http://baburton.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:31:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thank you Shelley for a wonderful introduction to Web 2.0. I must say the course was packed with valuable resources – web links, video tutorials, and suggested readings… At times I felt overwhelmed by the quantity and quality of the activities; but I kept plotting through them. Even though I ... http://baburton.edublogs.org/2009/08/28/thing-23-final-thoughts/ It was great to refresh myself with Classroom 2.0. I joined this network earlier this spring after listening to several online discussions. (It’s been a while since my last visit.) However, I found that I left each session with at least 1 tip or trick; usually something that I could ... http://baburton.edublogs.org/2009/08/28/thing-22-social-networking/ Another great article from Will Richardson's blog entitled Willing to be Disturbed. I feel fortunate to work in a district with a new IT Director (1 year under her belt) who has a vision beyond "security" beyond the basics and who pushes the vision of everyone in the IT department. ... http://baburton.edublogs.org/2009/08/27/thing-7c-willing-to-be-disturbed/ A mixed review of PageFlakes. It seems very similar to iGoogle. I'm not sure that I'm comfortable with the layout. I found it quite wordy or busy to use with elementary students. I looked at several elementary page flakes and wasn't sure that elementary students would navigate the pages easily. ... http://baburton.edublogs.org/2009/08/26/thing-21-pageflakes/ Our district has been exploring google docs since May 2009. So I’ve had a head start on using it. We are making the switch to using gmail and along with that comes so many awesome tools – docs, calendar and sites to name a few. Since the beginning I’ve used ... http://baburton.edublogs.org/2009/08/26/thing-20-google-docs-love-it/ I’m finding YouTube to be a very useful resource. I’ve delivered 2 workshops over the summer and both times I’ve used YouTube to help prepare for my presentations. The topics were podcasting and using gmail/google apps. The videos were short and sweet and great resources for me to use prior ... http://baburton.edublogs.org/2009/08/26/thing-19-youtubeteachertube/ Since I've used garageband before to create podcasts, I wanted to try a different tool. So I recorded using Vocaroo on my mac. I found the recording to be easy - I think the sound quality was ok. Downloading took a minute as it was not clear on the website ... http://baburton.edublogs.org/2009/08/25/thing-18-creating-a-podcast/ Why wouldn’t you use podcasting in your classroom? I’ll admit that it may take you a little bit of searching to find podcasts that will fit with your curriculum and grade level but they are well worth the search. I have used a few from iTunes and the students love ... http://baburton.edublogs.org/2009/08/25/thing-17-podcasting/ What a fantastic site...I must admit that being the mother of a 7 year old and working full time doesn't really give me much time for reading. I read my journals and some magazines but I just have not found the time to get back to novels. Not that I ... http://baburton.edublogs.org/2009/08/12/thing-16-library-thing-experience/ I found delicious to be a very powerful and useful tool. The way our school network is set up, we have difficulties saving bookmarks. Delicious would be a great solution to that problem. I briefly looked at Delicious a couple of years ago but didn't pursue it any further. Then ... http://baburton.edublogs.org/2009/08/07/thing-15-social-bookmarking-with-delicious/