Peter Pappas »
31 March 2010 »
In How To, Publishing, Strategies, Visualizations, Web 2.0 »
Web 2.0 sites become more useful as the number of users grow. Fortunately for teachers, there's loads of free educational 2.0 applications that can be utilized in the classroom to help students research, collaborate and share what they've learned.
Hats off to British educator, Terry Freedman, who has solicited lessons from 94 teachers from around the world and edited them into a free downloadable book Download Amazing Web 2 Projects 2 online version (2 MB pdf) Hint: If you're not following Terry on Twitter (as I do) here's his Twitter link. The book also includes Twitter links to all the creative contributors to the project.
The book is organized by grade level and has curated links to all the web resources utilized. Each project includes a teacher-friendly "how to" with benefits, challenges, management tips, sample screen shots / links and learning outcomes. Terry's project is a great example of how the internet can be harnessed to share and collaborate. Who knows, the projects might even inspire your students to collaborate with their peers on their own book!
BTW - If you are a big fan of Wordle, you might like to see another international teacher collaboration "Build Literacy Skills with Wordle".
Tags: Apps, Creativity, Innovation, Twitter, Wordle
Peter Pappas »
23 March 2010 »
In Commentary, Ed Tech, Reflection, Strategies, Students »
Students are adrift in a sea of text without context. The web may have given us access and convenience, but it’s an artificial world where rants draws more attention than thoughtful discouse. Responsible general interest media are being replaced by a balkanized web where civil discourse is rapidly becoming less civil. It’s time to redefine to the information flow in schools.
Tags: Critical thinking, Decision making, Defining, Evaluation, Information landscape, Relevance, Writing
Peter Pappas »
08 March 2010 »
In Ed Tech, Events, Social Web, Visualizations, Web 2.0 »
This is my final Prezi report on the San Antonio ASCD 2010 conference. hanks to ASCD for inviting me to be a guest blogger at the conference. They are great people and gracious hosts. I met so many wonderful educators at the conference. Thanks for all you do!
Tags: ASCD10, Prezi
Peter Pappas »
07 March 2010 »
In Ed Tech, Events, Social Web, Visualizations, Web 2.0 »
Here's my latest Prezi documenting Sunday afternoon at the 2010 ASCD conference in San Antonio. Click the arrow, give it moment to load, then click to advance and navigate. Direct link to this Prezi ASCD 2010 on Prezi For all my ASCD conference coverage click here BTW – You can find the [...]
Tags: ASCD10, Data, Prezi
Peter Pappas »
07 March 2010 »
In Ed Tech, Events, Visualizations, Web 2.0 »
Here's my latest Prezi documenting the 2010 ASCD conference in San Antonio. Click the arrow, give it moment to load, then click to advance and navigate. Direct link to this Prezi ASCD 2010 – Sunday AM on Prezi For all my ASCD conference coverage click here
Tags: ASCD10, Prezi
Peter Pappas »
06 March 2010 »
In Ed Tech, Events, Visualizations, Web 2.0 »
Here's my latest Prezi documenting the 2010 ASCD conference in San Antonio. Click the arrow, give it moment to load, then click to advance and navigate. Direct link to this Prezi ASCD 2010 Saturday PM on Prezi For all my ASCD 2010 conference coverage click here
Tags: ASCD10, Prezi
Peter Pappas »
06 March 2010 »
In Ed Tech, Events, Visualizations, Web 2.0 »
It's Saturday morning at the ASCD conference in San Antonio. I'm on my mid morning break and thought I post my next installment of my Prezi coverage. Click the arrow, give it moment to load, then click to advance and navigate. … Enjoy. Direct link to this Prezi ASCD 2010 on Prezi For all my ASCD conference [...]
Tags: ASCD10, Prezi
Peter Pappas »
06 March 2010 »
In Ed Tech, Events, Visualizations »
I arrived at the ASCD conference in San Antonio today. So much to plan for over the next few days. Thought I'd try to capture it in a Prezi. Click the arrow, give it moment to load, then click to advance and navigate. For a full screen version - click ASCD 10 Friday Made with Prezi [...]
Tags: ASCD10, Backchannel, Prezi, Twitter, Wiffiti
Peter Pappas »
02 March 2010 »
In How To, PD, Social Web, Strategies, Web 2.0 »
Here’s how to use of free tech tools to provide PD that is cost effective, builds local capacity, and models the instructional practice we want to see in the classroom.
Tags: Apps, Parents, Twitter
Peter Pappas »
01 March 2010 »
In Ed Tech, Events, Visualizations, Web 2.0 »
I’ve posted this Wiffiti screen which is coded to gather Tweets marked with the hashtag #ascd10. It’s a great way to keep up with the latest comments via Twitter.
Tags: ASCD10, Backchannel, Data, Twitter, Wiffiti
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