Dec
23
Lawrence Lessing on Fresh Air
December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Terri Gross did a marvelous interview with Lawrence Lessing on Fresh Air yesterday. He’s a Stanford professor, a columnist for Wired Magazine and is a chair for Creative Commons. I’ve already listened to it twice…here’s the link:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98591002
(Image courtesy of http://flickr.com/photos/creativecommons/362748137/)
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Dec
8
The Networked Student
December 8, 2008 | 2 Comments
Here’s a terrific video that’s making the rounds on a bunch of blogs I’ve been reading lately…I love it!
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Dec
5
Reading for Pleasure as a Rip-Mix Experience
December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I just finished reading a post on WebLogg-Ed describing the Rip-Mix concept. I’ve been looking for the right terminology to describe an experience I’ve been having recently and “Rip-Mix” may be just the ticket…
Lately I’ve been reading Girls Like Us, a biography of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. The book is laden with [...]
Dec
4
A Brave New World Wide Web
December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I’m clearly getting addicted to these videos. Here’s a really good one by David Truss at Pair-a-Dimes:
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Dec
4
Nearest Book Meme
December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment
I just saw this meme on Andrea Hernandez’ Ed Tech Workshop blog…here goes:
The Rules:
Get the book nearest to you. Right now.
Go to page 56.
Find the 5th sentence.
Write this sentence – either here or on your blog.
Copy these instructions as commentary of your sentence.
Don’t look for your favorite book or your coolest, but really the nearest [...]
Dec
3
Blogging with Colleagues – Part 2
December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment
I have been (sporadically) blogging since 2006! For the first time this summer, I had the opportunity to try blogging with my colleagues, which you can read more about here.
This past Fall, our Upper School (grades 6-8) Division Head decided to incorporate some Web 2.0 tools into her administrative repertoire. Rather than passing out the [...]
Dec
1
My Maiden Voyage with Skype
December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Two weeks before the Thanksgiving Break, Richard Kassissieh, Director of Technology at Caitin Gabel School invited me to “virtually” attend a meeting he had organized for his World Language teachers. One of his Spanish teachers has been experimenting with Voicethread for the past several months, and he wanted to share with his colleagues. Knowing that [...]
