tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145783817413528902024-03-14T07:55:10.428-04:00Technology for Learningideas to enliven your teaching & current information about computer & media trends...use the Index for quick access to posts by topicsJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.comBlogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-49936828803147442212016-11-10T17:07:00.000-05:002016-11-11T23:56:40.718-05:00Students Sharing Apps: Perfect ProjectToday, I had the opportunity to catch a Periscope live broadcast of a group of students in Endwell, New York sharing out their favorite apps. The students gather information about their apps first in a Google Slide presentation, and then each student presented their rationale for the app they chose.<br />
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Without further ado, here is a link to the Periscope for you to watch to get an idea of how their work was shared out globally.<br />
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LIVE on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Periscope?src=hash">#Periscope</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Digcit?src=hash">#Digcit</a> App Smackdown <a href="https://t.co/ItQfBuSRPK">https://t.co/ItQfBuSRPK</a></div>
— Rachel Murat (@MrsMurat) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrsMurat/status/796762603863146496">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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You can also get an idea of the apps the students featured by looking through this Google Slide deck the teacher, <a href="https://twitter.com/MrsMurat" target="_blank">Rachel Murat</a>, shared.<br />
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Here is a sample of the Google Form (survey) that was filled out to evaluate each of the apps presented. Students later created a blog post to support their top choice.<br />
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Overall, I was fortunate to watch the live presentation via Periscope to see the class in action and was impressed by the way the students took control of the learning, sharing their favorite apps with others and defending their choices as well as explaining how the app worked and its benefits.</div>
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Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-16380831715713094082016-11-04T00:19:00.000-04:002016-11-04T01:45:10.046-04:00Students Leading the Role in Teaching about Digital CitizenshipA few years ago, a social studies department chair, <a href="https://twitter.com/FitzAPGov" target="_blank">Paul Fitzpatrick,</a> at Northwest Catholic High School, Connecticut, had his students lead the way in teaching one another about digital citizenship. At the time, he shared with me some videos his 9th grade Civics class produced for the unit of study.<br />
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Over the last couple of year, I have been teaching a course, Technology and Learning, to teachers enrolled in a Educational Technology Graduate Education Program. One of the themes of the course is Digital Citizenship. In an effort to encourage these teachers to have their own students lead the way in teaching about Digital Citizenship, I like to showcase the work of Mr. Fitzpatrick's students.<br />
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In the past, I have placed the videos in EdPuzzle for out-of-class viewing aligned with the Flipped Classroom model. This time around, I decided to share the videos, which are already publicly available on YouTube, thus therein with permission to insert them here.<br />
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Your responses to any of the individual videos and to the concept of students taking the lead to communicate messages about Digital Citizenship are welcomed.</div>
Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-15595915291791955892016-08-29T14:38:00.000-04:002016-08-29T14:38:00.857-04:00First Days: Setting a Positive Climate As the first days of school approach, we aim to set the tone for our classes and to get to know our students. Many have shared ideas about ways to approach these initial days.<br />
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<li>Edutopia offers ideas under 4 four categories in this post, <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/4-approaches-building-positive-community-any-classroom-maurice-elias" target="_blank"><b>Building A Positive Community in Any Classroom.</b></a> Many of these ideas work for other times of the year as well. </li>
<li>From <a href="http://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/26-questions-every-student-should-be-able-to-answer/" target="_blank">2<b>6 Questions Every Student Should Be Able to Answer</b></a><b> </b>pick a few and decide how to adapt them to your classroom setting.</li>
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-37321704500560379852016-08-29T14:13:00.000-04:002016-08-29T14:13:58.726-04:00Why Use Voxer, the Messaging AppFor the last few years, I have been an avid user of the Voxer app. When I mentioned the app to new users, they often want to know more. Here I explain some of its uses for professional development and integration with students.<br />
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The app offers the ability to send text, audio, images, videos messages to a single user or a group. If you have an interest in a special area, such as English Language Arts or the Flipped Classroom, you can join a group with others with the same interest and pose questions and learn of suggestions others offer. Planning on attending a conference or presenting at one, you can start a Voxer group to coordinate plans.<br />
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Here is a screen capture of just a few of the Voxer groups I have joined.<br />
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In lieu of sending class emails or individual emails, Voxer can be used to send messages regarding course work. A class chat group can be set up with all class members. Once that is done, messages can be shared back and forth with all members in the class or separately to individuals by side voxing them. If a student has a question about an assignment, they can post it to the class chat or send it individually to the instructor.<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-40212478583140459832016-08-13T17:06:00.003-04:002016-08-13T17:06:32.273-04:00Livestreaming with Periscope for Professional Development<h3>
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At the end of July, <a href="http://edcampglobal.wix.com/edcamp" target="_blank">EdCamp Global</a> ran a series of professional learning events. Given the series was all online, the Periscope app was an excellent way to bring the sessions to a live, interactive audience.<br />
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Here's a sampling of some of the sessions offered via the app, and you'll be able to see the broadcast via the Twitter tweet in which they are embedded. Be sure to hit the volume icon in the lower corner to turn on the sound while watching.<br />
