PONderings

http://webfiles.rbe.sk.ca/rps/terrance.pon/biomovie2.wmv

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Another gem from Joyce Valenza’s blog, this video from Michael Wesch explains how Web 2.0 has revolutionized our ways of thinking.
I’m going to use it with my Lunching with Laptops group.

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I just stumbled across a podcast from School Library Journal that speaks to providing PD to busy professionals in regards to Web 2.0. Helene Blowers created a tool through a blog entitled Learning 2.0 that encourages users to explore Web 2.0 tools on their own.
This model is described in Blowers’ podcast. In learning through this open and collaborative [...]

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Arthur Slade, an award-winning Saskatchewan author, gave our teacher-librarians and Grades 3-7 teachers an engaging presentation on boys and reading.
Among his recommendations were books based on video games such as the Halo series, SIBYLs (Songs inspired by literature), podcasting, and YouTube. I found reflections contained in Art’s blog to be very enlightening.For a copy of [...]

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I’m spending the better part of my morning here at Suds Car Wash, happily working on their internet-enabled computer. While the employees are diligently hard working on removing the smell that mice have left in my car, I am exploring Jamie McKenzie’s work particularly in the area that he calls Slam Dunk Lessons (SDLs).
Key benefits [...]

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I just stumbled upon Joyce Valenza’s blog. In my very short time exploring her reflections, I found an interesting post entitled You know you’re a 21 century teacher- librarian if…
Among many other notable checkpoints, Joyce points out the need for educators to understand the concept of Web 2.0, a term I admittedly know little about. [...]

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David Loertscher, Carol Koechlin, and Sandi Zwaan published the book Ban those bird units. The intent of the book is transform research projects from activities of cutting and pasting into activities that require higher levels of critical and creative thinking.
Here’s a glimpse into the 15 proposed models.

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