Comments for Yes Tech! http://shoemap.edublogs.org We are all teachers; we are all learners. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:20:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Something Cool to Try This Summer by Lynn http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/06/01/something-cool-to-try-this-summer/#comment-147 Lynn Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:09:09 +0000 http://shoemap.edublogs.org/?p=154#comment-147 I would like to do this! I received a small grant and will offer this to our teachers next year. I am planning to purchase a camera and some mics so we can do a great job with this. I would like to do this! I received a small grant and will offer this to our teachers next year. I am planning to purchase a camera and some mics so we can do a great job with this.

]]> Comment on Planning for 22nd Century Learning by annelise http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/planning-for-22nd-century-learning/#comment-146 annelise Sat, 17 May 2008 13:50:47 +0000 http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/planning-for-22nd-century-learning/#comment-146 I couldn't agree more! I am so tired of hearing the same old buzzwords over and over again. I am going to start using 22nd Century Learning! It is sooo true that we've missed the boat if we're planning for 21st century skills. Thank you for mentioning the obvious. I couldn’t agree more! I am so tired of hearing the same old buzzwords over and over again. I am going to start using 22nd Century Learning! It is sooo true that we’ve missed the boat if we’re planning for 21st century skills. Thank you for mentioning the obvious.

]]> Comment on Reflections on Earthcast08 by matt montagne http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/reflections-on-earthcast08/#comment-145 matt montagne Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:35:38 +0000 http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/reflections-on-earthcast08/#comment-145 Hi Pam- I couldn't agree more with your assessment of the day (and with the nice comments left by both Cristina and Andreas). I have been very much amazed by the teamwork and camaraderie with everyone on the earthcast team. It was definitely a privilege to work with you and the rest of the Earthcast08 crew throughout the past couple of months (and thanks to you and Derrall for your mentoring in the webcast academy-that was a fantastic professional development experience and both you and Derrall with an awesome team of facilitators). I'm glad we'll be keeping our momentum going forward through the use of the new earthbridges.net community. I look forward to working with you and the rest of the team on future events over at earthbridges! Cheers and keep up the good work! Matt Montagne Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA Hi Pam-

I couldn’t agree more with your assessment of the day (and with the nice comments left by both Cristina and Andreas). I have been very much amazed by the teamwork and camaraderie with everyone on the earthcast team. It was definitely a privilege to work with you and the rest of the Earthcast08 crew throughout the past couple of months (and thanks to you and Derrall for your mentoring in the webcast academy-that was a fantastic professional development experience and both you and Derrall with an awesome team of facilitators).

I’m glad we’ll be keeping our momentum going forward through the use of the new earthbridges.net community. I look forward to working with you and the rest of the team on future events over at earthbridges!

Cheers and keep up the good work!

Matt Montagne
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

]]> Comment on Reflections on Earthcast08 by Cristina Costa http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/reflections-on-earthcast08/#comment-144 Cristina Costa Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:43:08 +0000 http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/reflections-on-earthcast08/#comment-144 Pam - I can only second your words. It was great, exhausting FUN! What a day! I also loved to listen to the voice of the students! Just brilliant! And WOW - I didn't know it was your first time voice and video casting. You did great. You sounded like a Pro! Great Job! Pam - I can only second your words.
It was great, exhausting FUN! What a day!

I also loved to listen to the voice of the students! Just brilliant!
And WOW - I didn’t know it was your first time voice and video casting.
You did great. You sounded like a Pro!
Great Job!

]]> Comment on Reflections on Earthcast08 by Andreas Auwärter http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/reflections-on-earthcast08/#comment-143 Andreas Auwärter Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:24:47 +0000 http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/reflections-on-earthcast08/#comment-143 Hi pam - all of your words are definitive spoken by heart and true - spell by spell. Just got into the 'open and warm welcoming team' 3 weeks ago - it and was incredible how all the members interacted always the aim in front. Now - past the event - like always there is the mixture between "well done" and a bit of a whole. Lets recue this experience and get early plannings with next year. :-) Thanx for your great stuff - and shure - the waves of next year will be more than more higher. Best regards from Germany - and thanx that you has been in the team. Andreas Hi pam - all of your words are definitive spoken by heart and true - spell by spell. Just got into the ‘open and warm welcoming team’ 3 weeks ago - it and was incredible how all the members interacted always the aim in front. Now - past the event - like always there is the mixture between “well done” and a bit of a whole. Lets recue this experience and get early plannings with next year. :-) Thanx for your great stuff - and shure - the waves of next year will be more than more higher.

