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I have had the pleasure of working with the Kauai Pacific School and Martin J. Gottlieb Day School faculty this past month in getting started with classroom blogs. The familiarity of reading and writing in a blog platform varies tremendously. I found it very helpful to start out with a brief overview of the architecture [...]

What does it mean to be literate? I am asking myself this question more frequently lately. Does being literate mean the same for this class? Image by Historic Beverton than for this class? or this class? image by holtsman The official definition from the dictionary defines “to be literate” as: able to read and write [...]

I received a great email this morning. Yuri Eelma from St. Petersburg, Russia contacted me to let me know that he read my “Blogging With Elementary School Students” unit with interest. In order to help out teachers in his country, he decided to translate the unit into Russian. My name is Yuri Eelmaa (Estonian surname), [...]

Gone are the days, when you had to learn HTML code, know how to upload via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and create images in Photoshop in order to design a website. Nowadays, you can use a blog (platform) as an easy tool to create and update a website. Choose from thousands of template themes available [...]

Langwitches Blog is honored to have been voted as one of the Top 100 Languages Blog. It received first place in the Languages Technology Category. Thank you to everyone who voted. I am happy that the documentation of my own learning journey is useful and helpful to others.

I am honored that Langwitches Blog has been nominated for the second year in a row for the Top Language Technology Blog If you enjoy reading and find Langwitches useful, consider voting for the blog here.

Blogging with students has been on my mind lately, as 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th graders at my school are embarking on blogging adventures with their teachers. A few weeks ago, I blogged about Taking Student Blogging to the Next Level. I also prepared a 3 hour workshop on the same subject for the [...]

I have been blogging for over 4 years now. In my very first bog post (February 20, 2006), I wrote : This Blog is an experiment. I am fascinated by the possibilities of blogging in the foreign language classroom. I will document what I have learned and hopefully inspire other language teacher to try their [...]

Many times, I see eyes glazing over, when I excitedly speak with parents or administrators about blogging, skyping or podcasting with students. Many of them, unfamiliar with the tools, will immediately feel uncomfortable. Some will automatically and immediately steer the conversation back to what they know: What about learning the basics, like reading, writing, math [...]

The Year: 2010 The Challenge: Take one photograph every day for 365 days. Display them on my 365/2010 Challenge blog and on my Flickr 365/2010 set. Joined the EdTech 365/2010 Flickr Group Purpose: Digital storytelling through photo blogging and to grow as a photographer Equipment: iPhone and Canon Rebel XS If you are participating yourself [...]