A list is being compiled for the top ten learning tools for 2009. I added my top ten for 2009. I did this very quickly via twitter and just tried to concentrate on the tools I use and find useful on a regular basis. If you look at the list, my contribution is number 117. …
Category Archive: Web 2.0
May
31
May
04
“Learning in a participatory culture” at MIT
At MIT Saturday for the Project New Media Literacies “Learning in a Participatory Culture” Conference. Goals of the conference were to Launch the New Media Literacies learning library “the learning library is a flexible online-learning environment that incorporates an expanding collection of multimedia elements and challenges and offers users the opportunity to design and contribute their own related marterials.” …
Apr
28
Technology PD Showcase Reflection
This week I had the opportunity to run the monthly faculty meeting, along with the school librarian. The purpose was to debrief the schools’ recent technology showcase to gather feedback and show off some of the projects that resulted. We organized 6 groups, each was to discuss one of the following 6 questions 1. Reflect on …
Apr
08
8 Delicious Did You Knows
Delicious is my social bookmarking site of choice. If you don’t have an account-get one here and if you don’t know what social bookmarking is, this video will explain. This is for those who already use delicious and might want to learn more. Did you know 1. You can backup your delicious account by exporting a html file of …
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 …
Jul
05
Summer Reading Adventures
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Feb
16
New features galore in googledocs
The working conditions at Google are well documented and seem to be paying off. They are always added new and improved features to the google docs and spreadsheets online package. If you are curious about whether google docs will do for you what you do with office, check out the new features here. Students and teachers can immediately …
Jan
24
Google spreadsheets
Once you have tried google docs, it is easy to have the same advantages using a google spreadsheet. Simply go to file> spreadsheet and an excel-like document will open. These can be saved and shared just like the word processing documents.
Jan
22
Googledocs-storing pictures?
Yesterday I introduced the Googledocs-themovie. Hopefully, it gave you some idea of why it is useful to use an online word processor. Tuesdays is hacks and shortcuts day on the digital backpack. A day where we can explore different ways of doing things – this sometimes requires a different way to think about a topic. …
Jan
21
Google docs – the movie
One of the most useful tools in your digital backpack is going to be an online word processor that will save your work. This means wherever you are (school or home or library) and whatever computer you are on (mac or pc) you are always ready for editing, collaborating or printing. This movie is a …
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