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/knikole">@knikole</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Periscope?src=hash">#Periscope</a>: Building Your PLN <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECG2016?src=hash">#ECG2016</a> 😆🙌 <a href="https://t.co/ISkaj81jm1">https://t.co/ISkaj81jm1</a></div>
— Fabiana Casella (@FabianaLCasella) <a href="https://twitter.com/FabianaLCasella/status/759483528241446912">July 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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LIVE on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Periscope?src=hash">#Periscope</a>: Up the Ante with Appsmashing <a href="https://twitter.com/edcampGlobal">@edcampglobal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECG2016?src=hash">#ECG2016</a> <a href="https://t.co/RC1h4rLIrh">https://t.co/RC1h4rLIrh</a></div>
— theAPPyclass (@theAPPyclass) <a href="https://twitter.com/theAPPyclass/status/759478715797630976">July 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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LIVE on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Periscope?src=hash">#Periscope</a>: A sense of Place Google Maps <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECG2016?src=hash">#ECG2016</a> <a href="https://t.co/J6RfQ6wjfx">https://t.co/J6RfQ6wjfx</a></div>
— Stacy Lovdahl (@braveneutrino) <a href="https://twitter.com/braveneutrino/status/759391148800606208">July 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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LIVE on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Periscope?src=hash">#Periscope</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PowerofPeriscope?src=hash">#PowerofPeriscope</a> scavenger hunt today! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECG2016?src=hash">#ECG2016</a><a href="https://t.co/uknVfHQzLF">https://t.co/uknVfHQzLF</a></div>
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What suggestions do others have for offering online professional development? What tools do you think work best for reaching a global audience during the EdCamp Global and similar events?</div>
Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-43083700743587199052016-02-15T00:30:00.001-05:002016-11-16T22:15:27.800-05:00Protect Yourself OnlineAt the Digital Citizenship Summit held at the University of Saint Joseph October 4, 2015, <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahdateechur" target="_blank">Sarah Thomas</a>, a teacher from the Washington DC area, did a session on tips for protecting oneself in age of online fraud and hacks. Several people have asked about her session, and I had the opportunity, with her permission, to video the presentation with the Periscope app. The video was uploaded to YouTube. Given the presentation was recorded as a livestream to keep the original intact, the video uploaded was not edited and is a record of the livestream done with an iPhone 6+.<br />
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Any comments about Sarah's presentation are welcomed.Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-84423720658660003172015-08-16T20:51:00.001-04:002015-08-16T20:51:07.558-04:00School Media in Schools<br />
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Many people have asked for information following the "Social Media in Schools" session that <a href="https://twitter.com/mbfxc" target="_blank">Marialice Curran</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/JudyArzt" target="_blank">I </a>lead for an educational event, <a href="http://edcampct.org/" target="_blank">EdCampCT</a>.<br />
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Beside face-to-face attendees, about 125 people watched and interacted virtually. We projected the live broadcast (using Apple TV) for in-person attendees who didn't have a chance to download the Periscope app. <br />
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<span style="line-height: 22.0799999237061px;">For the session, I shared in Google Document prior blog posts I wrote abut the app.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1) <a href="http://buff.ly/1EqoF2F" target="_blank">“Around the World in 24 Hours with Periscope”</a> on </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Integrating Technology and Literacy</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Blog :</span><a href="http://buff.ly/1EqoF2F" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://buff.ly/1EqoF2F</span></a></div>
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We had a lively discussion of educational applications of the Periscope app and came up with these ideas.<br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Virtual field trips</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Mystery Locations (comparable to Mystery Skypes or Mystery Google Hangouts)</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Bringing experts into the classroom such as National Park Rangers, NASA astronauts, weather reporters, and authors </span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Immediate access to breaking news stories </span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Cultural tours from places around the world</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Class cultural and geography exchanges</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Access to hearing world languages and reading comments texted in the languages</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Watching an artist or scientist at work</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Attending professional events (as we modeled by Periscoping our session)</span></li>
<li>Doing Periscope Chats instead of Twitter chats (as some educators have already done)</li>
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-34940343883675781932015-08-08T11:39:00.000-04:002016-02-15T00:45:20.926-05:00New Spin on Mystery Location Game with Periscope<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Basic Concept</span></b><br />
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The conventional Mystery Hangout or Mystery Skype has two classes simultaneously using the platform of choice, Google Hangout or Skype, to guess the location of the other school using yes/no questions. Many are familiar with the concept and plenty of information can be found online for running these class activities. Now Periscope offers a new spin on the idea.<br />
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Two colleagues in advance who both have the <a href="https://www.periscope.tv/" target="_blank">Periscope app</a> on their devices (iPhone, Android, iPad, etc.) make arrangements in advance. One colleague at Location 1 is in a place that does not obviously give away the location but has some hints available to show as the game progresses. In the classroom where students will be trying to guess the location, the teacher, library-media specialist, or IT coach has the selected device hooked up for projection and joins the Periscope just as the colleague starts the broadcast.<br />
