EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 12, 2009

'The Personal Learning Network (PLN) that I''ve built on Twitter over the past couple of months has become an amazing resource for learning about what''s going on in the educational technology world. I was excited when I had an opportunity last week to present using Twitter as a tool for personal learning to some of my colleagues. Although I knew I wouldn''t have time to share everything I''ve learned or done over the past couple of months with them, I wound up reflecting back in some detail on

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The Electric Educator

OCTOBER 29, 2009

'It has been great watching the stream of potential uses for Google Wave roll in. I wish that I had more than nine invitations to give out! Here are what I believe to be the best potential uses of Google Wave. Some are ideas for specific classroom lessons while others are big picture concepts. I am proud to be able to provide access to Wave for these 9 individuals.

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Nik Peachey

OCTOBER 1, 2009

WordMagnets is a really useful tool that students can either use alone on a computer, or that you can use in class with a projector or IWB. Here's a short video showing you how to use it. You can download a copy of the video here and copy suitable for iPod here. WordMagnets is a simple tool that allows you to paste text into a field and then click a couple of times to change the text into word tiles a little like fridge magnets that you can drag and rearrange.

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 31, 2009

'taking a wee webisode video break from AASL prep.i bring you. Male Prima Donna by Subtle Sexuality. "I''m the OG prima donna. My rhymes bite like piranha, Hotter than a sauna, Straight out of Lackawannaaaaaa!" -- Song & Vid available for download on iTunes - photo from iTunes sorry if you had to watch a Disney commerical to get the vid (i *hate the Mouse)and i can''t link to YouTube when the NBC version has better resolution (and is legal).it''s the price one must pay to get that slammin so

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This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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The Electric Educator

OCTOBER 16, 2009

'I was excited to receive an invitation email to join the Google Wave today. I haven''t had much time to explore Google''s latest innovation, but I am excited about its possibilities. If you haven''t yet heard of Google Wave, here''s the basic idea: email is now a standard feature of our lives, but it was envisioned nearly 40 years ago. Technology has dramatically improved since then as has the availability of bandwidth.

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The Electric Educator

OCTOBER 2, 2009

'On Tuesday, October 6th, I will be leading a professional development workshop at my school on Wikis. One of the first things I will be doing with the teachers is having them view a 5-slide presentation on Good, Bad, and Ugly uses of wikis. I would appreciate feedback from those of you who are using wikis: 1. How have you seen wikis used effectively?

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Nik Peachey

OCTOBER 27, 2009

The importance of careful thought and reflection on what we do as both teachers and learners can not be overestimated in terms of the learning process and retaining information in a way that we can actually use it and make it part of our experience and practice. Keeping a teaching or learning journal can be a really important part of this process of reflection and writing entries can help us to reformulate what we have read or analyse our experiences and draw conclusions from them which we can l

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The Electric Educator

OCTOBER 16, 2009

I was excited to receive an invitation email to join the Google Wave today. I haven't had much time to explore Google's latest innovation, but I am excited about its possibilities. If you haven't yet heard of Google Wave, here's the basic idea: email is now a standard feature of our lives, but it was envisioned nearly 40 years ago. Technology has dramatically improved since then as has the availability of bandwidth.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 14, 2009

'In the "About Me" section of my blog page, I have a little statement that says there are "no guarantees that a more personal post might not sneak in every once in a while". Well, this is one of those posts! My blog is 99% edtech, but Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is such an important ministry to me personally that it gets to sneak into the 1% non-edtech.

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 27, 2009

'In 2007 i blogged about the first Did You Know by Karl Fisch for my parents, teachers & community. because when i saw it (the first one) it rocked my world! back then it was MySpace that could have been the 8th largest company.Facebook wasn''t even invented yet.nor Twitter! we''re still not there in the school system (at least not mine) using social networks FOR us rather than being AGAINST us!

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 26, 2009

'or the sad tale of a lonely Clank who wants to go to the AASL conference in Charlotte: Part 1: Clank He can''t join in on the Bloggers'' Cafe.but YOU Can! Join us@the Unconference ! Part 2: Cecily & Clank b there! "You’ve registered for the AASL 14th National Conference & Exhibition. Before you start your engines, be sure to take advantage of the b there – Your Virtual Track Pass Web site – the national conference offered in a virtual setting.

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 23, 2009

'GoAnimate.com : MHMS Media Center Adventures! by gwyneth Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It''s free and fun! OK, so i''m getting better at GoAnimate! and it really is a WAY cool, user friendly animation studio! (that will probably be blocked by my county next week.just as i do any prof dev on it it gets blocked.cause that seems to be the kiss of death for anything cool - like Twitter or Flickr - i share it with other teachers or media specialists and blammo!

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 16, 2009

'Join IN the FUN EARLY! You Gotta b there! – Your Virtual Track Pass. Your one Pitt Stop Chop Shop for all the Cool links to get your AASL Experience Turbo Charged! Ooooer! i''m getting SOooo Excited for #AASL2009! and i have several reasons to be Excited! and like on Seinfeld i''m going to be using a lot of exclamations! so.buckle your seatbelts.you''ve been warned.

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 15, 2009

'What is the Bloggers’ Café? The Hepcat Learning Lounge@AASL The Bloggers'' Cafe is the coolest place to hang out at any Ed Tech conference! This was the "the place to be" hub @NECC09! This is where all the cool peeps are going to chill.once you''re there anyway why not stand up and share? In a low key, high-tech, beatnik kinda way - beret & goatee optional.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 14, 2009

'So, yesterday i got really excited about the Neil Gaiman Twitter writing opportunity the Exquisite Corpse.I instantly thought of our Writers Guild and how they could have really gotten involved with the writing experience. However, Twitter is now Blocked in HCPSS. WARNING: Mini-Rant & Personal Opinion Here Not Related to HCPSS or reflecting on them yada yada yada - yeah.i gotta big mouth!

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 7, 2009

'Well, i''m excited! The Howard County Library is starting a Teen program that i blogged about on my Media Center Blog called Pass That Book.it''s along the same lines as Bookcrossing.com.i''m reposting that here because this is a GREAT idea for other Library Media Center & Public Library partnerships! PSST.PASS THAT BOOK! Beginning October 19, be on the lookout for specially marked copies of The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld.

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 6, 2009

'I was very pleased and gratified to have Sir JJ Drinkwater of the Caledon Library bestow upon me a very special bookcase ((I later found out they were FREE for the asking! LOL)).using scripts provided by the esteemed code poet Sir ZenModo Wormser. This special bookcase is very interactive and actually gives out books that you can read in-world! (pray, gentle reader.click on any picture below for a Full Size version!

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 20, 2009

'GoAnimate.com : The Unconference@The Blogger's Cafe by gwyneth Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It''s free and fun!

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Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions

The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 19, 2009

'WOW! Great Animoto, Joyce! Thanks for sharing with everyone! It''s hard to watch that and NOT get JAZZED up for AASL in Charlotte!

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

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