Best regards from Germany - and thanx that you has been in the team.

Andreas

]]> Comment on Back from MACUL… Now what? by Jeanne http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/03/11/back-from-macul-now-what/#comment-142 Jeanne Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:45:05 +0000 http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/03/11/back-from-macul-now-what/#comment-142 Lack of time to meet with staff seems to be the huge log in the road right now. Those of us that attended MACUL are of like minds... now we need to put those like minds together to figure out how to get the administration moving with us. For me, the building principal couldn't be more supportive really... but the support needs to begin even higher to really make things happen. I've had one meeting with those folks and plan for another one before summer begins. I've always come back from MACUL filled with ideas and excitement but feel let down when the spark I carry back isn't always readily seen by those in the trenches being bombarded daily by students, parent, curriculum, etc. I came back this year determined to keep spreading my spark bit by bit. After spending a couple summer weeks in Lansing working on tech infused lesson plans, I'm determined to push, pull, drag... whatever to make sure that our "tech plan" becomes an "Ed Tech Plan" in the very near future. Enough ramblings from me! (for now) Lack of time to meet with staff seems to be the huge log in the road right now. Those of us that attended MACUL are of like minds… now we need to put those like minds together to figure out how to get the administration moving with us. For me, the building principal couldn’t be more supportive really… but the support needs to begin even higher to really make things happen. I’ve had one meeting with those folks and plan for another one before summer begins. I’ve always come back from MACUL filled with ideas and excitement but feel let down when the spark I carry back isn’t always readily seen by those in the trenches being bombarded daily by students, parent, curriculum, etc. I came back this year determined to keep spreading my spark bit by bit. After spending a couple summer weeks in Lansing working on tech infused lesson plans, I’m determined to push, pull, drag… whatever to make sure that our “tech plan” becomes an “Ed Tech Plan” in the very near future.

Enough ramblings from me! (for now)

]]> Comment on Cover the Material - or Teach Students to Think by Suggested Reading | Clif's Notes http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/02/21/cover-the-material-or-teach-students-to-think/#comment-140 Suggested Reading | Clif's Notes Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:03:42 +0000 http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/02/21/cover-the-material-or-teach-students-to-think/#comment-140 [...] Cover the Material - Or Teach Students to Think [...] [...] Cover the Material - Or Teach Students to Think [...]

]]> Comment on Back from MACUL… Now what? by mstdesign http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/03/11/back-from-macul-now-what/#comment-139 mstdesign Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:13:05 +0000 http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/03/11/back-from-macul-now-what/#comment-139 OK Pam, when can you get to the other MS teachers? Since Info Tech is on its last legs, the impetus for integrating technology that is relevant and current is even more critical. As one of the teachers who, along with Sharon Ratzlaff, are always looking for new resources and trying them out in the classroom-even spending a day together on Spring Break at Panera surfing and chatting, I need my principals support to keep things moving forward. (how about that for a run on sentence.....) Question for you and the implementation of course management systems in WLCSD. What is the status of Moodle? How does it compare to Hotchalk.com? Sharon and I spent some time exploring Hotchalk and really like the user interface (though I have not used moodle in awhile and I understand they were doing some overhauling). I also like the quick access to NBCnews video clips (3-5 min) on various interesting topics. You can imbed the videos as resources into a class assignment and then have kids watch a clip and take a quiz. We did not want to go too much further figuring things out (like what about kids who dont have an email) before we understood the WLCSD relationship with Moodle. What is happening at the HS level? BTW-check out the edublog I made for the Math,Science, Technology Through Design in collaboration with Oakland Schools. mstdesign.edublogs.org OK Pam, when can you get to the other MS teachers? Since Info Tech is on its last legs, the impetus for integrating technology that is relevant and current is even more critical. As one of the teachers who, along with Sharon Ratzlaff, are always looking for new resources and trying them out in the classroom-even spending a day together on Spring Break at Panera surfing and chatting, I need my principals support to keep things moving forward. (how about that for a run on sentence…..)

