Web 2.0 for the Classroom

I was playing around online to try and find a seating chart tool online. I just don't think our new system is going to work well. It doesn't seem to be very flexible. In my quest to find something better I came across a great website that lists TONS of online tools for teachers. The sources available range from online productivity tools to great blogs to read. I can tell I will be spending a lot of time on this site. Hopefully others will find it helpful as well.

Web 2.0 for the Classoom

Trying someTHING new

After reading Jeanne's last post, I was inspired to try yearbookyourself.com
What a hoot! Fun to play around with for sure!

Thing 2: blogging and RSS

Loved the video about setting up an RSS feed. I saw this same one last year and it is such a nice review of what an RSS is all about. It is also done in such a creative and easy to understand format. I would love to find some relevant videos like this to show my students. I bet some of them would also enjoy creating their own in this style.

I just added everyone's blogs to my Google Reader. I love that the information now comes to me. I have a few other blogs that I susbcribe to, but they are always from people I know personally. My goal for this year is to add some other blogs that will help me as a teacher. I added Edutopia today as well as InfiniteThinking. I am hoping they give me ideas on what I can do in my classroom.

The cool thing about Google Reader is that I can "mark all as read" if I get behind on reading the blogs that update constantly. If course, I would never do that to the MILI blogs that everyone is making.

Information Literacy: The Bridge to College Readiness

Travis, Lisa, and I had the honor of representing the first ISD 112 MILI participants at the Metronet "Information Literacy: The Bridge to College Readiness" conference this summer. We were able to share our experiences with MILI as part of a panel discussion. It was very fun to be able to brag about the work being done in Chaska. Plus, the food was REALLY good! So, we got to toot our own horns and then pig out. What a great day!

1st blog of 2008-2009

Well...here we go again and I couldn't be more excited. I can't wait to build on my learning from last year's MILI experience. My students and I benefited greatly from this opportunity, especially while working on History Day. I want to further develop History Day research skills as well as do some backwards mapping to integrate those skills into smaller research skills earlier in the year.