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Posted in 2.0, Conferences, K12Online, Learning, Professional Development on Jul 29th, 2008
The SLJ All Together Now version of 23 Things is now in its 2nd week, and “thing 3″ calls for us to subscribe to a podcast or two and tell why we like it. Yesterday I wrote about Bob Sprankle’s Bit by Bit. Today I thought I’d plug the upcoming K12 Online Conference, which starts [...]
Posted in 21st century, Conferences, Learning, Professional Development on Jun 20th, 2008
Next week right here in little ol’ South Carolina, I will be privy to two expert voices!! Welcome to true southern charm and manners Marc Prensky and Ewan McIntosh! Welcome Marc! Coming to Rock Hill (my official hometown) Marc Prensky is giving a keynote at a local conference for this school district. My husband is [...]
Posted in 21st century, Beach, Conferences, Education, Learning, Library, Professional Development, Social Networks, South Carolina on Jun 19th, 2008
Today I did a session at our annual principal’s conference on social networking. Since the vast majority of tools like MySpace, Facebook, and even professional networks like Classroom 2.0 are blocked, I took the stance that we as educators must educate ourselves and our parents, especially in light of how issues stemming directly from student [...]
Posted in Learning, Money, Professional Development, Twitter on May 20th, 2008
Does anyone remember that annoying tune from Pink Floyd? Just in case you are not familiar with it, linking so you can refresh your memory. Enjoy, as it takes me alllll the way back to high school. That video though is not why I write tonight. My head is spinning with ideas for grants. I [...]
Posted in 21st century, Blogging, Chris Craft, Conferences, Joyce Valenza, Learning, Library, Professional Development, Skype, South Carolina, Twitter, Will Richardson on Mar 14th, 2008
Today ended the SCASL conference that I attended in Columbia, SC. It is always a rewarding experience, as being a librarian makes you a singleton in your building most of the time, so what fun and excitement all of us like minded people can have when we are all together. There was never a dull [...]
Posted in Learning, SYP, Twitter, Uncategorized on Mar 11th, 2008
Today I had a young 20 something year old teacher share with me the ringtones that students use that supposedly adults can’t hear (but she can–she’s but a babe!). She invited five of us into her empty room, and played the tone (which apparently is a free download.) I had heard of it before, but [...]
Posted in 21st century, Learning, Social Networks, South Carolina on Feb 27th, 2008
This evening I was an invited guest speaker for a Charleston, SC high school (Wando High School–Charleston County School District) who had a terrific parent workshop for social networking and teens. I conducted my same portion in November at my own school, and was asked by one of the two LMS’s (Emilie Woody and Laura [...]
Posted in 21st century, global, Learning, Skype, South Carolina, Web 2.0 on Feb 1st, 2008
Today on our SCASL-listserv, a fellow teacher-librarian asked about how schools are dealing with students who bring their own laptops to school. The posted question also inquired about how schools are using webcams, with the follow up statement “couldn’t they be used to help our homebound students.” Of course we had quite a few respond, [...]
Posted in Learning on Dec 4th, 2007
What do the pictures on this post tell us about these students’ engagement? Can you tell who is “into” the lesson, and who is not? Sometimes engagement is painfully obvious, and other times it isn’t. Can anyone tell I had a LOT of staff development in recent years on this?? As a staff we were [...]
Posted in Learning on Dec 4th, 2007
“The business of schools is to design, create, and invent high-quality, intellectually demanding schoolwork that students find engaging.” – Phillip C. Schlechty The key to school success is to be found in identifying or creating engaging schoolwork for students. – Phillip C. Schlechty The Working on the Work (WOW) framework is an outline for improving [...]
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