I have decided to participate in the 365 Photo challenge for 2009. Not that I need something else to do but will give it a try. I created another blog to support this challenge. I am not sure why I began this adventure but I am always willing to try something new and learn along the way. At any rate I’ll contribute in however small a way to a pool of photos that people can use in their projects. All…
Last night I upgraded to wordpress 2.7. I have never had trouble upgrading before but there is a first time for everything and as the saying goes, tech happens. First thing make a back up – done with no trouble. Next begin uploading what I need to my hosting server. This is where trouble began. I could FTP some files but not others. I would receive a notice that I was not an authorized user and did not have rights. …
This evening I attended the 2008 Edublog Awards. The event took place through a variety of tools Second Life ®, Skype, and Ed Tech Talk. The Eddies began 5 years ago and though there has been some dissension about the merit of these awards I enjoy them. They have helped me find new voices and expand my learning network. I also believe that they allow edubloggers to say thank you and recognize their fellow edubloggers. To that end I would…
The following is a post by Becky St. Onge who is a fellow collaborator and learner. Aesop proclaimed “In union there is strength.” Margaret Meade said we should “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Vince Lombardi maintained that “individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” For centuries…
Teach 42 shared a video the Networked Student in Plain English. I think this is also an excellent example of the networked teacher. This illustrates very well how I work within my learning network and how we can continue to be life long learners in any area that we have interest. I believe teachers need to be similarly network to enhance their learning and to learn how to effectively use these tools to support student learning. I will be sharing…
I have been an active member in the DEN in SL since the beginning. It has been and continues to be one of the best parts of my learning network. The DEN in SL has been nominated as one of the ‘Best Educational Use of a Virtual World 2008′ by members of the eduverse. This is quite an honor as the other nominees have made great use of virtual environments as well. I recommend you visit EduBlogs Awards site and…
Jen Wagner has tagged me with the Wordle meme begun by Lee Kolbert. I was also tagged by Martha Thornburgh. This works well with Teach 42‘s posts Day 27 and Day 28 of 30 days to being a better blogger where he referenced Lee’s meme. So here goes. I first used my RSS feeds, I have 4 feeds and I found it interesting that they produced different Wordles. One seemed to only show my first few posts about the MassCUE…