Here are five ideas that will help you begin building your own personal learning network.
1. Read blogs related to your passion. Search out topics of interest at http://blogsearch.google.com and see who shares those interests.
2. Participate. If you find bloggers out there who are writing interesting and relevant posts, share your reflections and experiences by commenting on their posts.
3. Use your real name. It's a requisite step to be Googled well. Be prudent, of course, about divulging any personal information that puts you at risk, and guide students in how they can do the same.
4. Start a Facebook page. Educators need to understand the potential of social networking for themselves.
5. Explore Twitter (http://twitter.com), a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables users to exchange short updates of 140 characters or fewer. It may not look like much at first glance, but with Twitter, the network can be at your fingertips.
On this article we will talk about how to add a Virtual Earth map to your blogs using Windows Live Writer. Get the software from http://download.live.com/writer.
A virtual drum roll please… We are thrilled to officially open the application process for the Discovery Student Adventures Pilot Program.
Join us as we discover more of our incredible planet earth together with adventure trips to Australia, South Africa, and China. In order to participate in this pilot trip, you must be a STAR Discovery Educator. Not only are you able to take part in this once in a lifetime opportunity, each STAR selected will be able to choose four of their students to join them on the adventure! This is at no cost to you or your students!
So with no further ado… here's the official wording and post importantly the link to apply.
Use zinepal.com to create your own magazines and eBooks. You can select content from blogs, Atom/RSS feeds and other websites. zinepal.com reformats the content into a printable PDF and an eBook for use with the Amazon Kindle and other eBook readers. Now you can take your content wherever you go. Read your zine during your commute, in the park or your favorite coffee shop. You can also e-mail it to your friends or just let them subscribe to your zine feed on zinepal.com.
iPad Learning Objectives
I want my students to record and edit video on the iPad.
I want my students to record and / or edit audio on the iPad.
I want my students to read class content on the iPad.
I want my students to annotate course readings on the iPad
I want my students to be able to use audio books on the iPad.
I want my students to use the iPad as a digitial notebook / note-taking device.
I want my students to use their iPads to create screencasts to share and demonstrate their understanding.
I want my students to create presentations on the iPad.
I want my students to create digital stories on the iPad.
I want my students to be able to study with the iPad.
I want to use the iPad as a student response system.
I want my students to create written content on the iPad.
I want my students to blog on the iPad.
I want my students to create ePubs / iBooks to read on the iPad.
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