Demo for CPS

I'm asking two familiar questions:

1. What is a blog?

It's a web log!

2. How might this be important to you and your students?

They will have access to each other's work and can ask questions.
It's 24 hours a day.

And I'm demonstrating how easy it is to finish your "beer" post.

Demo for RBUSD Summit

I'm back in the RBUSD asking these three familiar questions - with a curve ball!

1. What is a blog?

A web log. We can share our own ideas and other people can comment on them. It's an interactive super quick way to share ideas.

2. How might this be important to you and your students?

They can get quick feedback... and don't need to wait for an answer from a certain person. They can answer each other's questions.

3. Where are you going to display your #gettinggoing badge?

On our nametag... on our laptops... on our faces.

Demo for Montreal

I'm here in Quebec teaching passionate educators how to share online with blogs!

Demo for CA Summit

What is a blog?

Online journal
1 to 1 feedback...
An essay expressing an opinion publicly
Blogs can be damaging... throwing up on the internet
Immediate comments/feedback...
Can be informative, how to, etc... 

What is the read/write web (web 2.0)?

You can interact with what you see... and others who do also
Literacy becomes more important

What do these technologies mean for you and your students?

Could be instead of a newsletter...
A forum to practice writing for the public...
Need to learn to use it constructively not just socially
And to effect change...
Ettiquette becomes an issue...
Digital lab reports
Positive Digital Footprint
You have to begin teaching these issues early..
We're not the only expert in the room...

Demo Share from Four Square in Hong Kong

Photo needs straightening but this is a cool location. We shopped too... (@ Apple Store) [pic]: http://4sq.com/11Tisr6

Demo for HK Summit

I'm here with dedicated educators learning on the weekend at HKIS. I'm asking them these three familiar questions:

1. What is a blog?

A running record of what's happening...

A public journal...

An opportunity to communicate... 

A way toi self reflect and have other reflect on your learning...

2. What is the two-way web or web 2.0?

Interaction...

Feedback...

Creative... 

3. What do blogs and the read/write web mean in education?

Student voice...

Democracy...

Developing thinking processes... 

A place to risk take...

Dynamic...

And now I'm adding some media... as a demo of course.

Multi Media Demo in ON

If you can email attachments, you can blog images... almost.

Homework: Read pages 1-1000 and answer all odd questions 1-500.