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Homework for 2009-01-16

Today's homework is easy:

Read pages 1-1000 and answer questions 1-500 odd. Compose a 500 word reflection on the experience.

Demo Post

You can do tons of cool stuff to text.

Here's a link to my real blog, edtechlife.com.

Here's the workshop wiki.

Check out this image of Dinner with the CLHS board:

Demo Post for CLHS

I'm here with two participants asking these three familiar questions:

1. What is a blog? It's like a digital journal with regular entries... usually on specific topic. You can include media, stills, links, etc. And an infinite number of people can read.
2. What is the read/write web? A person can write something, post it on the web, and everyone can read it. 
3. What might these technologies mean for you and your students? Opportunities to write and share with others - and you have to know what you're writing about to explain it to others. For research, blogs make opinions around the world available.
   

How to Create A Blog With Blogger

Here's the lead video from the Blogger Help Channel on YouTube:
See more Blogger Help videos here.

Label Test

Wow. Clark is making cool sounds.

Demo for AB 430 Administrators

I'm asking these three familiar questions...

1. What is a blog?

A forum. An online journal. A hang out space. Like a coffee shop online. It can be interactive. Blogs are topic specific. You could be anonymous.

2. What is the read/write web?

You can read something on the web and respond to it. Would it be opinions or substancial information? Would wikipedia be part of that? What about email?

3. What do these technologies mean for your students?

Learning continues outside the classroom. Instant gratification. Pen pals in other countries w/ instant communication. Problem solving with peers not in the classroom.