July 26, 2007
I know, I know…It is Thursday and this is my first “project” post. It’s just that I haven’t really been able to decide what I want my project to be. I have learned so much this week:
-how to customize my blog w/widgets and sidebars and code
-del.icio.us and social bookmarking and tagging and networks
-setting up an amazon store to get a personalized reading list (and maybe make a little money at it!)
-google tools for teachers (mind maps, my maps, docs, photos, etc)
-bloglines to access and read lots of feeds in one place and then make my acct public through my blog
All this stuff is accessible through my blog so I guess my project is going to be communicating in web 2.0 ways through my blog. It has been really nice to be a part of this class and have time and assignments that force me (you didn’t have to twist my arm too hard) to explore tools that I’ve heard of or worked with a little but haven’t had a full understanding of until now. The reading has been great and helped me think of new ways for my kids to work with each other and with others across the world.
All good stuff. My brain is full and am trying to sort it all out and figure the implications on my teaching.
July 27th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Steph,
I will have to explore Amazon to discover this personalized reading list. Now how does this translate into money exactly?
I’m also excited about the Ning video because I just learned about Ning this morning. Seems like an intriguing hybrid of a blog and a chat room.
Thank you for helping me with the Clustr map, etc. I enjoyed getting to know you.
Good luck next year,
Theresa
July 27th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Stephanie–first, the anti-spam word is chill…how fitting for our warm classroom!Too funny.
I would enjoy learning more about how you use the communication tools we’ve learned. You have had such great ideas in class and your classblog would be fun, and educational, to check out. Will you post a link in the future? Thanks, Chris
July 27th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Steph, your blog will be a great resource to the teachers in your school. It was fun working next to you and getting to share ideas as they came up. You are way ahead of me in the podcast realm and hopefully this year my students, teachers and I will move ahead with that. I’ll watch your blog and hopefully we can trade ideas back and forth this year. See you online or in person sometime soon.
Cathy