So, we’re at our monthly computer meeting today and one of the facilitators tells us how the wikipedia HAS to be blocked! There’s a teacher who has her kids in the lab and a couple of them are making changes to the wikipedia and are going back and forth and writing inappropriate stuff.
So, we should [...]
Entries from September 2006
the evil wikipedia
September 27th, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Wikis
Teachers Blogging
September 18th, 2006 · No Comments
There’s an article in USA Today about teachers blogging (claims that Technorati, the blog tracking site, lists 848 of them) and the inherent “dangers” involved. There’s the account of First Year Teacher who quit her job and then blogged about her bad experiences in the school district and reasons for quitting. But there are lots [...]
Tags: Blogging
Podcasting in Education
September 7th, 2006 · 1 Comment
The latest craze….I can’t pick up a professional journal or read an online newsletter that doesn’t mention podcasting in education. And it makes sense….our kids are all plugged into their iPods or other MP3 devices already. Why not give them some content to listen to?
Duke University was brilliant when they gave all incoming freshman iPods [...]
Tags: Podcasting
