Archive for November 15th, 2009

Personal Learning Network

Sunday, November 15th, 2009 by Gina Oldendorf

I am in the process of building my own “PLN” but sometimes it is hard to keep up with everything.  I have not been able to “get into” Twitter.  Ning is blocked at my school and my off hours are the time that I have to read.  I do read many blogs and belong to several e-mail based teacher groups.  It makes me feel less alone in the big education world especially teaching in a small school and being the only physics teacher.  I do also frequently search around the web for what my children call my “subject of the day.”  Today’s subject of the day was “Web 2.0 in Education.”  I have been using Discovery Streaming quite often with my freshmen classes and would like to incorporate other Web 2.0 applications with all my classes.  My goal this week is to incorporate at least 2 new Web 2.0 applications with my older classes.

Some Great Websites

Sunday, November 15th, 2009 by Gina Oldendorf

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

How is technology being used?

Sunday, November 15th, 2009 by Gina Oldendorf

As I was looking at this presentation, I was thinking about my own classroom.  I teach at a 1:1 laptop school.  I turned down having a Promethean Board in my classroom a couple of weeks ago.  With a tablet laptop, projector, and a document camera, it seems like the Promethean Board would have been too much of a good thing.  I do wish that I had more room in my classroom because the only practical set-up is desks in rows and this does not promote the spirit of collaboration that I want in my classroom. 

 

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