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Monthly Archives October 2006

Note Taking

I encountered a post that seems a natural follow up to my own post on supplementing student note taking. The author of A Teachers Life offers some links that seem to focus on the Cornell Notetaking system. If I remember, the Cornell system suggests that students divide a note taking into two columns – taking [...]

Posted 29 October 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

A Picture About Several Thousand Words

One of my general frustrations with the individuals I consider the movers and shakers in the educ blog community is that they seldom collect or rely on research and data. Innovators trained in the tradition I come from have vision and beliefs just like anyone else, but we start to feel guilty when we promote [...]

Posted 27 October 2006 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Boy Scout Copyright Patch

I am a regular TWIT podcast listener. In a recent show, Leo spent a significant amount of time commenting on a Boy Scout “patch” for learning about copyright, fair use, etc. The tone of the comments as well as comments provided by other technology sources (boingboing criticism) was critical because of the connection with the [...]

Posted 25 October 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

My Social Software Experiment

The idea of using technology to integrate and leverage modest contributions made by many people appeals to me. Some may expect far more of technology, but while we are waiting for these grand visions to pan out, why not simply try to identify the type of things that present technology does very well. My list [...]

Posted 24 October 2006 † grabe § Ed Practice ‡ Comments (0) °

Yahoo Time Capsule

For the next 19 days, you have the opportunity to contribute an artifact to Yahoo!’s Time Capsule. Your contribution could be in the form of text, an image, a video – something that can be represented in a digital format. A contribution is intended to fit within a theme – beauty, fun, home, faith, sorrow, [...]

Posted 20 October 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Virtual Conference

You might want to take a look at K12Online Conference (2006). The conference “presentations” will be posted beginning the week of October 23. The conference appears to be an attempt to mimic the experiences of a traditional (FTF) conference in a virtual setting. It appears you can even apply for grad credit if you are [...]

Posted 19 October 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

A rationale response to fear

I read a recent blog post (which I seem unable to locate to cite here – add a comment if you recognize the source for such comments) concerning the culture of fear that has developed around all things online. In addition to our collective fascination with various gloomy topics, our focus is maintained by those [...]

Posted 17 October 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °