In response to my post Promoting Twitteracy in the Classroom, Paul Harrington dropped by to make a salient point that we as teachers/technology enthusiasts must never forget: …we have to be cautious though with the digital divide that we don’t further disadvantage those without access to the technology outside school…
Hi-Tech Lo-Fi
I posted last week about my attempts to mashup a slide show with sound at Slideshare.net. I took an Impress show on the life of Thomas a’ Becket I created about a year and a half ago and recorded some narration, simply to see how the service works. The results…
A Quickie Poll: What’s on Your USB? (Educator Edition)
Lifehacker was the first blog I ever read with any regularity, and I’ve been a huge fan since the day I started. For the uninitiated, Lifehacker offers tips, tricks, tutorials, and how-tos for streamlining (“hacking”) your daily habits. A discussion thread that pops up there (and on similar techie blogs)…
Promoting Twitteracy in the Classroom
I can’t resist the urge to leap headlong into an awful portmanteau, but Dr. Yvonne Andres could when she posted about TwitterLit.com back in May. From her article: Realizing that the opening sentences of books are often an intriguing attention getters, twice a day, TwitterLit creator Debra Hamel, posts the…
A little recognition goes a long way…
My first official slidecast is not only up and running, it was selected as Slideshare.net’s Slidecast of the Day. You can check out my take on the life of Thomas a’ Becket right from the front page of Slideshare.net (I’ll post it here after it leaves the front page). Word…