Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Search Presentation

Review these slides and discuss.

Perimeter Rap

Watch this video... and discuss.

Video of Clark Signing

Check out this video:

CLMS Participants!

Check out these new bloggers...

Tonight's Homework

Review the LBUSD Tech Plan Draft Goals.

Our Field Trip

Adding an image is as easy as adding attachments to email. This should be a long article about our field trip to the horsehead nebula. I wrote more about it on my other blog.


Tonight's Homework

Watch the Star Wars trilogy and compare it to Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey. Write a 50 page paper.

Your "Beer" Post

Just write anything and click publish... so we can check our blogs!

Homework PDF Demo

Tonight's homework is simple. Read pages 1-1000 and answer all odd questions on the PDF, 1-299.

Blog If You Love Learning at CLMS 2009!

I'm asking participants these three familiar questions...

1. What is a blog?

An online journal, a place to put your stuff so other people can see, a networking tool for getting information collaborating and sharing, a place to express your opinion, a place to report news.

2. What is the read/write web (or two-way web or web 2.0)?

Wikis are an example (so are blogs), it's interactive, a discussion forum? blackboard? Google Docs? But also some question about what this means...

3. What might these technologies mean for you and your students?

It's a way for them to collaborate, it makes it immediate interesting and relevant, also blurs the lines of what old fashioned folks think of plaigerism, it opens the door to a lot of students who might not share in a large group discussion, can be a powerful way to get feedback - or answers to specific questions, good for organizing...