Web 2.0 SRR

Podcasting is a term I’ve heard frequently, but I had little experience with actually selecting and listening to them. This exercise walked me through the process of sampling podcasts and then adding one to my Google Reader. As with the other Web 2.0 tools I’ve tried, the variety is endless, the convenience of listening to [...]

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I have a confession to make. I am a British mystery junkie, always on the lookout for another author, the latest in a series, or even (sigh) a new series written by a favorite author. My method for finding authors and titles is hit and miss – and that is an understatement. I [...]

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StrudelMonkeyhttp://flickr.com/photos/trentstrohm/72083021/
Since I’m always in travel mode, the photos I explored  on Flickr are for our next trip, to Ireland. I thought this was a lovely one, typifying the green land and the sea that frame the history and culture of this land. This was my first experience using the site, and it was a visual [...]

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There is an expression, third time the charm. After trying two tools that didn’t grab my interest (Toondo and quizlet), I had fun with Wordle. It is easy to use and great for a novice. All you do is type or paste the words -quote – headline, etc, you want, and the tool creates a clever arrangement. [...]

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I just spent an engaging 50 minutes viewing one of the keynotes from the conference. “Time to Grow” was created by two educators, Vicki Davis in Georgia and Julie Lindsay in Qutar, near Saudi Arabia. While much of the session was an affirmation of topics I have been learning about during this course, Vicki’s enthusiasm (I dubbed her [...]

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The subtitle for this post Creative Commons - is “How I learned to stop obsessing about copyright infringement and share/expand/modify the great stuff I found on the Internet!”.
First things first – I never noticed the CC logo at the bottom of the page. In truth I don’t usually scroll that far, unless i need to figure [...]

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I almost wanted to be an elementary student again after reading the Room 15 Wiki! If Mr. Lindsay is even half as fun and creative as his wiki, life in room 15 would be a blast. This is the first of three wikis I will write about, and I felt it set a standard for excellence. It is [...]

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Dear Diary -what a minute, no one uses that quaint method of expressing their thoughts, insights and dreams anymore -they blog!
Dear Blog, I have the power! I now can access the world, or parts of it, through my Google Reader account. I can express my opinions to colleagues I’ve never met, get the latest reviews [...]

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This course is about the seemingly limitless ways we can communicate and connect with people. I was moved by the article that described an effective method of reaching out that included no spoken or written words, no graphics, no charts, or art or music. The Day of Silence, a project of the Gay -Straight Alliance, was [...]

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Homework – something I cringed over many times through the years is the topic of a fascinating discussion on this blog - is it a curse, cure, or just pointless?  In this piece about homework the many comments that I read seemed to concur that the way assignments are traditionally given, they are of little benefit [...]

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