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Entries from September 2007

Wired’s NextFest and Animoto

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

A few weeks ago, someone mentioned that Animoto was used to make a preview of the teasers for the upcoming K-12 Online Conference. Since then, many edubloggers have been playing with it. I like the one David Warlick made for the Edubloggercon at NECC in Atlanta last summer.
Therefore, after my recent field trip with 4th [...]

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Tags: Professional Development

District 6 EdTech Newsletter for September 2007

September 8th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve published the latest edition to my newsletter blog at http://ld6.blogspot.com It contains news, events, professional development opportunities, grant resources, and some recommended tools for educators. It’s most useful for teachers in LAUSD.
At the bottom of the post, I added some pictures and a short reflection from my summer experiences at NECC and at the [...]

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Tags: NECC 2007 · Professional Development

Part 2 of Interview with Howard Johnston

September 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’ve finally published Part 2 of my interview with Howard Johnston, a literacy coach at Corona Ave. Elementary School. He shares how he uses collaboration not only among his teachers, but how he is making connections with the neighboring primary center and middle school. His ideas for using technology to make connections are great. I [...]

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Tags: Podcasts