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. …
Monthly Archive: March 2009
Mar
22
School-wide Technology Showcase
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 …
Mar
14
Low Tech Literacy Initiative
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 …
Mar
08
Three Free Webinars
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 …

