Reflections on Teaching

It’s all about the network…

July 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments

After spending a week being super wired at Discovery Communication’s corporate headquarters, and then another three days in a much less tech-oriented setting, it gave me a great opportunity to think about different kinds of social networks.
First we have online networks. We like these people in part because we have a common interest that is [...]

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More from DEN National Institute

July 25th, 2008 · No Comments

First, we’re going to start off with the video interviews I did with various from DEN including Lance Rougeaux, Hall Davidson, and Scott McKinney and from the DEN Stars themselves:

The important ideas are about building relationships, and building integration between streaming and Web 2.0 to help us learn, and lead to students being engaged and [...]

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DEN National Institute Day One

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I did not manage to live blog because we were doing a “hands on project” making a movie for our regional DEN group to the “I Love the Mountains” song that is being used on the new Discovery Channel video. After listening to the song over, and over, it is pretty much stuck in my [...]

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More adventures with cell phones

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I have freely admitted to “smoking tech crack” when it comes to cell phones to Larry Ferlazzo (who as always is the voice of reason on new technology, thank goodness because I have no sense sometimes). I have really been exploring using cell phones for my own productivity, and connecting with others. I will be [...]

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Tags: communication · fun · web 2.0

More Mobile Tools

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Okay, big thanks to Tony Vincent for this idea which he used to create a mobi website for checking up on stuff at NECC. It uses a site called Wire Node, to put in feeds and widgets. The site is easy to use to build pages, and works really well with my cell for viewing [...]

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Next up, a trip to the D.C. area…

July 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Well, I have crammed way too much into this summer. On the other hand, I’m miserable with all this smoke whenever I’m home, so the humidity of Silver Spring, MD (next to Washington, D.C.) may seem welcome (a girl can dream, can’t she?)
A week from now, I’ll be heading towards the DEN National Institute,which promises [...]

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