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- Thing 2300: And I think to myself…
- Thing 22: Networking has definitely gone digital!
- Thing 21: Look outside! I see Flakes …and the drifts are the size of pagecasts!
- Thing 20: One Doc + Multiple Viewers and/or Collaborators; How Bad Could That Be?
- Thing 7c: Am I teaching my students to learn?
- Thing 19: In the Mood for Tubing?
- Thing 18: Audio Podcast Debut
- Thing 17: Revived and Doing Nicely…Thanks for Asking!
- Thing 16: I Never Met a Library I Didn’t Like
- Thing 15: Social Bookmarking Helps Me Organize!
Thing 17: Revived and Doing Nicely…Thanks for Asking!
July 17th, 2008 by Barbara Perkins
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 I have never before experienced.
I had just begun listening to a selection from the Lit Podcast Summaries provided by this directory. The selection I chose was The Scarlet Letter. What an excellent source for literature teachers and students! Learn Out Loud boasts the sharing of “Podcasts You Can Learn From.” Please take a minute to explore the Podcast Directory at learnoutloud.com.
At the NPR Podcast Directory, I found an extensive listing of topics. I chose the “books” category and from there settled into WFIU’s The Poets Weave Podcast, a weekly focus on both local and nationally recognized Poets.
I used the GRAZR widget to explore the English category as well. The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for July 17, 2008 is:
superannuated • \soo-per-AN-yuh-way-tud\ • adjective
1 : outmoded, old-fashioned 2 a : incapacitated or disqualified for active duty by advanced age*b : older than the typical member of a specified group
As a result I have three new subscriptions added to my Google Reader. And because of the flexibility that podcasting allows, I can listen whenever I have the time, or download a particular file and take it with me! How amazing is that? …I know that my students will be introduced to the Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day Podcast, perhaps as a “stretch” activity. And from my quick review today, my head is just spinning with ideas which will make podcasts a regular part of my literature curriculum. How could I not include them now that I have gotten a taste of what’s available at no cost!
No, I didn’t actually pass out, but I could have. I did feel a bit light-headed for a while. Thanks for asking, though.
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Thing 8b: My Three Favorite Wikis…for the moment!
June 16th, 2008 by Barbara Perkins
LESSON ONE: “Flat Classroom Project” – This global networking project involves students from Los Angeles, California, USA, Vienna, Austria; Melbourne, Australia; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Shanghai, China; and Camilla, Georgia, USA. Divided into eleven groups, students researched, networked, shared, and demonstrated what Thomas Friedman considered the ten most prominent “flatteners” in our world today. Students created their own learning and teaching experiences in the form of digital stories which became the fruits of their labors. Three examples of these digital stories inspired by Friedman are: “Google Takes over the World,” “The Changing Shape of Information,” and “Connecting the World Online.”
LESSON TWO: “FHS Wolves Den”: – This site is the result of a collaborative effort between a U.S. History teacher and literature teacher. The sight supports both courses in multiple ways: class notes, past projects postings, test reviews, research paper resources and instruction, grammar review, novel notes…along with resourceful links and fun activities to enthuse the students. If this wiki shows us nothing else, it shows us that as a wiki creator, you are limited only by your own imagination and efforts. To think that not too awfully long ago, teachers were quit satisfied with handing out hardcopies of their syllabi on day one of a new school year. What inspired me most about this wiki is the potential explosion in learning that can happen when teachers collaborate and students participate.
LESSON THREE: “Westwood Schools Computer Science” - Vicki Davis has invited her students to take part in a multi-layered, interactive, electronic classroom. Via a BackChannel, Davis and her students can enter a live room and take part in live chats relative to the current topic. As with other award-winning classroom wikis, this one puts everything from key links & resources, to class notes, to indepth instruction, to test review at the students’ fingertips, 24 X 7. Since I began this Web 2.0 course in May, I have not only read about but experienced firsthand how in the 21st century, school hours and learning opportunities are ongoing. School hours are now any hours that you and your students want them to be.
Posted in Uncategorized | tagged connecting, digital, global, history, literature, projects | | 2 Comments
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