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2) The "scoper" is on site at the location. The beauty of using the app as opposed to the standard Mystery Hangout or Mystery Skype is the "scoper" can easily move around, be on location out-of-doors, and make adjustments of what to show on the camera as the guessers text in questions.<br />
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3) The "scoper" could be prepared as the guessers come close to identifying the location to show a famous landmark at the site of the scope. Once the location is guessed, the "scoper" can tell about the landmark and more about the location. At this point, the students can continue to prepare questions or responses for the person showing the broadcast, who can text in to the "scoper" the students' suggestions to keep the momentum going.<br />
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4) <span style="color: #cc0000;">** Important** </span>The "scoper" needs to turn off Location setting in Periscoper before starting the broadcast.<br />
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See the first icon (up arrow) in the below image. The "scoper" would click and toggle until "precise location is turned off " before the broadcast is started.<br />
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The second icon can be tapped if the "scoper" wants the broadcast private and wants to select who can see it from the list of followers, with the list popping up of followers once the icon is tapped. The third icon allows the user to determine who can chat (text in comments): anyone or just those selected by the "scoper."<br />
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5) Time zones, which are often a hangup in organizing Mystery Location events with Skype or Google Hangout are less of an issue when using Periscope. The person doing the broadcast can go live any time that is convenient. Granted, this is just one class or perhaps more joining in to guess the location, but the person doing the broadcast is not in a school setting and nor should the person be at home. A setting convenient for the "scoper" that will be of interest to the students should be used. For instance, if I were doing the scope for young students in elementary school, I might be at Monterey Aquarium or the Bronx Zoo. For older students in a social studies class, I might be on the mall at Washington DC ready to show and speak about the Lincoln Memorial after the students figured out the location from me just standing on the mall but not showing any of the monuments until the location were identified.<br />
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I am willing and able to go to landmarks, places of interest, and places that will generate discussion for the students viewing the scope. For instance, I could be on site at one of the landmarks in my own state or a neighboring state and because I travel often, I could arrange the scope per where I will be and input from the person who will be showing the scope to the specified audience.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Guess the Location</span></b><br />
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I am throwing in some screen captures from recent Periscopes I have done. Most of my broadcasts start with my location, but I would change the format for a Mystery Location and not use that as a opening.<br />
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So here are some images from places I recently scoped with Periscope. See if you can figure out where I was.<br />
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Not quite enough information to figure out the location, at least in most cases, but images like these can be put on a blog in advance to pique student interest before the Mystery Location Scope. They can also be captured afterwards in a blog post to continue the discussion and add more information based on student interest and comments during the scope.</div>
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For more ideas about using Periscope, see my blog post, "<a href="http://education584.blogspot.com/2015/05/around-world-in-24-hours-with-periscope.html" target="_blank">Around the World in 24 Hours</a>." That post suggests ways to use the app for cultural experiences, studying famous places, and learning about natural wonders of the world.</div>
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For now, I simply offer the idea of a new spin on the conventional Mystery Skypes and Google Hangouts by using Periscope, which gives the person on the other end the freedom to move around and decide where to go based the comments texted in during the scope. The use of Periscope's hearts can also figure in, with the person who is showing the broadcast tapping on the screen to send hearts based on how well the students are guessing the location.</div>
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Here are two examples of a Periscope I created and uploaded to YouTube, while in DC. Now the <a href="http://katch.me/">Katch.me</a> app also offers a way to save both the scope and comments, but at the time that I created these two, <a href="http://katch.me/">Katch.me</a> was not yet launched. I offer these two example to point out how a scoper working with a class on a Mystery Location game can offer insights into historical places and monuments. </div>
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Now that I'm using an increasing variety of tools to stay connected as an educator, I am wondering if the allure is addictive. Do I need to check each of these daily, or even more than once a day, and oh, sometimes hourly or admittedly even more often? Here are just s few I check throughout the day, and sometimes into the wee hours of the night, way beyond midnight.<br />
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Look all those hearts coming in from a recent Periscope I watched and did some screen captures from, tweeting out to the broadcaster my appreciation in this example.<br />
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In the short time I have had the Periscope app on my phone, I have watched live stream broadcasts of the National Parks in Utah, taken a tour of Rome and Milan, checked several live-streams of Paris, and watched streams of a class using GetKahoot in Hawaii and an AP Lit class in Queens, New York writing and research with school-issued laptops.<br />
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So it is Blog a Month time. Glad to participate, and above is <a href="http://blogamonth.weebly.com/monthly-topics/march-post" target="_blank">the promp</a>t. Because I have been teaching Educational Research this year, and not my regular educational technology courses, I have not been posting to this blog with my frequent regularity. Thus, it is good to see a challenge presented and to set aside time to do another post.<br />
