Keep your eye on this one

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I got this link from Karen Bosch aka karlyb one of the folks in my PLN.  Karen is a technology teacher in Detroit and a DEN Star. 
Karen suggests that all elementary teachers keep up with the Kids Ed Websites blog.  Lots of good stuff on there.  Check it out for yourself.

I’m gonna be in pictures…

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WOW…I just finished a class in Second Life.  Riptide, one of the DEN in SL leaders, gave a class on using the camera and taking pictures in Second Life.  So now I need to practice.  My skills are still pretty aweful.  Not that Ripide didn’t try…I’m just am a slow learner.  So we learned to pan [...]

Digital Storytelling — Day of Discovery

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 The Discovery Educator’s Network is sposoring a free day of professional development on Sunday February 22.  If you are at all interested in using digital images, sounds and video for instructional purposes, you should register and plan to attend.  You can find all the details on Matt Monjan’s blog.

DE Streaming Teacher Tools Follow-Up

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This post is primarily for those who will attend the DE Streaming Teacher Tools session today.  If you’ve read my blog at all, you know that from time to time I get fabulous information to share through my Personal Learning Network (PLN).  I found an absolute gem while preparing for the inservice and wanted to [...]

Mid Year Check-Up

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My thanks to Christine Southard who shared this mid-year check-up via plurk.  Christine is a fellow DEN Star in my Personal Learning Network (PLN).  For those of you who don’t know, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the educational success of individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and [...]

David Warlick in SL

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Okay so in my never-ending quest to learn more about edtech, I have begun to investigate Second Life.  It’s funny how I find learning this new application really overwhelming.  When I was beginning to look into MUVEs over a year ago, I was so overwhelmed by Second Life that I took up residence in Kaneva.  [...]

Technology is Awesome…

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When I did training on United Streaming earlier this year, I mentioned the DEN and recommended that folks check it out.  The DEN (Discovery Educator’s Network) is a community of educators who use digital media among other things as they integrate technology into their practice.  The DEN sponsors an annual national institute to provide additional [...]


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