Archive for November, 2009

links for 2009-11-30

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Howard Rheingold's Vlog- 21st Century Literacies
I spoke about 21st century literacies at the Reboot Britain event in London, July, 2009. (About 40 minutes)
(tags: literacy video presentation 21stcenturylearning)

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links for 2009-11-29

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Jewish Communities Around the World: Social Media Style « jlearn2.0
Instead of using the Internet to collect information, they are taking advantage of the social value of global online opportunities to connect with other Jews in more personal ways, sharing stories, making connections, and becoming connoisseurs of new media as they learn and create together.
(tags: langwitches [...]

links for 2009-11-28

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

LibriVox
LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain.
(tags: audiobooks free mp3)

Kiddie Records Weekly
Over the years, these forgotten treasures slipped off the radar and it became our mission to give them a new lease on life by sharing them with today's generation of online listeners.
(tags: music kids mp3 audio stories)

Home – Creaza
Creatve tools: Mindmapping, Cartoonist, Movie [...]

Information Literacy…Authentic Conversation..Globalize Curriculum…

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

In this video presented by Mobile Learning Institute:
Alan November tours his hometown of Marblehead, MA and comments on the historical global vision of his community. Alan challenges us to think about the emerging role of “student as contributor” and to globalize our curriculum by linking students with authentic audiences from around the world. (For more, [...]

links for 2009-11-27

Friday, November 27th, 2009

National Geographic's International Photography Contest 2009 – The Big Picture – Boston.com
(tags: photography nationalgeographic inspiration)

apophenia: spectacle at Web2.0 Expo… from my perspective
backchannel experience gone bad
(tags: backchannel presentation etiquette)

WatchKnow – Videos for kids to learn from. Organized.
(tags: videos instructional education)

Challenging the Presentation Paradigm (in 6 minutes, 40 seconds): Pecha Kucha
At about the same time, the presentation [...]

Images that Inspire Storytelling & Writing

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Using visuals to create and support stories is a skill we should encourage and nurture in our students . It should be obvious by now that I consider storytelling an integral part of a teacher’s toolbox. You can read about the Need for Storytelling and Why Storytelling Can/Should Be Anywhere/Everywhere and will understand why storytelling [...]

links for 2009-11-26

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Pecha Kucha
This presentation consists of only 20 slides, and each slide auto-advances to the next after 20 seconds. So, the entire presentation ends up lasting 6 min 40 sec per presenter. In the traditional style all presenters go one after another. Only when all the presentations are done [...]

links for 2009-11-25

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

TinyUploads: Resize and upload lots of images
TinyUploads lets you share your photos fast! Resize images and upload online in just one click! Share pictures with your friends by embedding them in your blog or a variety of other ways!
(tags: images resize)

You are Never Alone » From the Coal Face: Skype in the Classroom#1
I asked teacher [...]

Edublog Awards 2009 Open for Nomination

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

The Edublog Awards 2009 are open for nomination!
This is our chance to nominate and celebrate
the achievements of edubloggers, twitterers, podcasters, video makers, online communities, wiki hosts and other web based users of educational technology.
Here are the categories, I would like to nominate the following individuals:

Best individual blog- Kim Cofino- Always Learning Blog  http://mscofino.edublogs.org/
Best individual tweeter- [...]

links for 2009-11-24

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

iFree Skype Recorder | Record Skype Free
iFree recorder is a easy-to-use tool for recording Skype voice conversations.
It has the following advantages:
* – It's FREE with no limits attached.
* – Automatic or manual recording capabilities.
* – Can be used to record Skype2Skype calls, SkypeOut/SkypeIn [...]

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