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Yes, this quotation does resonate with me, especially the first two sentences. Each day, I do focus on purpose, especially when I'm teaching. Even when not in the classroom, am thinking of ideas for the classroom, which is one reason why I turn to <a href="https://twitter.com/JudyArzt" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, with a steady stream of tweets for gathering and prompting new ideas. I like to be creative, and sometimes just any tweet will spark an idea. So many wonderful educators share ideas and links to blogs, websites, and tech tools on Twitter. Twitter chats keep me even more focused. Just last night, I happened upon the #Read4Fun chat, a new chat, which garnered over 1200 tweets. How do I know that number? Well, after the chat, I went to <a href="https://storify.com/judyarzt/the-read4fun-chat-on-twitter/preview" target="_blank">Storify </a>to gather them. I collected all of them, but the free version of Storify only allows for 1,000 entries in creating a Storify. Later, I joined the California Educators chat,<a href="https://twitter.com/CAedchat" target="_blank"> #CAedchat</a>. The topic was on "pimping your lesson plans," with links to Google Docs to submit a plan for feedback and suggestions.<br />
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Tonight, I will be on #teacheredchat, one of the Twitter chats for which I am an organizer. Being an organizer means I am always in search of good guest moderators. All of this reminds me how critical it is to be a connected educator. Why am I a connected educator? I guess it is because I stay focused every day on my purpose as an educator.<br />
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Looking forward to making connections and learning about how others stay focused.Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-5220796658873470802014-11-23T22:17:00.003-05:002014-11-27T21:52:52.413-05:00Multi-Genre ProjectsThis presentation was shared at the National Council of Teachers of English Convention, November 21, 2014, and offers excellent suggestions for implementing multi-genre projects.<br />
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For those using Twitter, the hashtag #gra14 will put you in touch with others.<br />
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You don't need to be on Twitter to search with #comments4kids, but if you want to share your class's or students' blog, you need an account to post links.<br />
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Check these twitter posts for a sampling.<br />
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Once you find other classes to blog with, use a blog roll, making it easy for your students to find the other classes. When visiting other classes' blogs, look for their blog rolls for further connections.<br />
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Find <a href="https://education.skype.com/lessons" target="_blank">lesson plans</a>, participate in a <a href="https://education.skype.com/mysteryskype" target="_blank">Mystery Skype</a>, and even check the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/skypeintheclassroom" target="_blank">Skype in the Classroom Facebook page.</a></div>
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Also, check the <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/108872508641408401439" target="_blank">Mystery Location Call Google Community</a> to make quick connections with teachers and others looking to link up for class projects.<br />
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The Quad Blogging project has been around since 2011, and every year teachers sign up to participate with three other classes, with each class responsible during the weeks of their cycle. It is a great way to share information about cultures and geography, and learn about the beliefs of people who live in other parts of the world.<br />
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VoiceThread as an online image, voice recording, video recording, and drawing app that makes it easy for classes to collaborate. The educator's account is free, and the classes can use a teacher's account to make connections. <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/107256921110788162798" target="_blank">A VoiceThread Google Community</a> posts periodic updates.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9</span><b><span style="font-size: large;">)<a href="http://voice.adobe.com/v/WCMqtaF7Sgy" target="_blank"> Special Projects Centered on Subject Areas</a></span></b><br />
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Here is one example of a Global Math Project.<br />
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The possibilities for connecting one's classroom globally increase daily as the technology continues to find its place in classrooms worldwide.<br />
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Personally, I use the Twitter hashtags #globaled and #globalclassroom to keep current of projects as they develop and to learn about conferences focused on making global classroom connections.<br />
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Sample of some recent tweets from #globaled:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>How important do you believe it is for us to integrate global connections into our teaching? Does your curriculum allow for the possibilities? If you have connected globally, leave a comment to tell how an to extend the conversation.</b></span>Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-46167570970832594322014-05-09T21:34:00.001-04:002014-05-09T21:34:55.188-04:00Look Up: What's the Tech World Doing to Us?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Z7dLU6fk9QY" width="480"></iframe><br />
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This video, though it used tech to create it and post it to YouTube to share, has a powerful message about how we are glued to our devices. The narration is done as a poem and questions us about how tech is isolating us.<br />
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You've heard the message before, but wanted to share the video because of the interesting way it was done and the images that were used.<br />
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Have you thought of disconnecting from tech? Does it take a storm (e.g., hurricane, tornado or other natural disaster when we lose power) to disconnect? Do you agree with the message in the video?<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-10419099028207198072014-05-06T23:12:00.003-04:002014-05-06T23:12:42.415-04:00Twitter in the ClassroomI posted this graphic on Twitter about a week ago, and it has had close to a 100 retweets, which makes me think Twitter is gaining popularity in classrooms. Have you joined in using Twitter with students? What do you think of these suggestions?<br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-64602207291230295572014-05-04T13:35:00.000-04:002014-05-04T13:35:05.120-04:00Digital Learning: What Do We Know About the Future?<strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/timbuckteeth" target="_blank">Steve Wheeler</a></strong> shared this comprehensive slide show that says so much about technology over the course of time. Although the presentation has many slides, surely several will speak to you.<br />
