Friday, February 25, 2011
How to reduce the size of the picture
I have not been able to figure out how to reduce the size of the video. It's a work in progress.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 sites are not just interactive sites but sites that allow you to engage an audience in various ways.
animoto, edmodo, googlesites, skype, twitter, glogster, chatzy, backchannels, wordle, Youtube, Vimeo, Voice thread, Tagxedo, Slideshare, Prezi, blabberize
Try some of these!
animoto, edmodo, googlesites, skype, twitter, glogster, chatzy, backchannels, wordle, Youtube, Vimeo, Voice thread, Tagxedo, Slideshare, Prezi, blabberize
Try some of these!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Web 2.0 apps in the elementary classroom
When you are first investigating Web 2.0 and all it's amazing applications you may, at first, assume it is a static group of applications and that Web 3.0 will be the next group of new apps. Not so. Web 2.0 is dynamic and constantly changing to meet technology users needs or wants. We as educators must get out of our comfort zone and occasionally try a new app. to see if we can use it in a MEANINGFUL way. We've been playing around with Wordle, animoto, edmodo, googlesites, blogs and twitter. Where do these apps. make sense in our classes?
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Tech Forum on 4/8 who's going?
The presenters for this conference sound great! Who's going? Who's gone before? Anyone have any info?
http://www.techlearning.com/events/techforum/boston11/register
http://www.techlearning.com/events/techforum/boston11/register
Web 2.0 technologies in the elementary classroom?

Lets talk about using blogs in the elementary school classroom. How can we get around having the need for bloggers to have email addresses, since it is illegal for those under 13 to have email addresses? One way is for your district to 'invest' (more time then money) in becoming a "google district." Mary Marotta is the facilitator. Her blog; http://techdi.blogspot.com/
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