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Keeping Track or your Comments

On her post, Sue Waters gives details on how to keep track of your blogosphere conversations using cocomment. Enjoy! It's a time saver. http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2008/05/02/how-keep-track-o... Continue

Created by Carla Arena Jun 2, 2008 at 12:24pm. Last updated by Carla Arena Jun 2.

Blogging Idea

Seth Dickens has shared a wonderful lesson plan using the concept of storytelling in one sentence. Check his post http://www.digitalang.com/2008/05/one-sentence-stories/ You could ask your studen... Continue

Created by Carla Arena May 30, 2008 at 10:57am. Last updated by Carla Arena May 30.

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Created by Carla Arena May 30, 2008 at 10:52am. Last updated by Carla Arena May 30.

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Cristina Costa has just pubished a fantastic account of why digifolios on slideshare - I think it really helps to focalise the work I'm trying to do with my University students. I've downloaded it onto a CD to give to my electronically-challenged colleagues as part of an ongoing "conversion campaign" in my department ! - thanks Cristina

Posted by Elizabeth Anne on May 28th, 2008 at 2:38am — 4 Comments (Add)

Networking is vital for successful managers

I got the link to this podcast via G. Siemens newsletter - and I just thought I should share it with you. I find Prof. Herminia's perspective quite interesting. It would be good to get your views on it too. Networking is indeed really important...I find it vital to my activity. It has determined as how I have been developing my learning style (constantly adapting and adopting to a reality in motion). Networking is becoming more and m… Continue

Posted by Cristina Costa on May 13th, 2008 at 7:22am — No Comments (Add)

Comment Challenge

I have decided to take part in the Comment Challenge! I just signed up last night. Although I have been using the comment tracking tool, CoComment for a few months, I just found that it is possible to create groups in CoComment. There is a Comment Challenge CoComment group, so all those who are participating in the challenge can explore and keep track of each other's comments. I thought that the group func… Continue

Posted by Mary Hillis on May 5th, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments (Add)

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Become a guest editor on the active learning blog carnival

June saw Dr. Kevin McClusky from New Brunswick take on the onerous task of guest editor of the Active Learning Blog Carnival http://activelearningcarnival.blogspot.com/ This is your chance to act ...

Started by Deirdre Bonnycastle Jun 24.

Mobile 2.0 1 Reply

Is anyone experimenting Moblogging or any other kind of Mobile 2.0 strategies. I am becoming quite interested in it and will consider an iphone in the next weeks (still need to check my budget!!! :...

Tagged: iphone, mobile2.0, moblogging

Started by Cristina Costa. Last reply by Carla Arena May 30.

Highlights of the Week

Excellent Resources for Educators starting to Blog

http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Blogs+%28Weblogs%29

WebTools4u2use » Blogs (Weblogs) via kwout

These two blog posts are worth reading and reflecting upon. Enjoy. We'd love to know what you think about them.

Programming: The New Literacy
by Mark Prensky

The Web2.0 Prophecy: An Adventure
by David Truss

Voicethreads:

Check Mary Hillis' presentation at the TESOL conference on Chingswing.

Daniela Munca's comprehensive Lesson Plan to use Voicethread in her American Culture class.

Do you know Blinkx? Interesting Video searchengine with cool applications for blogs.

João, in his post here on how to start blogging with elementary students, pointed to this very interesting post that could help you devise a blog, using a single email account and every student as a contributor of the class blog. Thanks, João, for sharing! Ms. Cofino's Post

Here's a post which has just been updated comparing the blog hosts Blogger and Wordpress.

Edutopia's videos are inspiring, project-based related. Every educator should watch them! How can you start your project in class and incorporate blogs in the process?