CTAP Siskiyou Web 2.0

Great rationale for why networks matter. Peggy Bentlley does a marvelous job of using Tweets to support the points she makes in her blog post. Must read!

Continuing discussions on Commenting by Ed Nagelhout

For me, commenting is no different from any other type of writing, driven by the same goals and motivations. Writing is, first and foremost, about audience, purpose, and context. This means, of course, that commenting is about the potential for more explicit/direct engagement in ways that other more formal writing opportunities are not. This means, to me, that the writing (the commenting) requires both a more direct and a more nuanced consideration of audience, purpose, and context. Read more about commenting and interacting with others in blogging and other online conversations.

Links to thousands of free audio clips that are copyright free. In digital storytelling, easy to drop these clips into Audacity or Garageband, etc. and create vodcasts of all kinds.

In this quick tip, we are going to share with you how you can open *.ePub files on your browser with EPUBReader on Firefox and MagicScroll on Chrome. These extensions are made as a minimalist ebook reader that will allow you to browse through ebooks directly from these two browsers.

Going to try using this as part of my venture into digital storytelling

Great presentation on the place/value of blended/online learning & the CA Open Campus Initiative. The Initiative was Federally-funded to develop the curriculum which is shared to schools that want to use it. Embedded in the HaikuLMS. 

There are still some educators that don't seem to know the no nos for teaching with a projector or interactive whiteboard (IWB). Here are ten no nos to avoid as you teach with technology.

"Whether you're a new or seasoned Twitter user, you likely come across confusing hashtags that probably look like a bunch of nonsense." This post has hashtags grouped very well for educators and how to use hashtags properly. 

Nice basic introduction to hashtags in education and has groupings of tags that will be helpful to use in filtering what you want to find and share on Twitter

Thorough introduction to curation and its implications for education. 

A really well written post on some things we should consider about blogging. She based her post on her own experience with blogging and the work of Sue Waters, a professional educ. blogger and trainer for Edublogs. Here are some questions she asks: Who should be writing for? What is the benefit? Is it important to read others work and comment? I think if you read this post, you will be encouraged. 

Three ways to send student work, images, video, etc. to your Dropbox. Check out the differences by trying them out. I've used Jotform as a way to collect videos and images. 

Fascinating book on a new pedagogy for the 21st century teacher and learner. Will we continue to ask students to work in an environment of scarcity, both in resources, but also in the learning process, which is locked up by testing and standards? Check it out!

Great way to use a blog as an online resume. Margaret has done an exemplary job in her curation of her blog. Great to show for career classes & business. I'm thinking about starting to do something like that for myself!

Mrs. Yollis, 3rd grade teacher is an award-winning blogger. She has her students blogging and has taught them some keys to leaving quality comments on posts in a simple, fun way. Check it out! I loved it.

Practical tips on how to increase blog comments & the interaction you are looking for as a learner.

Great discussion on the process of implementing blogging in the classroom. Nice infographic embedded in blogpost

Here are some good tips on how to streamline the information you face on the Internet, email, etc. Like Jodie, I'm working to implement the GTD organizational system using Evernote, Diigo, Google Reader, Twitter, Google Drive, etc. 

Interesting article that addresses free speech and it's limitations in a school environment. How will we respond?