Social Bookmarking – Made Easy
Posted by Gary on October 31, 2007 in Internet Research, Language Arts, Libraries, Math, Social Studies, Web 2.0
Del.icio.us is a practical social bookmarking tool teachers can utilize to make classroom use of the Internet more efficient. By using a Delicious account teachers can easily and simply share internet sites with students at multiple computers. Watch the video below (created by Commoncraft) to learn about Social Bookmarking with Delicious. If you have more questions or want to investigate and think about using a Delicious account contact the Instructional Technology Specialist assigned to your building.
eScrapbooking
Posted by Abbey on October 15, 2007 in English Language Learners, Foreign Languages, Language Arts, Math, Photo Story 3, PowerPoint, Science, Social Studies
Scrapbooking is more than organizing a collection of pictures, words to document important memories. It is a selection process to capture details where powerful personal insights are revealed. eScrapbooking is the digital version of that process which can aid students in sorting through all the scraps of information they are bombarded with and in capturing snapshots of their own learning. It is also a useful tool for teachers to reflect on their practice. (more…)
Keeping Current with RSS
Posted by LeAnn on October 6, 2007 in Web 2.0
Lately I’ve been discussing with a few teachers about how they incorporate current events/news into their classrooms and the time it takes to gather the information. RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is an easy way to check the websites you visit frequently all in one place by using a feed reader (aggregator). (more…)
Orca Teachers and the Presentation Station
Posted by Janice on October 3, 2007 in Teacher Voices
In a recent in-service, Orca teachers Dante Feldman and Michelle Kaufman talked about their use of the presentation station with other teachers and with IT, Juli Swinnerton. orca-teachers.WMV
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