http://perkone.edublogs.org Summer 2008...unlike any other before! Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:31:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What a wonderful world! That reminds me of an old song. Let's just stop for a minute and listen to Louis tell us about it: Yes, it is wonderful, my friends. For a myriad of reasons, not the least of which is the growth we have achieved because of this Web 2.0 ... http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/08/01/thing-2300-and-i-think-to-myself/ I must start by commenting on Steve Hargadon's Classroom 2.0. Wow! This blew me away. Talk about collaboration. Talk about connectivity. Classroom 2.0 is an impressive digital social network with infinite possibilities! This is definitely where I will get ideas as to how to engage my students in using blogs, ... http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/07/29/thing-22-networking-has-definitely-gone-digital/ You sign up. You begin customizing your own page. One flake leads to another and then another. And before you know it, you need a shovel to clear a path! What came first? The flake or the pagecast? Just kidding. But it is interesting that picking and choosing flakes and then ... http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/07/28/thing-21-look-outside-i-see-flakes-and-the-drifts-are-the-size-of-pagecasts/ If you want to create for viewers ...or initiate a creation and then solicit collaboration from others, Google Docs is for you! I played around with Word and Powerpoint. The Word document has to do with my course content. This would be a much easier way to collaborate with my ... http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/07/28/thing-20-one-doc-multiple-viewers-andor-collaborators-how-bad-could-that-be/ I have been following the blogs at techlearning.com. The last one I read was posted by none other than Vicki Davis, one of my main heroes in this Web 2.0 adventure. Her post is in response to a recent Google article "Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning."  According to Vicki, Johnathan Rosenberg, Sr. VP, ... http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/07/28/thing-7c-am-i-teaching-my-students-to-learn/ Well, before you pack the car, consider how much time you have for this journey, how skilled you are at avoiding slippery rocks, how comfortable you are with fast currents, and if you've done your homework not only to arrive alive, but to arrive at your planned destination. Take YouTube for example. ... http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/07/18/thing-19-in-the-mood-for-tubing/ My 49 seconds of fame! Man, it went by so quickly, but at least it's recorded for posterity! Shelly Paul is correct in telling us that the hard part is in the preparation prior to creating the podcast. Afterall, we must say something worth listening to. Am I right? As Emily Dickinson once urged ... http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/07/17/thing-18-audio-podcast-debut/ I'm not sure how long I was out. Maybe 5-10 minutes. Probably no longer than that. All I remember was that I had begun exploring the second podcast directory Learning Out Loud, and I began hyperventilating and passed out. When I came to, I felt a sort of euphoria like ... http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/07/17/thing-17-revived-and-doing-nicelythanks-for-asking/ And Library Thing is no exception! I had played around with Shelfari before because I wanted to add a custom bookcase to my wiki and blog sites. Check it out: My Shelf.  But I left it behind for greener pastures. That's the problem. There's always a greener pasture that turns my ... http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/07/10/thing-16-i-never-met-a-library-i-didnt-like/ Well, I know it's not all about me and I can't overlook the SOCIAL aspect of bookmarking, but Delicious has certainly made it easy for me to keep a ready listing of interesting resources. If you have a minute to peruse my bookmarks, please visit http://del.icio.us/perkone. I've only just begun to add favorites, ... http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/07/10/thing-15-social-bookmarking-helps-me-organize/