Just a few days after I posted about the wonders of YackPack (and a few small disadvantages), I received a very nice (unsolicited) e-mail from their Chief Technology Officer, Michael. He had read my post wishing for multiple administrators for YackPack and offered to test it out on our current project. Within 24 hours we…
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My wonderful collaborative partner shared this very cool new tool with me today. Basically, YackPack allows you to set up a private (real-time and asynchronous) audio chat group using only an internet browser. By the time I had arrived at work this morning, Chrissy had a chat widget set up right on our wikispace. So,…
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In order to create a truly exciting and enticing story for their 1001 Flat World Tales projects, many of our students are choosing to include alternate endings, in the style of the Choose Your Own Adventure books from the 80’s. When we started explaining how to create links between pages, and how they can create…
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Our sixth grade IT students had a very exciting day today: Not only was it the first day of a new quarter, (the first day of IT for this year), but they also got to meet a group of Year 7 students in New Zealand (and their fantastic teacher) without even leaving the classroom! Thanks…
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The International Teen Life project we’ve been working on for the last few months has recently gotten a little press. I love that the students’ work is making it into the news, but what I love even more is their comments on Mr. R’s post about the article: When I had finished reading that article,…
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