Random Ramblings

Geocaching … An Educational Adventure
Crystal Turney and Beth Hamilton
http://www.geocaching.com
also on United Streaming
great staff building activity
Geocaching as a learning tool
1.       Stimulates creative teaching
2.       Motivates students
3.       Fosters cooperative learning and teamwork
4.       Promotes higher order thinking skills
5.       Integrates various curriculum areas
6.       Instills a respect and consideration for others
7.       Creates awareness for environment
From National Geographic:
                Crack the Code - [...]

Patrick Crispin  Googlebots
http://netsquirrel.com
http://netsquirrel.com/powerpoint/complete.html
 
Google 201 workshop
                Google’s page rank algorithm

Google on the road

1-800-goog-411
Will do cross streets
Will text message the directions

Google Maps

http://maps.google.com
Map is clickable and dragable
Map, [...]

Alan November
Digital Learning Farms
                Jobs kid should do
a.       Designing tutorial
-          Homework will contribute to the good of the whole instead of the individual.
-          Create tutorial groups in classroom by using screen casting software
-          Screencastomatic is free
b.      Podcast reviews
-          Curriculum review teams of kids
-          Have a chart of jobs that change from week to week
-          The [...]

David Warlick – Second Life
http://handouts.davidwarlick.com
ajaxchat – mini twitter – after session you can relocate the transcript to a wiki
http://davidwarlick.com/ajaxchat/index.php
tag blog entry:  secondlife and warlick – to be part of the online handouts
“Snow Crash” book about Second Life by Neil ??

** More! More! More! NC Desk
Vicki McKenzie & Kacey Sebsenich – Cumberland County Schools
http://ncdesk.ncsu.edu/ncdesk
Restore and start again using the least number of steps !!! Test is scored on clicks !!  Do the steps in the order that it is given to you – bold then underline need to be in that order.  Use HELP, but [...]

I am at the North Carolina Education Technology Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina.  I can’t believe a year has passed so quickly since I attended my first technology conference last year.  The amount I have learned is unbelievable!  The people I have met have all been so helpful and nice to me.
I am coming into [...]

I haven’t used my blog in this manner before, but hey, there’s always a first time, right?  I have a teacher that wants to let the kids collaborate simultaneously on a spreadsheet.  I suggested Google Docs, but found out that you must have an email to register.  Our kids have Gaggle, but aren’t allowed outside [...]

Uh oh ….. I live blogged 2 sessions from MEGA tonight and now both entries have disappeared! Hopefully, they will return as magically as they disappeared - hopefully!
I pinged them on Technorati - so I know I wasn’t dreaming ….
It’s not Friday the 13th or anything odd is it?
Until next time (or if [...]

Happy 1st Blog Birthday to Random Ramblings!   I can’t believe that one year has flown by so quickly.  What’s that old adage? time flies when you’re having fun.  It truly does.
I have learned so much this past year and met so many wonderfully delightful people.  I’ve met people from the four corners of the globe [...]

Yep, that was me skipping down the hallway on Friday.  I had spent a couple of days in Susan Oriet’s 6th grade Language Arts class working on Voicethread.  The kids made collages of books they had read and then we recorded their reports onto Voicethread.  WOW!  What a great experience!  I had so much fun! [...]