Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 4

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 4

(Part 4 of 4 on a series of blog posts to be made into a free PDF. Your feedback, ideas and thoughts are critical! Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) Making your WBP an Open Platform for Learning The two major benefits of having a Web-Based Portfolio are: 1) They are accessible from any Internet enabled device2) The ability […]

Teaching Filtering Skills More Important Than Ever!

Teaching Filtering Skills More Important Than Ever!

(Thank you everyone for your concern! We are all safe in Bangkok this evening with Government imposed curfew on the city) I’m not sure what the news is like about the Bangkok protests outside of Thailand. But inside of Thailand is has been sporadic at best. Leaving people wanting to know and turning to constantly updated streams of information such […]

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Video

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Video

Chad Bates my IT Director sent me this great video today. What I love is many of the points I’ve been making in my series of blog posts on blogs as Web-Based Portfolios (1, 2 and 3) come through in this video. It always makes me feel good when I see that others are thinking along the same lines as […]

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 3

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 3

Part 3 of a series of blog posts to be made into a free PDF. Your feedback, ideas and thoughts are critical! Part 1 & Part 2) Options for a WBP Blogging System There are three different ways you can build a WBP Blogging system for your school. Each option has both positive and negative factors to consider. In the […]

Mining Twitter for Content

Mining Twitter for Content

Take 14 minutes out of your day today or tomorrow and watch this video: Web 3.0 from Kate Ray on Vimeo. Is it sad that this excites me? I love Tim Berners-Lee’s last statement: “If we end up building all the things I can imagine, we’ve failed.” This coming from the “father of the World Wide Web”. The video really […]

Software for 2010-2011

Software for 2010-2011

It’s that time of year again as last week we started working on our student computer image for the 10-11 school year here at ISB. Trying to find the best software for students is always difficult as there are so many things to consider. That’s what makes the Educational Software Wiki a great place to start when looking for what […]

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 2

Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 2

(Part 2 of a series of blog posts to be made into a free PDF. Your feedback, ideas and thoughts are critical! Part 1) Finding the right Web-Based Portfolio Container Web-Based Portfolios (WBP) can come in all shapes and sizes. There are literally hundreds of programs and ways you can create a WBP. The issue then becomes which way is […]

Confusing Parents

Confusing Parents

I’m sure you’ve heard by now the Principal in NJ that is asking parents to ban all Social-Networking sites from students. You can find his full e-mail to parents at the link or watch this interview below: So basically I take two things away from this video: 1. Parents are the problem and need to be told by the school […]