Doug Johnson is a librarian/tech type who has long been a leader of technology in schools. His blog (Blue Skunk) recently featured his own spin on “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”….his version is “If you Give a Teacher a Computer…..” Fun reading.
Looking to learn about new technologies that you can use in your classroom and don’t want the hassle of driving to or paying for a conference? Have I got a conference for you. The K-12 Online conference is coming next Monday and runs for much of October. Each day and night there are interesting online presentations and discussions. The schedule can be found here: http://home.alltel.net/lanihall/k12online2007schedule.html
The conference has four strands:
Classroom 2.0 (leveraging the power of free online tools in an open, collaborative and transparent atmosphere characterizes teaching and learning in the 21st century).
New Tools (focusing on the “nuts and bolts” of using specific new social media and collaborative tools for learning)
Professional Learning Networks (research says that professional development is most effective when it aims to create professional learning communities — places where teachers learn and work together
Obstacles to Opportunities (boundaries formalized by education in the “industrial age” shouldn’t hinder educators as they seek to reform and transform their classroom practice)
I “attended” last summer and it was a great learning opportunity.
Voki is bling for your blog, wiki, or webpage. It will even run in Blackboard. It is embedded code…so you just need to add the text that Voki gives you as HTML. You can even use your own voice to record your message. If you look at the picture on the upper right of this blog you will see what my avatar looks like. Oh, you noticed the hat. No, I wasn't trying to hide anything :)
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