http://currentedtech.com Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:46:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  A couple weeks ago, Karen Blumberg and Don Buckley sent out a great article on teenagers social networking behavior. Instead of an article warning parents and teachers about online safety which has been the focus of discussion for many years regarding social networking, it referred to the MacArthur Foundation Reports ... http://currentedtech.com/2008/12/17/facilitating-learning-online-nycist-december-meeting/ The NEIT unconference has been excellent so far. The best conversations still happen at the dinner table, but otherwise unconference style definitely works very well to promote discussion and sharing. So far I've gone to the following sessions: David Shipley's keynote Moodle Language Learning Labs Smartboard Tips and Tricks Games and Game Design in ... http://currentedtech.com/2008/11/13/neit2008-sessions-day-1-and-2/ I'm about to head up to Mohonk Mountain House and I'm getting very excited for the NEIT (NYSAIS Education and Information Technology) unconference. With the use of Twitter, a conference wiki, and many other web 2.0 technologies I think this will be a great unconference. In enjoyed the format very ... http://currentedtech.com/2008/11/12/neit2008-topics-of-interest/ It seems everything is going to the cloud. Email is going to google or exchange offsite. The web is being hosted by whatever company you choose, and many other cloud hosts are available: moodle rooms, mosso or whatever you choose. I even noticed that Blackbaud is now going to the ... http://currentedtech.com/2008/07/18/is-the-cloud-real/ I've been discussing the possibility of moving our school to Google Apps instead of Firstclass for some time now. The benefits are a no brainer for the IT side of things. No server work, lots of space (6 gigs), and it's free. There are also plenty of benefits ... http://currentedtech.com/2008/03/10/change-and-google-apps-creating-ambassadors/ I was extremely happy to see students blog discussions continue after the class is over and grades finished. Watching my students blog activity really reinforced the fact that students need an outlet for discussing current events. Learning is a life long activity that we as teachers should try to facilitate ... http://currentedtech.com/2007/11/29/class-is-over-the-discussion-isnt/ Talking to Jeff Lebow of World Bridges at dinner on Thursday sparked a great discussion on how to get students discussing current events. The Internet is an obvious great resource for an Inquiry based process of students form questions for research, evaluate online sources, create content, discuss and taking action ... http://currentedtech.com/2007/11/17/reflections-and-inspirations-from-neit2007/ A common topic that has come up in every session I've attended is copyright issues. I myself am guilty myself of letting students get away with too much in regards to using images that students googled. While the students do cite the sources, they do not always have permission to ... http://currentedtech.com/2007/11/15/creative-commons-and-fair-use/ Email was the tipping point for technology. It was the golden child that brought asynchronous discussion to the masses. Email became wildly popular, and was even romanticized with You've Got Mail. People began talking about it's "instant" communication ability. A decade later, it no longer seems like the freeing application ... http://currentedtech.com/2007/11/15/communication-and-email/ Notes from this session can be found at: http://neit.wikispaces.com/digital_citizenship http://currentedtech.com/2007/11/14/session-1-podcast-digital-citizens/