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Raise your hand if any of the following applies to you:
a) you hear people talking about using Skype or blogging in their classrooms, but really aren’t sure what they’re talking about or why they might want to do that;
b) you would LOVE to do some connecting with other classrooms around the world, but just aren’t sure how to take the first steps;
c) you have your class blogging, but would like to find some ways to take it “up a notch”, and find an authentic audience for your class;
d) you sometimes have an urge to pound your head against the wall, as you try to explain to people that meaningful, real tech integration is possible in their classrooms – even primary classrooms?…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A clear aim with the introduction of iBooks Author was to transform the creation and distribution of textbooks in education. This may be true, but there are many more applications for this software. For my EDCI 591 Learning and Integrating Technology assignment I have been learning about e-books and how to navigate iBooks Author (create, customize and publish). The goal is to learn how to competently use this tool and integrate iBooks Author into my literacy instruction.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Past isn’t Past: MOOCs and Books:
…and email isn’t dead yet either. Between avalanches, tsunamis, revolution, attacks of what Jonathon Rees at More or Less Bunk calls the Freid-bot (and others, just a tool), and garden variety disruptions, there’s been rather a lot of disaster rhetoric.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Every since I owned an Apple computer I loved learning the applications. With a little exploring, research and experimentation they could make you look like a computer genius. I could create projects that looked almost professional and I could teach the students as well. I vividly remember how amazed my colleagues were after showing them my student’s Keynote presentations. They thought I was a computer wizard! What I didn’t tell them was that I had learned the basics of the application in a few hours and that I was still learning as I taught the students.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I have spent the past few weeks researching the e-book options available for the iPad. I had a couple of motives for doing this research. Professionally, I wanted to learn how our school could integrate e-books available on the iPad into our teaching and classrooms. Personally, I have a daughter with special needs so I was also interested in learning about how e-books could be interactive and allow her to enjoy books that typically she could not read. I have spent many hours searching the iTunes store, reading articles online and downloading apps to try out.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Well it took a while to finally get started but I think I am finally wrapping my head around this learning and integrating technology assignment. I have decided to learn the iBooks Author application available on the iPad as a new technology. Through this process I will learning about how e-books can be integrated into literacy instruction.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Connecting with educational leaders around the world is so incredibly easy via Twitter. I love how many opportunities there are to have conversations about literally any topic, at any time of day or night. Whether I’ve “lurked” in chat sessions … Continue reading …
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Well… we have officially started our project! Both Dianne and I are collaborating on this project together as our research interests are very similar. We both have always looked at ways of incorporating culture and technology into our teaching so we wanted to include both of these elements into this assignment.…
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