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Comment on More About Social Networking by frul8

frul8 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:52:19 +0000

Hello,

We should ask us questions about the social networks; not only in relation to the uses and the audience; but rather on their utility, interest and applications in
education. Thus we could make use of grids or criteria of analysisfor this evaluation.

For example, some tests in this direction:

Social Educational Networks Form Evaluation – Checklist
http://www3.unileon.es/dp/dfm/flenet/grillesnetworks.html

Social Networks in Education Evaluation WorkSheet
Evaluation Criteria for Educational Social Networking
http://www3.unileon.es/dp/dfm/flenet/grillesnetworks.html#french

Comment on More About Social Networking by Corey Perlman

Corey Perlman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:16:10 +0000

Thanks for the nice post Pam!

all the best,

corey perlman

Comment on I Need My Teachers to Learn by I Need My Teachers To Learn | Yes Tech!

I Need My Teachers To Learn | Yes Tech! — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:25:39 +0000

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Comment on Free Tech – Ubiquitous Tools as Individualized Supports by ram

ram — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:54:49 +0000

http://www.iSpeech.org

good

Comment on Free Tech – Ubiquitous Tools as Individualized Supports by Delaine

Delaine — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:01:43 +0000

Thank you for describing this session and for providing the list of tools, a short description and the links. You helped direct me to something I wanted to watch!

Delaine

Comment on Free Tech – Ubiquitous Tools as Individualized Supports by Jesmi

Jesmi — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:13:15 +0000

Really enjoying your blog a great deal! Thank you!

Comment on “High Tech” Assistive Technology in the Math Classroom (High Tech = Computer Required) by Dave Stromfeld

Dave Stromfeld — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:10:01 +0000

@Pam – Thanks for highlighting how Acrobat can be used in the classroom, Pam. I’ve linked to your article from here:

http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/

http://twitter.com/acro_dave/status/2350623290

@Melvin – If you have Acrobat, you can enable Reader users to add comments or type text on top of your PDF file. All they need is the free Reader. See here:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Professional/WS8F17CB6D-B39D-4cf6-8060-7907C1AC53F7.w.html

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Professional/WS2DE764BD-5706-4e3a-9360-5F2F968223AC.w.html

I think one advantage that Pam is highlighting is that you can scan your existing paper worksheets into PDF and then let students type right on top of that worksheet using the free Adobe Reader. You retain the look and layout of your paper worksheet, but you’ve just made the workflow electronic!

Dave Stromfeld
Acrobat Product Manager
Adobe Systems

Comment on Free Tech – Ubiquitous Tools as Individualized Supports by Ross

Ross — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:49:22 +0000

Hey,
Thanks for taking the time to describe your sessions and put the links out there. I enjoyed reading this and appreciate the fact that you are sharing it all. I never saw Today’sMeet before but like it.

Thanks again.

Ross

Comment on “High Tech” Assistive Technology in the Math Classroom (High Tech = Computer Required) by Melvin

Melvin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:16:43 +0000

It’s really a good idea. But I have one question, usually we can not edit a PDF file in Adobe Reader, how can students write on the PDF using their computer? Besides, Adobe Acrobat Pro is expensive. Why not convert the PDF to Word so that everyone can easily do their homework or paper? You can try the Anybizsoft PDF to Word converter,it’s free.

Comment on Technology Classes or Technology in Math, Science, SS, and English LA Classes? by Laurie Fowler

Laurie Fowler — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:15:42 +0000

“Our philosophy is that computer skills should be taught at the same time as subject matter content.”

This is also my philosophy since computers are really just classroom tools and should be used as such. I see far too many teachers who don’t view technology use this way.

“Technology had to be readily available (and be in good working order), and both administrative and instructional support had to be in place.”

This would be critical; if a teacher tries to use technology and it doesn’t work the first time s/he uses it, many of them will not try again. Ever! Important to have good hardware, software, training, and support in place.

I loved the golf analogy. It really works with technology, too. And I agree that sometimes we do need computer classes, but I, for one, am tired of let’s learn word processing without a “real world” learning task to go with it. I think the kids are, too!

Laurie from Tuscaloosa, AL