Random
The visitors' center has a nice film the explains the expedition from the point of view of the Clatsop people who happened to be here when Lewis and Clark paddled down the Columbia.... For each corresponding day during 2004-2006, the weblog shorthands the expedition’s activities and then describes something else happening in American history on that day.
Read MoreGoogle Earth maps of avian flu spread: Declan Butler, a writer for the journal Nature, has created a Google Earth file that charts the outbreak of avian flu. The map is updated weekly and can be linked to in Google Earth as a network link, which will automatically update itself with new versions when you reload it on your computer.
Read MoreIf you would like to follow along at home, the local Portland paper, The Oregonian, has a page up with all their most recent articles about the PPS budget situation. I'm finding that the Yahoo News and Google News RSS search feeds to also be a good source for not only news articles about the situation, but also links to local blogs where folks are talking about this situation.
Read MoreOdeo: Ed Tech Coast to Coast #7: Steve Burt talks with Tim Wilson, Will Richardson and Steve Dembo from FETC in Orlando...
Read MoreWes Fryer has been very busy lately posting podcasts and notes about the SITE conference and FETC.... Dr. Swenson passionately challenged educators at all levels to engage in advocacy for children in an era where high stakes testing and federally mandated accountability...
Read MoreAlso check out the the feature on the history of disruptive social trends. Points out the doom and gloom that was predicted with the introduction of things like the Waltz and the novel...
Read More
L.VALENTIN in the The Stranger
Originally uploaded by lydiamariadelapatafria.
My oldest daugher is a graphic design major at Seattle University. Her most recent project involved creating a poster similar to what you find plastered on phone poles around Seattle and Portland noting concerts or social causes. Someone saw it and it made the Poster of the Week feature in the Seattle weekly, The Stranger. Note the cool conspiracy theory associated with her work...
The idea is to give lecturers the ability to insert questions into their lectures (directly unto their PowerPoint slides, for instance) and then poll the students.... I see teachers getting excited about the quiz show aspect of these clicker things and kind of missing the point about bringing interactivity to a lecture or a talk.
Read MoreThe Savvy Technologist » Blog Archive » Joe Lambert: Digital Storytelling, Part 1 Tim Wilson has posted another of his Savvy Technologist podcasts.... This one would be a great one to share during a staff meeting and I plan to do so in the near future.
Read MoreToday, Jeff Utecht has a great post entitled Traditions. In it he relates the daughters in the play Fiddler on the Roof to our traditional views of education...
Read MoreHe notes they are using: Drupal with the Organic Groups module to do this exact thing - student teachers write their “journal” entries, and select the group(s) that can read it.... This replaces a really dysfunctional paper-based process, where students would write their entries in a blue binder, and hand that in to their prof or mentor for review.
Read MoreZoneTag Photos: ZoneTag, a new feature from Flickr, can automatically tag your phone camera photos with the location, based on the cell tower, in which they were taken.... One nice feature is its integration with Google Maps, but with Firefox and the GMif Greasemonkey script, this functionality is already available in Flickr.
Read MoreGreased Lightbox is a Greasemonkey/Creammonkey user script designed to enhance browsing on websites that link to images such as Google Image Search, Flickr, Gmail, and Facebook. It basically allows you to follow a link to a larger image without leaving the page.
Read Moreflickr leech is a tool from Houser Design that will pull thumbnails from flickr and display them on a page. It will pull the first 200 images based on any of the following criteria: Interestingness, Username, User ID, Photoset, Group Pool and Tag.
Read MoreWritely Confirms Google Acquisition: Looks like Google bought Writely...
Read MoreOne additional feature is that we can utilize Bonjour (Apple's implementation of Zero Config networking) within our network to connect and record audio sessions.... The actors will all be connect via iChat locally and will recite their lines while the teacher machine is connected and recording the session in GarageBand.
Read MoreParks lead a fascinating life and his work and life cover a large period of time which saw many changes in our country.... These primary sources are such great tools for ourselves and our students as we work to share the stories of others and as we work to give our students the perspective of their lives and work.
Read MoreLots of good conversation about trusted sources of information and the need at all levels to teach students media literacy skills.One woman was a bit confused about Wikipedia and she thought it was a site that Will ran.... Will made great use of Jon Udell's Heavy Metal Umlot screencast and I could tell the audience was much more receptive to the idea of Wikipedia when they saw the amount of work and passion that went into growing and keeping clean this small part of the commons.
Read MoreThe teacher also is concerned about state regulations and such and making sure the bean counters know how many minutes of professional development you received.... My recent opportunity to attend IL-TCE provided me with a chance to talk with David Jakes and Will Richardson about technology, and some of the issues, challenges and opportunities that social software brings to the classroom.
Read More<div style="width:282px;text-align:center;"> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/16448.831e4c07697/mini?style=square" style="width: 282px; height: 240px;"></iframe> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px"> <a href="http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/16448.831e4c07697">This album</a> is powered by <a href="http://www.bubbleshare.com/">BubbleShare</a> - <a href="http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/16448.831e4c07697/blog">Add to my blog</a> </span> </div> Bubbleshare has a nice export from iPhoto plug-in, so I made up a little slide show with some images of art work from around the school so I can play a bit with the new zoom feature...
Read More