A few weeks ago, Kelly Christopherson posted an interesting thread, Walking the Talk, on the Classroom 2.0 Ning forums asking whether the teachers who promote web 2.0 tools are actually using the tools themselves. My response was: Absolutely! Doing these type of things myself is the only way that I can truly understand how they…
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As if I wasn’t already excited enough about my new position at the International School Bangkok next year: I get to work with two tech superstars, Justin Medved and Dennis Harter at a fantastic school in a wonderful country. And now I get to add a blogging principal to the mix! Please take a moment…
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How many of your schools have a portfolio process? Something where the students compile their work throughout the year and present pieces which demonstrate growth in certain areas? I bet those of you that do, also have student-led conferences when the students share their work from their portfolio with their parents. Now are those portfolios,…
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My eighth grade students just spent two class lessons working as a Sounding Board for the The Horizon Project – another fantastic collaboration with Julie Lindsay, Vicki Davis, Vienna International School, Presbyterian Ladies College and Shanghai American School (check out our finished work on our class wiki). This particular group of students has been through…
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Thanks to Clay’s constant innovation and creative thinking, we discovered another excellent use for YackPack today. Clay wanted to be able to record live conversations using YackPack (to get around the user limit restrictions when recording with Skype). So, today we tested out recording a live conversation with YP and then publishing the conversation. Basically…
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