Archive for June, 2007
Firefox set-up screencast for students, using Screencast-o-matic
I’m making some screencast tutorials on Screencast-o-matic.com to walk our high school students through the set-up process for their new MacBooks when our school begins it’s first year as a 1:1 Apple Laptop school (*grins*).
It’s originally 800 X 600, but one cool feature of Screencast-o-matic is that it allows embed codes for smaller sizes. So here’s a 500 X 420px version. Let’s see how fast it loads, how well it looks and sounds. [Update: It loads pretty slow here in Korea. So maybe viewing it on my Channel will give faster results. It looks nice and sharp, though!] It’s 10 minutes, it makes me sound like I have a lisp, and there are a couple of bonehead moments in it. That’s either a warning or an enticement, depending on your mood.
SOM has some bugs, I’m noticing, but the service is young, and I’m sure they’ll iron them out. It’s already quite useful. If you want to use this and more tutorials for student MacBook bling, my SOM channel is here. I’ll be building it up over the summer.
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Daily Diigo: Socially Conscious Computer Games
- Very interesting article about educational games promoting socially conscious learning.
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Karl Fisch’s "Did You Know?" — 2.0 Version
Contributing to the next wave for this new version of Karl Fisch’s original product.
By the way, if you don’t subscribe to Xplanazine, they’re an awesome resource for “presentation and collaboration 2.0″ tools and tips. They’re in my NEW blogroll, way down on the right sidebar.
Call me crazy, but I kind of liked Karl’s original music choice….
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Daily Diigo: Ning Blog’s "8 Steps to Creating a Great Social Network"
Ning Blog - 8 Steps to Creating a Great Social Network
- Ning is starting to grow on me…. Thieir blog is fantastic, as this page shows.
- post by cburell
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Daily Diigo: "Reinventing Project-Based Learning" and Student Press Initaitive
Student Press Initiative at Teachers College: About Annotated
- Thanks to Suzie Boss of Reinventing Project-Based Learning (listen to our podcast here) for the tip.
- post by cburell
About SPI
The Student Press Initiative is designed to develop, foster, and promote writing across the curriculum through student publication.
SPI is built upon the premise that writing for publication provides young people with authentic audiences. When students realize the power and potential of an audience of their peers and the community at large, writing becomes purposeful thereby inspiring them to produce their best work. We believe that when a young writer finds an audience, she will find her voice.
Flickr: Reinventing Project-Based Learning Annotated
- From the website (see other clips in this post more more on this project)
For each photo, please:
* Include a caption that briefly describes the project.
* Add a tag “reinventingpbl” to your photo
* Add a geotag so we can see where the project takes place
* Do not include identifying information for any children (first name and grade OK)
We will be excited to see pictures that illustrate how rich projects transform the learning experience - We encourage pictures that show kids learning together in interesting places using powerful tools and creating unique work.
Flickr: Reinventing Project-Based Learning Annotated
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From the Flickr Site:
About Reinventing Project-Based Learning:
This group illustrates what project-based learning can look like, especially when digital tools help students break free from the confines ofteacher-driven and classroom-bound instruction.Group administrator Jane Krauss and colleague Suzie Boss have just coauthored a book “Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age”. In writing the book we visited with teachers from around the world who are transforming the learning experience through meaningful and rigorous projects. We hope
you will submit photos that capture the spirit of project-based learning. Please read the group rules for details.
Please join us!
Meet us on our Reinventing Project-Based Learning blog at the address below:
http://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com
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About Reinventing Project-Based Learning
This group illustrates what project-based learning can look like, especially when digital tools help students break free from the confines of teacher-driven and classroom-bound instruction.
Group administrator Jane Krauss and colleague Suzie Boss have just coauthored a book “Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age”. In writing the book we visited with teachers from around the world who are transforming the learning experience through meaningful and rigorous projects. We hope you will submit photos that capture the spirit of project-based learning. Please read the group rules for details.
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