Question for you and the implementation of course management systems in WLCSD. What is the status of Moodle? How does it compare to Hotchalk.com? Sharon and I spent some time exploring Hotchalk and really like the user interface (though I have not used moodle in awhile and I understand they were doing some overhauling). I also like the quick access to NBCnews video clips (3-5 min) on various interesting topics. You can imbed the videos as resources into a class assignment and then have kids watch a clip and take a quiz. We did not want to go too much further figuring things out (like what about kids who dont have an email) before we understood the WLCSD relationship with Moodle. What is happening at the HS level?

BTW-check out the edublog I made for the Math,Science, Technology Through Design in collaboration with Oakland Schools. mstdesign.edublogs.org

]]> Comment on Flixn by mstdesign http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/01/24/flixn/#comment-138 mstdesign Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:02:45 +0000 http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/01/24/flixn/#comment-138 Whoops! It looks like Flixn was soo popular they had to change tactics and will no longer function as is after March 30. There is a letter explaing things at their site. I have never tried google video but I heard the kids at school say it was blocked the other day. I wonder if that will impact my ability to use it at school. I heard from Mark Lada Math teacher at anks MS in WL) about voicethread and ed.voicethread recently. They are associated with each other and look like a cool way to post all sorts of things from videos to documents and have people comment directly. There are some good examples of having kids comment as an assignement. Whoops! It looks like Flixn was soo popular they had to change tactics and will no longer function as is after March 30. There is a letter explaing things at their site. I have never tried google video but I heard the kids at school say it was blocked the other day. I wonder if that will impact my ability to use it at school. I heard from Mark Lada Math teacher at anks MS in WL) about voicethread and ed.voicethread recently. They are associated with each other and look like a cool way to post all sorts of things from videos to documents and have people comment directly. There are some good examples of having kids comment as an assignement.

]]> Comment on I’m “bilingual” by Cyndi Danner-Kuhn http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/03/20/im-bilingual/#comment-137 Cyndi Danner-Kuhn Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:43:29 +0000 http://shoemap.edublogs.org/2008/03/20/im-bilingual/#comment-137 Hot, yes true, Office is Office, but, I like open source Neo Office best and it is FREE, Bubble noise is likely from Skype, very annoying, I agree, Camtasia is about to come out with a version for Mac, or so they keep saying... but give iShowYou (www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html) or SnapsProX (www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/) or Jing (www.jingproject.com/) a try pretty slick for screen capture and screen capture movies. Photobucket, are you referring to iPhoto? iChat is absolute best and you can have a video chat with 4 people all in the same conversation, so cool!! iMovie = MovieMaker. Well that may be true in theory, but MovieMaker sucks! Audacity is great on a Mac to for down & dirty quick audio podcast, but GarageBand and iMovie rock for enhanced podcasts and getting them up on YouTube fast and easy. Guess you have discovered, everything is better on a Mac. A couple of great resources- Best Mac Newsletter(s) is from Small Dog www.smalldog.com/ MacUpdatePromos: www.mupromo.com/ Everyday and email comes with a deal on a little piece of software. Only purchase occasionally, but sure do learn a bunch about what is available. Enjoy your Mac.... Hot, yes true,
Office is Office, but, I like open source Neo Office best and it is FREE,
Bubble noise is likely from Skype, very annoying, I agree,
Camtasia is about to come out with a version for Mac, or so they keep saying… but give iShowYou (www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html) or SnapsProX (www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/) or Jing (www.jingproject.com/) a try pretty slick for screen capture and screen capture movies.
Photobucket, are you referring to iPhoto?
iChat is absolute best and you can have a video chat with 4 people all in the same conversation, so cool!!
iMovie = MovieMaker. Well that may be true in theory, but MovieMaker sucks!
Audacity is great on a Mac to for down & dirty quick audio podcast, but GarageBand and iMovie rock for enhanced podcasts and getting them up on YouTube fast and easy.
Guess you have discovered, everything is better on a Mac.
A couple of great resources-
Best Mac Newsletter(s) is from Small Dog http://www.smalldog.com/
MacUpdatePromos: http://www.mupromo.com/ Everyday and email comes with a deal on a little piece of software. Only purchase occasionally, but sure do learn a bunch about what is available.
Enjoy your Mac….

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