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Google Reader- Starred and Shared Items

Monday, September 1st, 2008

If you use Google Reader as your RSS Aggregator, you might or might not be familiar with the “Starred Items” “Shared Items” feature.
Although I neglect these two features sometimes, when it is hard enough to get though all my my feeds anyway, they have grown on me and I am using them more and more.

The [...]

Digital Storytelling Part IX- Wordle

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

A picture is worth a thousand words… A thousand words can tell a story…
Using words as a visual give a different impression than text alone. Visuals can allow us to “see” a concept or, a relationship that text alone might not make apparent. It can tell a visual story of words, keywords, thoughts, text, and [...]

Reunión en la Goethe Schule: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Muchísimas gracias a la dirección de la Goethe Schule en Buenos Aires, Argentina por darme la oportunidad de hablar con ellos acerca de la integración de tecnología y la alfabetización en el siglo XXI.
Gracias a Verónica D. y Heidi M. por organizar ese encuentro. Ich freue mich schon auf gemeinsame Projekte!

¿Qué es un Instructional Technologist?

La [...]

Digital StoryTelling- What Comes to Mind?

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

As many of you know, who follow me on Langwitches, I am working on a Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators.
I will be using Wordle to create a storytelling cloud with words that come to mind when you think what Digital Storytelling means to or for you.
Please contribute keywords, that come to YOUR mind when you [...]

Skype Laughter Chain

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Need a laugh? Check out this Skype Laugher Chain and if inclined, add you laughter to the chain.

Laughter is a universal language
It’s no accident that LOL (Laugh Out Loud) is one of the most popular acronyms on the web – we all love to communicate, to share and feel part of a community. Laughter brings [...]

Learning and Teaching Scratch

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

I have decided to introduce Scatch in my upcoming TechCamp.
Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web.
Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As [...]

TechCamp- Scratch, Lego Designer, Zoon Tycoon and more

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

I am getting ready to teach a one week-three hour summer technology camp next week at my elementary school.
My objective for this camp is to allow the campers (incoming 4th-6th Graders) to have time to PLAY, time to EXPLORE, time to MAKE MISTAKES and time to FIGURE IT OUT, either by themselves or with each [...]

Custom Google Search Engine

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Yesterday, during our last technology professional development workshop of the year, I introduced a group of our elementary school faculty to the concept of a custom Google Search Engine. Everyone present was invited to be a collaborator and created (if they did not have one) or signed into their google account. I created a step-by-step [...]

Global Tidbits- Twitter Group

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Right after I published the "Tidbits of Information " post, I receive a Twitter from ehelfant

So, I checked into creating a group twitter account. I guess there are several sites out there. I chose GroupTweet , since Liz Davis recently created a group called Edutweets .
Set up was pretty simple. I created a new Twitter [...]

Global Awareness & Global Collaboration VoiceThreads

Monday, April 7th, 2008

As of today my VoiceThread "What could it mean?" has had almost 1000 views and has drawn 357 voices. These voices are commenting on images from different countries, depicting a unique traditions, typical customs, distinctive perspectives, routines, habits and practices. Together they are painting a story how people from different countries and cultures can interpret [...]