Web 2.0 – Page 4 – Teaching with Technology

Invite to my Second Life Home

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Tina Coffey

Thought I’d throw out an invite to my home in Second Life! It is located on Eduisland 3. Pam Elgin and I have set up a spot for educators, especially ITRTs, to meet, chat and explore Second Life…and we’d love to have you join us! But you don’t have to be an ITRT…anyone is welcome!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%203/57/96/23/We have enjoyed meeting a few ITRTs from surrounding areas so far! I’m sure there are more of you all out there…please come by and visit. Pam has made some great free T-shirts to advertise our calling…and we have started an ITRT group. Second Life would be a great place to explore together…and meet virtually!

Also, if you have a chance to attend NECC (National Educational Computer Conference) this year, either virtually or in real life, you will notice a Second Life presence. While ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) has maintained headquarters on Eduisland for awhile now, their new island has just been finished in time for this event, and I hope it will be packed! I am so bummed that I will not be attending in Atlanta this year, but I will definitely be participating in Second Life…hope to see you there!

If you want to read more about Second Life, check out Tyna Catteneo’s blog!

Projects, Salem City Schools, Web 2.0

End of the Year Ideas!

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Tina Coffey

As the end of the school year draws near, here are some fun technology resources that you might want to use…

Resources:

(Make sure you try out the websites out on your computer first…and that you sign up ahead of time for an account!)

Voice Thread — you can check out a headset/mic from the library and set this up as a station on a classroom computer!
Picture Slide Shows with BubbleShare
Photostory or Movie Maker
Podcasting (let me know if you need me to record)
Slide Show or Podcast for the Book Review Blog (East, GWC)
Max Show

Ideas for using the resources:

advice for next year’s group.
what we’ve learned
memories
look back at the year in pictures
summer reading suggestions or “the best book I’ve read this year”

Post projects on your web page (or I will put them on the school page), post links on schoolnotes, or save them to show next years’ kids as an introduction to your class.

Links, Salem City Schools, Tech Tools, Web 2.0

Classroom 2.0

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Tina Coffey

Want to learn a little about Web 2.0 things or ideas for using technology in your classroom? You might want to check out the social networking group on Ning for educators interested in using Web 2.0. It’s called Classroom 2.0. There’s some great discussions, pictures, videos, and blog posts and it’s also a great place to try out social networking for the first time.

Food for Thought, Salem City Schools, Web 2.0

Shift Happens

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Tina Coffey

This is interesting….a remake of Karl Fisch’s famous slide show by Jeff Brenman. He won SlideShare’s World’s Best Presentation Contest.

Karl Fisch gave Jeff permission to remake the slide show for the contest…the final product is awesome. That just shows what collaboration and sharing can produce…what a great example to set, Karl, and way to go Jeff!

Links, Salem City Schools, Tech Tools, Web 2.0

Teacher Tube

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Tina Coffey

You might have heard of You Tube or Google Video. If you have been reading this blog, you’ve seen some examples of videos from those sites. There is another video source for teachers out there: TeacherTube. The good news is that Teacher Tube is directed at teachers, which means that most of the content there should be appropriate for teachers. The one drawback is that Teacher Tube has yet to find a way to interface neatly with edublogs (like You Tube and Google Video) but some other sites will allow you to embed the video directly in your page. Click here to see a list of some of my favorites.