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Leave a comment to say which speak to you and why. To view, check: <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/timbuckteeth/digital-learning-futures-3-things-about-future-learning" target="_blank" title="Digital Learning Futures: 3 things about future learning">Digital Learning Futures: 3 Things About Future Learning</a> </strong>or click the below image, which will direct you to SlideShare to see the presentation there, but don't forget to leave your comments here in a reply to this post. Thanks.<br />
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Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-25627999277336849482014-04-02T19:49:00.000-04:002014-04-02T19:49:30.209-04:00Blogging for an AudienceThis semester, spring 2014, I am off-schedule to teach Computers in the Classroom, so I've started a blog for 8th graders in Iowa.<br />
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Why do this? Well, students in my Integrating Technology and Literacy course have been corresponding through blogging with this group of students. The students in my course, who are mostly teachers, have had the opportunity to see how blogging works by reading posts from these students in Iowa and responding. <br />
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So I started a blog for the Iowa students. I don't know them personally. I only know them from reading their blogs. Each time one of the Iowa students writes a comment on my blog, I access the student's blog and write a reply to a post. This process of writing replies is time consuming, given the number of students involved, but I feel that if a student takes the time to reply to one of my posts, the favor is reciprocal.<br />
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Did I mention the teacher? It is <a href="https://twitter.com/iowasboy" target="_blank">Scott Boylen</a>. I met him on Twitter a couple years ago, and since then, when I teach Integrating Technology and Literacy, my students partner with his in a cross-class blogging project. <br />
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Well, if you hop over <a href="http://iowa2014.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blogging with Iowa Students</a>, you will see what I have been up to. You can also find the students' blogs here: <a href="http://kidblog.org/MrBoylens2013-14LA/" target="_blank">Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="486eb823-4c36-4b39-9c27-4a478a247736" id="11ff4952-a48e-4cd9-91bc-dda5561b4772"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="47e0740e-be84-4706-af9c-8bf58068d2ad" id="24d3f764-be67-4979-8795-ee4acbf3627f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7bf60687-4d43-41e6-bc22-0f24df4e91e9" id="c15b6951-5b19-461f-9e3f-27916a29d1b6">Boylen's</span></span></span> 2013-14 LA Class.</a><br />
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Really would like to hear from others about what you see as the value of blogging including cross-class blogging.<br />
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<a href="http://willrich45/" target="_blank">Will Richardson</a> posted this on Twitter, and thought I would share it. Do you agree with him?<br />
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As the name of this blog implies and is indicated by the sub-title, this blog was created to share ideas about integrating technology in the classroom. The primary audience is teachers, many of whom take a course I teach, called Computers in the Classroom. Others are invited to participate at any time.<br />
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For me, the culture of a school environment today should be about first building support for collaboration and trust among the members of the community. Once that is accomplished, members can then use technology tools to reach a wider audience.<br />
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I encourage students in my courses, as well as others I blog and tweet with, in addition to members of Google Communities to which I belong, to expand their audience and the audience of their students to reach a global audience. Therefore, some of my favorite tools are:<br />
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23comments4kids" target="_blank">#Comments4kids </a>the Twitter hashtag: this feed allows educators to find student blogs for which a worldwide readership is sought for responding. In addition, <a href="http://about.me/wmchamberlain" target="_blank">William Chamberlain</a> facilitates the <a href="http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Comments4Kids blog</a>, which features weekly student blog posts looking for respondents.</li>
<li>The Quadblogging project, with information available from <a href="http://quadblogging.net/" target="_blank">Quadblogging</a>.net: this project enables schools to participate in an ongoing collaborative blogging project.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.globalreadaloud.com/" target="_blank">The Global Read Aloud</a>, held each fall, unites students around the world based on reading one of the selected books. The brains behind this project is <a href="https://twitter.com/pernilleripp" target="_blank">Pernille Ripp</a>, who maintains the Global Read Aloud blog, where you can find more information about the project and upcoming plans for fall 2014.</li>
<li><a href="https://education.skype.com/" target="_blank">Skype in the Classroom</a>, which provides a way for students to connect for Skyping around organized topics. There are also the <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/110369120141935358658" target="_blank">Mystery Hangout (452 members as of 2/16/14), Google Community</a> and the <span id="goog_145354113"></span><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108872508641408401439" target="_blank">Mystery Location Calls, Google Hangout (483 members as 2.16/14).</a><span id="goog_145354114"></span></li>
<li>In the fall, I also like to encourage participation in <a href="http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/" target="_blank">International Dot Day</a>. This project enables students to get their creative juices flowing and to connect with others. I have watched students in my home state of Connecticut Skype with students in Maryland and Louisiana after participating in this project and showing what they have done to celebrate the event. </li>
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These are just some of the ways I work to create a culture of sharing and globalization. I believe the culture of our schools once firmly established with a level of trust built in within the classroom or school is greatly enriched by globalization projects.<br />
