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NextGen Teachers are a bunch of like-minded educators around the world focused on improving teaching and learning with new technologies. If that sounds like you, sign up and get involved! :-)

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Students as Contributors on Edublogs: the Quick and Easy Way

I just made a fabulous discovery! Earlier this year I discovered the power of linked accounts in G-mail for elementary students. Today I learned how I can leverage that shortcut into individual contributing authors for our Grade 3 BlogPals blog on Edublogs. Here’s what I found out: I would like: One class blog - not individual student blogs. The [...]

Qatar Calling

A little over a week ago I was honored to be invited to Qatar Academy, workplace of the amazing Julie Lindsay, as a consultant for a 2 day 21st century literacy training. While I’m there, not only do I get to spend some quality F2F time with Julie, but hopefully I will also spend some time [...]

1001 Tales Project Begins in Bangkok!

I have been looking forward to this project all year! We just got started on Friday with a wonderful group of fourth graders, and their very flexible classroom teacher, Sonja. I’m so excited to be able to collaborate on this project a second time. I hope I’ve learned from my mistakes the last time around, [...]

Social Learning: Learning to Share, Sharing to Learn

I am constantly inspired by the supportive and encouraging environment out here in the education blogosphere. After reading Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 (so nice I have to mention it twice), I am reminded of the power of the social learning going on in this environment. Anyone involved in the [...]

Horizon Project 2008: Find out more this week

Vicki Davis and I are planning another Horizon Project. This one, Horizon Project 2008, will be based on the newly released Horizon Report (by Educause and the New Media Consortium) that identified 6 emerging technologies over the next 5 years. We are ...

Social Networking and Responsibility

After an excellent session with parents about cyberbullying and an equally excellent session with our staff discussing the Frontline documentary Growing Up Online, I’ve been thinking a lot about responsibility. As in: Whose responsibility is it to teach students about the dangers of social networking (not only physical danger from online predators, but the danger of [...]
 
 

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