Google Reader is, as of now, my RSS reader of choice. It has the ability to compile not only the blogs I follow, but also to allow me to follow my UC Bearcats' sports teams without having to go searching for articles at multiple sites. It's nice to get the updates right on my iGoogle page as well.
I think that, as a teacher, this is a great tool. If students were using this and their teachers were blogging, then I think that students would be able to get all their assignments, etc. via one place. I don't know how feasible it is to expect teachers and students to use this, but it is an interesting concept.
I am a fan of blogging and of all the tools that make it easier to keep up with, especially RSS Feed Readers.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Free Use Photo Sites
Here are a couple free use photo sites that I came across recently while working on a Web Design II Project idea. I know that many more exist at the Mariemont High School Library Site, so feel free to check them out as well!
Thanks, and I'll talk to you soon :)
Thanks, and I'll talk to you soon :)
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Digital Storytelling
Today in class, we discussed several sites for digital storytelling. The list is below:
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
iTunes U
I have been familiar with iTunes and Podcasts for quite a while. I especially like podcasts because they are free :)
The recent discrovery I found was a series of videos produced about poetry that will go very well with my Poetry unit that I teach in the spring. They are poets speaking about their own poems before reciting them. I think it is a great exercise for students to emulate, and I may even make them do a similar thing with the poetry project that we do.
I also enrolled my own podcast onto iTunes so that people can subscribe to it. That means that any time I record and upload an update to my podbean.com site, it will automatically update the itunes of people who have subscribed to my "LitCast." I love that.
The recent discrovery I found was a series of videos produced about poetry that will go very well with my Poetry unit that I teach in the spring. They are poets speaking about their own poems before reciting them. I think it is a great exercise for students to emulate, and I may even make them do a similar thing with the poetry project that we do.
I also enrolled my own podcast onto iTunes so that people can subscribe to it. That means that any time I record and upload an update to my podbean.com site, it will automatically update the itunes of people who have subscribed to my "LitCast." I love that.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
21st Century Skills in the News
I came across this article [ What every 21st-century educator should know ] and thought it would be a worthwhile read. I particularly like the comments the author makes on focus and on democratization of knowledge. The latter is a very useful tool, in my experience. Students take command of knowledge when they produce something for the global community. They want to be percieved as 'in the know.'
Worthwhile read, if you get a chance.
Worthwhile read, if you get a chance.
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