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 [...]