Nancy Keck’s Blog

I think the most amazing thing that happened this week is the phenomena of Susan Boyle and the amazing technological advance of her career on Youtube. I feel that Susan Boyle has taught us all a lesson. As a special education teacher, I have found that too many wonderful people/students with fantastic talents and tales to […]

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“Stories are basic to all human cultures, the primary means by which we structure, share, and make sense of our common experiences. Rather, we are seeing the emergence of new story structures, which create complexity by expanding the range of narrative possibility rather than pursuing a single path with a beginning, middle, and end.”
I have […]

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“Just as the social dynamic of these online communities reaffirms and / or redefines their individual members’ brand loyalties, a similar dynamic shapes the ways people media and products within their family or with friends”
This statement makes a lot of sense to me and reminds me of the communities that students have set up to […]

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“Collective intelligences refers to this ability of virtual communities to leverage the combined expertise of their members. What we cannot know or do on our own, we may now be able to do collectively.”
I think back to the time before I was a DEN member (Discovery Educators Network) and think how “boring” my teaching was. […]

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My favorite site this week is CNN Student News
Students view upbreaking new stories, view videos, podcast, blog, and read daily newsletter
Teachers can plan lessons, worksheets, and access daily assessments
This site may be used in all grade levels and is Fantastic for Current Events
I have a daily update mailed to my school email

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 Student creates a Presentation on the 2009 Inauguration using “Animoto”…Press Here to view Presentation  
Photo from Student’s project (http://animoto.com/play/hZQiXqR2djKb5eNy2JcEZA?from=share)

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 The overview of the project “Our Lives Our Stories” was created using Ipages… Overview of Our Lives…Our Stories

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One of the many things that I have learned to do… is to use “Iweb” as an online magazine for Student work/presentations. The following “flip Magazine” is a sample of our online magazine “Our Lives… Our Stories”created on Iweb.This year my co-teacher, Margie Dilmore and I worked together with a Geography teacher, Robin Abrams to […]

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