The school librarian and I run a digital literacy challenge every two weeks, taking turns to challenge the school student and faculty population to an online task that introduces new websites and experiences. For two teachers without regularly scheduled classes or students we try to instruct beyond the walls and outside of the bell schedule. [...]
This week is our school-wide technology showcase. Wednesday is a ninety minute early release day and we have about ten teachers teaching other teachers technology related curriculum ideas. Our sessions include
Netvibes
Outlook
Photostory3
Podcasting with audacity
Delicious
Smartboard templates
Online school- highlighting online library database, catalog and our LMS schoolloop
Using a wireless tablet
Teachers have the opportunity to go to two sessions [...]
Last May, after taking his MCAS test in the computer lab, a student started to read a book to pass the time before he was allowed to leave the exam. The book was Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I said to the student “I didn’t know Anthony Kiedis wrote [...]
This week I attended three webinars. Each was full of energy and lots of learning through experience was had by all.
Webinar 1 Digital Storytelling
The first was an ISTE seminar by BernaJean Porter on how to craft a digital story. The archive can be found here. The ides put forth will be very useful when coaching a [...]
