Google Reader is a cool tool that allows you to collect information posted on your favorite blogs and keep it organized and updated until you have time to read it. Here is picture of the Google Reader screen.
Please notice the option to Add a Subscription...
Subscribe to Blogs: Let the Information Come to You
For a brief moment, I'm going to elaborate on an idea introduced to me by Helena Bowers at the Illinois Computing Educators conference. She described The New Digital Divide in great detail, but the one idea that encouraged me to start this blog can be...
Safely Blogging with Students
There are three very good reasons to consider using a blog as a tool to teach writing, online communication, safety, and etiquette all within the context of your curriculum.
The teacher has the ability to monitor everything published on the blog, with...
Something Fun: Visual Bookmarks
MyClusta has created a cool tool called Visual Bookmarks, which is attractive for a few reasons. Creating a page of visual bookmarks is a nice way to build a collection of special bookmarks you want to keep handy, and the page can be fun to create. Also,...
This Week's Cool Tool: GoogleDocs
Types of GoogleDocs:There are four types of GoogleDocs to use. The documents are collaborative, which means they are easily shared, stored and potentially published online.Document: This is a basic word processing document that integrates with Microsoft...
Wordle Fun
Last week I had the pleasure of wordling with many people in our school district in one way or another. It was fun! If you are still thinking about wordling, please take a minute to view the list of great things to wordle, and let me know if you are...
