Steve Hargadon, tireless in his efforts to bring teachers on board with Web 2.0 possibilities, led the way at yet another Classroom 2.0 event. I’m very glad I was able to attend the Friday session and part of Saturday’s. As a result, here are some new tools I’ll be adding to my toolkit and/or now [...]

As my tag cloud shows, the National Writing Project is central to my personal learning network (PLN).  In previous posts, I’ve referred to the growing bank of resources (think “mind prompts”) showcasing inquiry, best practices, collaborative projects, etc., from teachers across the nation, who also find themselves in tech leadership positions and/or needing to justify [...]

For the past year, I’ve teamed with our district web master to take our Internet Safety workshop on the road in an effort to make it accessible to parents as well as teachers.  Besides the evening regional face-to-face workshops, we also host the 2WebWatchers blog, an open invitation to teachers, parents, and the community at [...]

A post from Larry Ferlazzo on The Best Sites to Learn about the Earthquake in Italy got me thinking about resources to provide students with background on earthquakes in general – and a handout CSUSM Professor Kathy Hayden recently gave me (during the Robert Marzano session at CUE): IRIS Seismic Monitor – Students will love [...]

Twitter has been much in the news of late. From clips of members of Congress “tweeting” while in session to newscasters who end their late-breaking stories with not only an invitation to join the discussion on their network’s blog, but also to follow their Twitter feed. So I was not surprised during my Thursday night [...]