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I have listed just a few ways that I advocate for global learning, and welcome responses from readers to learn about projects in which you participate. I realize the <a href="http://blogamonth.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Blog a Month Challenge</a> is just one of these, a way for us to connect beyond the walls of our schools.<br />
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Culture to me today means knowing one's own culture, but also encompassing within that culture a world view, and we need to do this for students, whether it means reading newspapers online from around the world, visiting online museums and historic sites from around the world, or traveling the globe via any one of the fashions now available to us through the Internet. But most of all, it means interacting with others and having meaningful understandings to develop a humanitarian world view of caring. </div>
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<li><a href="http://judyarztblog.blogspot.com/search/label/global%20learning" target="_blank">Skype for Dot Day</a></li>
<li><a href="http://education584.blogspot.com/2013/09/still-wondering-what-dot-day-is-and.html" target="_blank">Still Wondering What Dot Day Is</a></li>
<li><a href="http://education584.blogspot.com/2013/09/international-dot-day-coming-your-way.html" target="_blank">International Dot Day Coming Your Way</a></li>
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<li><b>Twitter:</b> <a href="http://education584.blogspot.com/2013/11/peeking-outside-your-window-introducing.html" target="_blank">Peeking Outside Your Window</a></li>
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<li><b>Blogging: </b><a href="http://education584.blogspot.com/2013/09/cranes-for-peace-global-project.html" target="_blank">Cranes for Peace, A Global Project</a></li>
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<li><b>Comments for Kids:</b> <a href="http://education584.blogspot.com/2013/01/connecting-classes.html" target="_blank">Connecting Classes</a></li>
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I am also creating a blog for an audience of middle school students in Iowa (<a href="http://iowa2014.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blogging with Iowa Students</a>). I live in Connecticut. I write posts, and they write replies. My students (teachers) and I have been reading and responding to blogs written by students in this teacher's class (<a href="https://twitter.com/iowasboy" target="_blank">Scott Boylen</a>) for more than two years.<br />
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Another activity to consider is attending the <a href="http://novemberlearning.com/blc-education-conference-2014/" target="_blank">Building Learning Communities</a>, held in July in Boston, MA.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">How appropriate I should receive the Sunshine Award challenge from two colleagues up North, experiencing an Arctic blast while I am in Florida for Intersession break with balmy temps in the 80's.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt;">Here are some shots of a walk through the nearby <a href="http://www.morikami.org/" target="_blank">Morikami Japanese Gardens</a>, right down the road from where I am staying in Delray Beach, FL. I’ll also include one of the Delray Beach to bring some ray of comfort to my friends up North. How the Canadians do it in the winter, I don’t know, but each time I come down here for a week or two in December-January, I notice more and more plates from Ontario and the Canadian provinces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">My first tag to participate in the Sunshine challenge arrived from Calgary high school teacher, </span><a href="http://thehunni.wordpress.com/author/thehunni/">Pamela </a><a href="http://thehunni.wordpress.com/author/thehunni/">Hunniset</a><span style="color: black;">; check her ““</span><a href="http://thehunni.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/spreading-the-sunshine/">Spreading the Sunshine</a><span style="color: black;">” post to learn more.</span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">The second came about a week later from Wamogo High School English Department Chair </span><a href="http://about.me/teachcmb56">Colette Bennett</a><span style="color: black;">, hailing from the northwest corner of Connecticut. You can read her Sunshine Award post following this link: “</span><a href="http://usedbooksinclass.com/2014/01/07/zero%E2%84%89-spreading-sunshine-awards/">Zero Degrees F, Spreading the Sunshine</a><span style="color: black;">”: just that title reminds me of how fortunate I am to be in Southern sunshine.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">It's funny how in today’s world we often meet people online before we do in person. I met both Pamela and Colette face-to-face at the fall 2013 </span><a href="http://www.ncte.org/">National Council of Teachers of English</a><span style="color: black;"> Convention in Boston. 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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Although Colette teaches not far from where I am in CT, we met at the </span><a href="http://www.ncte.org/cel">Council of English Leadership</a><span style="color: black;"> opening session at </span><a href="http://www.ncte.org/">NCTE</a><span style="color: black;">. She tapped on me on the shoulder and introduced herself after we heard </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NMHS_Principal">Eric Sheninger’s</a><span style="color: black;"> dynamic Opening Address about the power of social media. We promised to meet again in our home state. As for <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fbfd49c3-d735-44b2-ab17-1374b6433bbb" id="49b83391-6f83-4c3e-a947-304d263f975a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="238a9862-8f0a-41ae-b114-25aae49b9c79" id="91d9a334-eaeb-461c-80cc-76d582e1da2a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bb5042fe-0490-46a2-a401-a4dd12c7121a" id="9bed4a0c-a03e-43c7-bb66-ce1ca5de0721"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="17c75ed8-de6b-4fac-8654-fc446d021195" id="8e9709e8-5bee-445b-aaf0-70cae7f3d4c4"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b16f93ad-91e2-4a87-a89d-46699a3b5958" id="18aab284-e478-43c3-b39d-303064c40640"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b4dae46d-76d9-4eed-bfa1-4f7b51cfb05a" id="a8da0194-9bc6-4384-bd14-e87b97e3efa2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dfbfb2db-fcba-4535-a019-d4d89d828ebf" id="fd3c0636-4366-4a1a-a23e-ed3bf789056f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a78b44dd-30e4-4e2c-84b3-325f9bdc3f55" id="1f87ff18-68eb-4268-b802-884b3a3715f9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bb871483-1cd6-4db3-a34d-e8ccaeeb47ba" id="d0f3afe8-f305-4e12-92d4-78be13422d76"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5e8d765e-a026-4a7f-a5a2-e89a208e3c1a" id="8c3fd269-edb9-4d59-8cfe-6ee00c5c83c9">Pamela way</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> up in Calgary, the last time I was up there was for a </span><a href="http://www.calgarystampede.com/">Calgary Stampede</a><span style="color: black;"> and to camp in </span><a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/index.aspx">Banff</a><span style="color: black;"> and </span><a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/index.aspx">Jasper</a><span style="color: black;"> National Parks. Hope to make the trip again, though more likely, I’ll find Pamela at a professional conference. