But I believe the more voices that are heard the greater depth of knowledge that develops. I would like to share two of my favorite…
I am currently teaching a graduate course – Differentiating Instruction with Technology. The participants are very creative and enthusiastic. I have just been reviewing the first set of projects and I am very impressed. I hope at the end of the course to share some of the projects, activities, lessons and learning resources they have created on the district website and my resource wiki. In the mean time I wanted to share two tools that are making their ways around…
I while back my district along with many others in MA participated in a CAST grant to look at UDL (Universal Design for Learning) One of the principle tools we used was book builder, CAST has now placed this on-line for others to use. I really recommend a look. Related to that is a collaborative Internet project focusing on UDL. The Ladybug project by Susan Silverman is looking for participants. Please stop by and see if you might be interested….
Last night was a great show at WOW2 (Women of Web). Last night’s show as hosted by Vicki Davis, Cheryl Oaks, Jennifer Wagner and the guest list included Scott McCloud, Pete Reilly, Doug Johnson, and Miguel Guhlin (sp corrected). The show takes place every Tuesday 9pm at EdTechTalk. In the past I have only been able to listen to the podcasts but recently I have been able to listen live, this means I can participate in the chat – it…
I have been virtual lurker these past few days, reading blogs from their beginning to the present. This came about after a discussion with a new blogger in my district. She was feeling inadequate, thinking she had nothing new to say, she felt she was trying to catch up, she was not a writer after all. I am not a writer and that certainly hasn’t stopped me. We all enter the blogoshere at different points along our learning path. We…
I am a Mac user, though I work in a PC district, and who knows the way things are going I may soon be playing with linux. But when you are fighting an up hill battle to maintain the status quo it is hard to move forward let alone change direction, but I digress I am a Mac user, and sometimes I bring my Mac to work to use some of the productivity programs I have installed. A colleague asked…