Secretbuilders: New Site for Me!

I came across this site in one of my educational technology sites:

http://www.secretbuilders.com/

The site claims: "SecretBuilders is a site that can be used to supplement the teaching of various topics, including literature, arts, sciences and humanities. The site gives children an opportunity to interact with famous historical and fictional figures from world civilization, making learning more enjoyable and effective. We can provide teachers with examples of how to incorporate SecretBuilders into their school curriculum."

Take a look and see what you think.

Awards

This morning the Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, Coretta Scott King and Pura Belpre Awards were announced.

For a listing of the awards, please click here:
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2009/01/ala-youth-media-awards.html

Podcasting, Anyone?

As I think I mentioned in class, I have started podcasting. I added a podcast to my undergraduate online course Ed 301. Slowly.... Small steps...

What is a podcast? Why would I want one? Are they free? Do I need to create them?

I found this article on podcasting that may answer some of these questions. http://www.wtvi.com/TEKS/05_06_articles/classroom-audio-podcasting.html The article explains that "Thousands of podcasts are being published for both local and global audiences on a multitude of topics. Two excellent places to find classroom podcasts are the Education Podcast Network (http://epnweb.org) and the podcast directory within the iTunes Music Store. iTunes is free software available for both Windows and Macintosh computers (www.apple.com/itunes)."

Enjoy!

Also: Here's a link to a classroom that is podcasting http://bobsprankle.com/blog/C1697218367/E20050925120007/index.html

Project Gutenberg

Need resources for your classes or lessons?

Project Gutenberg offers free online materials. It is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks.

Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.

Take a look at the site and see what you think!

Blog Privacy

In response to my class discussion in GE-555 last night, I found this article.

Here is an interesting point, "Blogs are getting a lot of attention these days. You can no longer safely assume that people in your offline life won't find out about your blog, if you ever could. New RSS tools and services mean that it's even easier than ever search and aggregate blog entries. As long as you blog anonymously and in a work-safe way, what you say online is far less likely to come back to hurt you."

Take a look and see what you think.

Thanks!

Hello again!

This is another new blog for GE555-02.

Welcome to the Blog!

Hello to this class! I cannot wait to get started.

Blog Video

Semester Start

Today is our first class session (undergraduates). I am anxious to meet you and start this exciting semester.

Hopefully you can get started on creating your blogs and getting used to this format. If you need any assistance, let me know.

To get you started and thinking, here is a link to an article on How to Start your Own Blog:
http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=163100418

Here is a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

Furthermore, if you have any questions that you think other students may benefit from, you can post them here and I will answer them. Hope you have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to a great term!

Almost time....

...to start blogging again~!

Just a note to say hello and that I have not forgotten about the blog. Spring semester starts soon and i look forward to hearing from you all again!

Take care~