Here’s a link to an article by Clive Thompson about literacy – it seems a professor from Stanford has done a study over 6 years where she analysed student writing – from formal essays to emails, blog posts and chats. The amazing thing she discovered is that today’s youth write more than in my day [...]
I’ve been doing a bit of editing in both wikis over the last few days and while they are both wikis there are many differences. WikiSpaces has a number of shortcuts for changing different sections – cosmetic changes if you like. The coding is also different which made my initial foray into WikiEducator a puzzle [...]
I know that sounds a bit daunting but it isn’t really. This program is very good news if your school is running on Moodle – a bit like a car running on gas really! Background I’ve signed up for an online workshop at wikieducator. I’m at home today recovering from a stinker of a headache [...]
I’m out of my classroom this morning for a literacy workshop. I’m not sure who the relief teacher will be but that’s ok – all my work is already online waiting for my students. When my students arrive they turn the computers on and open up their assigned browser (long story!). Their home page is [...]
At the end of July I was prompted to take another look at Edmodo when they released a new version. It was exciting to be able to chat with them and ask the pertinent questions – like age limits – NONE! I created an account and set up a group for my class. I then [...]
Hamlet said: To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. My deliberate misquote is about teaching. It comes out of a conversation I’ve just [...]
It’s not the technology in our classrooms it’s the passion and vision we have. This via Justine (Rt:@NZChrissy RT:@Shareski Via @ujdmc)
Twitter is a fantastic tool – it’s been part of my online PD/PLN since I first signed up. But I woke up on July 28th to discover that my twitter account had been suspended! I immediately filed a support request to have it reinstated but have had no luck yet. In the meantime I created [...]
