CommonCraft Show

I've been a huge fan of the Commoncraft Show. If anyone has not seen some of these videos you need to stop reading this blog and check them out immediately.

http://commoncraft.com/

If you've these videos you know the potential and power they hold in education. The more recent video for explaining the US election process was extremely helpful to one of colleagues in a social studies class.

What have you used this videos for? or how do you plan to use these videos?

Suffolk ASSET

I attended Suffolk ASSET today. The keynote delivered my David Pogue of the New York Times was outstanding. It is clear that he clearly is excited by technology, a feeling I can clearly relate to. In addition to several interesting workshops, I was able to give another Web 2.0 workshop for administrators and supers with my colleagues.

What tools are your administrators using in your schools? or perhaps more important what tools should they be using?

Did you know 3.0?

This video is a must see. It's been updated and adapted for a recent conference in Rome.



How are you preparing your students for the 21st Century?

Celebration of Teaching and Learning

Today I was able to attend the annual Celebration of Teaching and Learning in New York City. The day was packed with workshops and demonstrations. I was able to deliver a workshop to administrators and superintendents on the power and potential of Web 2.0 communications.

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Rushton Hurley

I just came back from an amazing workshop with Rushton Hurley.

He showed my colleagues and I, some wonderful Web 2.0 tools that can really benefit classroom teachers.

I've posted them to my delicious account:

Check them out:
http://www.delicious.com/Don.Heberer

use the tag Rushton_Hurley to find them.

Polleverywhere

I was recently exposed to another free and great teaching tool.

http://www.polleverywhere.com

Polleverwhere allows for real-time polls to be conducted anywhere. Users can vote via email, web voting or even text message. This allows for the person conducting the poll to gain instant feedback from their audience. Imagine harnessing the power of cell phones as an educational tool in the classroom. This could be an alternative to student response systems, perhaps at the college level instructors could use this as a way to quickly take an anonymous poll.

The website also has a feature that allows messages to be sent to a wall. This could be potential beneficial in the classroom. However, all messages are unfiltered and unmoderated opening the door for a digital public stoning. With all web 2.0 tools the there are some struggles with striking a balance between collaboration and privacy.