Just saw a post about ThingLink on twitter and have to play! @AuntyTech has a whole bunch of ideas about using ThingLink in education.
Ok, I’ll be back in a minute or two after I play with it a bit.
And I’m back. Wow, that is so much fun! It reminds me a bit of doing a clickable imagemap in my early html days. But this is so much easier.
Here’s how it works:
Thanks so much to everyone who attended our WordPress workshop at Internet @ Schools West. Had a great time presenting with the awesomely smart Buffy Hamilton. Do let us know what you’re doing with WordPress! Would love to see what you’re working on. Slides from session posted below.
Just a quick post with some odds and ends of great resource sites & blog posts that I’ve run across in the past few weeks. I came across most of these via my friends on Twitter. Some pretty amazing school folks on Twitter, and oh so willing to share their ideas, tips and resources.
Thanks to everyone for attending the last two workshops at the Capital Region BOCES School Library System. As promised, here are the slides from today’s Search Update and the Google Earth workshop a few weeks ago.
Looking forward to seeing you all at the next session on Google Sites & Docs. Do let me know if you have specific things you want to cover. (leave a comment below) Thanks! (more…)
The Computers in Libraries / Internet @ Schools East conference is coming up next week in Arlington, VA. And I’m very sorry to say I won’t be there this year due to other teaching commitments. But I’ll be following along on the twitter stream, flickr pics, ITI blog posts, attendee blog posts and live video streams from parts of the conference.
There’s also a Slideshare group, set up by Michael Sauers, for presenters to share their slides. (more…)
If you haven’t considered using Netvibes as a tool to help student’s organize their research resources, take a look at these examples created by 10th grade students working on Veterans’ issues research projects. Alex’s page & Jovi’s page are both terrific examples of how Netvibes can help students bring together a wealth of research materials, help keep them on track during the project and allow them to share their progress with others. It’s equally an organizational tool and a presentation tool.
These students are part of the semester long Media 21 project designed and taught by Buffy Hamilton and her colleague, Ms. Lester at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia.
And be sure to read Buffy’s most recent post to hear more about this impressive project and hear Alex & Jovi explain how they put together their Netvibes pages.
Looking for a great WordPress reference book? This is one of my favorites. Digging into WordPress by Jeff Starr & Chris Coyier