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">As for the “rules” of the Sunshine Awards, I like how Pamela framed them in her post “</span><a href="http://thehunni.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/spreading-the-sunshine/">Spreading the Sunshine</a><span style="color: black;">.</span><span style="color: black;">” Thus, I am mimicking what she did here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;">Now, on to the tasks. </span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;">“11 Random Facts” </span></b><span style="color: black;">The first three are about crashing stereotypes.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">When I was in my doctoral program, focused on English-Education, my advisor told me to take the two required quantitative research courses last because most of the English folks in the program found them a challenge. Following that advice, I held off. I enrolled in both at the end, opting for the 6-week summer format, but accidentally missed the first week of the first course. The prof told me to drop the course, but figured I would hold out for a week to see if I could brush up and get caught up. When I attended the first study group, I found myself tutoring the others, including some with math degrees and some who were district superintendents. I went on to earn an A+ in both courses. Don't let anyone tell you English majors can't do statistics.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">In high school, I completed a physics course in 6 weeks in the summer and became the first female in my school to take AP Chem. Both of my teachers did not appreciate having a female join the "all boys’ club." Luckily, my lab partner for the physics course was the captain of the wrestling team, and he defended me fiercely. Again, another stereotype broken; that is, girls can succeed in science.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Non-athletic types should not forsake the challenge of running marathons. I ran 5, and my time in all but the last one, which I ran in 100-degree heat, was decent. Prior to training for marathons, I swam 2 miles a few times a week. But I did flunk the lifeguard-qualifying exam because the test adminstrator <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="25213fae-5cc4-4e12-98d3-ad19282e3be9" id="f644ca91-0638-4b95-a9ca-5f125ec46183"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="829d5244-6476-43fe-b3d2-f024b5069f1b" id="6333745b-f188-47df-b36d-dab596163263"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9d419dd6-992f-47e1-b138-6d07352a4cef" id="079c5c2a-d1d7-469a-b8a3-2173abd28f4b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="00ba2b41-0821-48c2-95ad-59e3908dca81" id="848c24af-f5e8-44f7-bb08-281307e1d76e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="118bc109-3aab-41d3-916b-a9431c457183" id="92d07773-c63b-418c-ad15-31734e24f46d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="48cfb912-3c82-4f47-b6bc-ddfeb4e51e04" id="9a688aa4-9d63-40ac-9531-63ca983d4a10"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0f8178aa-372b-4ca7-896a-ea3409bd5d92" id="79744582-0995-4a85-b302-4c1b79086e5e">put</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> me up against saving a 200+ pound, muscle-bound hulk when I weighed in at 106 pounds. My lack of athletic skills did not serve me well in this matchup.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">4. </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a;">School:</span></b><span style="color: #4f6228;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Way back as a young kid, I skipped a year of first grade. Actually, I was accelerated after a half year of kindergarten and advanced to the end of first grade. This meant I graduated high school at 16 and student-taught when I was 19, teaching high school seniors, when I barely looked 16. The next year, I completed my master’s work and went on to teach middle school, moving from upstate NY to CT. Opting for the younger age group to compensate for my age, this worked well. Management issues were never a problem. I never thought about them: just taught and loved every minute with the students. I also took on the job of directing the Drama Club and put on 6 plays, though I had no prior experience in acting or stagecraft. Luckily, the middle school students had talent and led me on the way.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">5. </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a;">Powder and Ice</span></b><b><span style="color: #4f6228;">: </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I learned to ski in powder at Jackson Hole joining a UConn ski team trip while a student in the doctoral program. The first day on the slopes, we were all asked to demonstrate our skills. Imagine someone shaking as the ski team members wiped down the moguls.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">I stuck it out for the week. Now the ultimate challenge was: Transferring those west coast skills to skiing the icy, hard-packed slopes of Vermont! (Remember, I said I was non-athletic. Won’t include any self-portraits at Killington.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">6. </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a;">Island Fun:</span></b><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I grew up on an island where the top competitive sports were sunbathing (who could get the best tan) and surfing. I excelled at the first, and won't mention how I did with the second.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">7. </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a;">Spur of the Moment: </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">When I was 21, after my first year of teaching in CT, I acquired a small pack-back and comfy sleep</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt;">ing bag, hopped a plane, and spent the summer trekking the Greek Islands, sleeping at night on the beaches under the stars. Although I did this solo, I met up with groups, such as Peace Corps volunteers on break, hiking with them to remote parts of the island of Ios. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">While at York University, England, taking three 20th century British Literature course, I studied the works of T.S. Eliot. Just the semester before, I studied him as an American author in an American Poets course at State U. Albany, NY.