Archive for September, 2008

The Benefits of Twitter

So after reading a series of posts on twitter last night, I was thrilled to be a partner in the Twitter Learning Network. The amazing Paula White, a DEN member, taught us all how glad we are to have her around. She is amazing. So the story goes…
One twitter friend chocxtc, or Ken to DEN […]

CiteBite

Lee, AKA TeachAKidd, just gave us a great tool that I thought I would share with everyone.Its a seven minute video that is worth watching… especially if you teach about 4th grade and up. Thanks for the great find Lee! http://www.citebite.com/

Stream-a-thon Fun!

I am listening to Jannita right now and have learned quite a bit about things I already use. I certainly appreciate the opportunity to receive free training on free software available on the web and usable in the classroom. I enjoyed the Audactity coverage, ABC’s and D, www.speechable.com, www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/, http://cueprompter.com/,  http://www.glogster.com/edu, http://www.ostube.de/, http://www.transl8it.com, http://www.totlol.com/, http://www.dipity.com/, […]

As promised…

Okay, I have been pondering for days how I would discuss Ike in my blog once I was back online. To be honest… I think after I get done posting this, I will be done talking about it for the most part. It was big and scary and no fun. What I do need to […]

Irrational

Have you ever just felt irrational? I feel like technology is feeding my irrationality right now. It is unbelievable that we can follow weather in so many different ways. My phone keeps tweeting with hurricane warnings, my e-mail keeps dinging with friends checking in. My phone keeps ringing with electronic messages from the town, the […]

Fun with Wordle

 
I decided to play a little with wordle tonight to stop thinking about hurricanes for a moment. I figured I would share them.

Two versions to use for posters:
School Wordle 1
School Wordle 2

New School

Well, I have been waiting for almost a month to go to my new school and I can see the end in sight. The district has finally reduced our teacher numbers and my principal is releasing me to go to my new position towards the end of this week. Although I am quite nervous since […]

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