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I once memorized the full of William Wordsworth's “</span><a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/index.aspx">Ode to Immortality</a><span style="color: black;">." He remains one of my favorite poets, and on another sojourn to England, sat at </span><a href="http://www.ullswater.co.uk/">Ullswater</a><span style="color: black;"> Lake, imagining Wordsworth <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="52eb4896-78be-49b9-8454-95d516fcdea2" id="d3aa2ddf-64db-4d4f-ab3a-b5248b0e6885"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2fef7aed-8e3e-4ce3-9df1-ac94369da5fe" id="9ea376c0-5e95-4462-bfbc-e55cac8249d6"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4abef6e3-1a30-4dca-a35e-bcd942c3a78e" id="e7ed2ca0-ec61-4970-b238-14fe0a84d437"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="36752502-0879-429f-92f0-3c480f18354a" id="d456d403-f259-484a-8734-5356bd55366a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c33ed886-2a31-4afa-82e9-970089fe4543" id="0863247b-0fe0-4650-9593-a730ad342d3b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="36c77d61-5308-45f8-a495-8c79726d5c20" id="b81f7d3e-53ef-4217-aeb4-e47f1b4e0892"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d0530826-59de-4b63-bf0f-f80265edca02" id="86bb15bd-2add-4a12-81ca-c25668784dd8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0441e211-dc29-4284-b2ed-78204638d54e" id="fd62cc02-a722-44e4-b5d0-3df455e29ba3"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="222febd7-914d-4ed9-bf2b-11b438648171" id="2aa4f7c1-8db0-4533-bc63-be73ac5116c7">composing</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> the daffodil poem (“</span><a href="http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww260.html">I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud</a><span style="color: black;">”), apparently penned there on the shores. Visited his home, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove_Cottage">Dove Cottage</a><span style="color: black;">, in Grasmere, and took a photo with a grand niece of his who at the time was the caretaker of <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b46fb4eb-c03c-40b8-9bf4-f346ca907de0" id="efe842cb-c8e6-4070-abbe-5ccc4da213cb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="211273e2-e1d4-4f02-ae74-882dd77731f9" id="bef28ca9-05af-4de1-b3de-dde4e1853ab1"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6fe1d6c8-6508-4cd8-8c1a-693f11420d38" id="da358963-71bd-4f99-9b57-df7adaad069c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="eb6ce960-63d5-43d3-be6f-5ba2a48e9f12" id="8905bad2-2bca-44b2-af70-8526dfc020f2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c0991056-dfe7-44d2-ab1f-25a01995991a" id="e829f20b-2a1c-45cb-a9fa-2ecd1b455354"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="03842407-e726-429b-b3f2-a78bfed5a2b5" id="58eb57c6-65ce-44f5-b5f5-4e937be8b5fe"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ed0cc36f-f9f3-4568-990e-bb1e29b8fde2" id="4431583a-194b-43e8-b9d4-117371d76daf"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="34b2c513-4a87-4c5b-9054-d863d8d74e31" id="5d3fe8ad-5ab8-44a1-aca5-637e1b9b9b08"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8c4f87d4-0e82-42c6-942f-091e4722fe05" id="8b6f1cc6-66d5-40aa-a233-9bc8a04d97dc">Dove</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Fortunately, I have visited more than 40 countries--have stopped counting. I have left only 5 states to visit in the US. Have tent camped in many. Won't mention places that are my favorite: the list is too long. I did manage to make a few videos of my visit to Hawaii two summers ago. Here's one. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you want to hear a narrated one about Kauai, check this one on You Tube. My narration is monotone, but the photos are worth seeing: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql7bCyrC_GU" target="_blank">Our Adventures on the Island of </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql7bCyrC_GU" target="_blank">Kauai</a>." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Would much rather fly to a destination than drive, and I mean for distances not too far. Sure flights get canceled and airports have turned to human zoos, but the skies are friendlier than the byways. Not mentioning the NJ Turnpike, but you get the picture. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">“</span><a href="http://iteach-and-ilearn.blogspot.ca/"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; padding: 0in;">Eleven Questions for Bloggers</span></b></a><span style="color: black;">,” posed by Pamela in her Sunshine Awards challenge. I received these before Colette’s, and doing 22 will make this post even longer than it already needs to be. (Sorry Colette, but did like your questions, and there’s some overlap.)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;">1. </span></b><b><span style="color: #e36c0a;">What do you do to escape or for relaxation?</span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Travel and disconnect from the Internet to enjoy the beauty of nature. I did this when I was in Costa Rico four years ago. Here is a shot taken from the porch of my hut while in Arenal and a shot of a wild orchid, the national flower of Costa Rico. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">More than one film: S</span><a href="http://www.shawshankredemption.org/"><i>hawshank Redemption</i></a><span style="color: black;"> and the lesser-known films: </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas_(film)"><i>Paris, Texas</i></a><span style="color: black;"> and </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116905/"><i>Lone Star</i></a><span style="color: black;"> are three that make my list every time. As for plays, I find</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_a_Salesman"><i> Death of a Salesman</i></a><span style="color: black;"> of interest, though it is dated, and still am trying to figure out </span><a href="http://samuel-beckett.net/Waiting_for_Godot_Part1.html"><i>Waiting for Godot</i></a><span style="color: black;">. </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/809292-long-day-s-journey-into-night"><i>Long Day’s Journey into Night</i></a><span style="color: black;"> tires me, but also fascinates me, and </span><a href="http://streetcaronbroadway.com/"><i>A Streetcar Named Desire</i></a><span style="color: black;"> brings me back to New Orleans, a city like no other.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Not recommending to all, but </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Gatsby-Scott-Fitzgerald/dp/0743273567"><i>The Great Gatsby</i></a><span style="color: black;"> converted me from chemistry major to an English, so it holds a special place in my life. For high school students, I recommend </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Western-Front-Erich-Remarque/dp/0449213943"><i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i></a><span style="color: black;"> to gain an understanding of <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7d763562-6ac2-432a-b27a-b581fc602feb" id="8235eace-15c6-4630-ae69-cceac5620753"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f632fb29-1942-4bce-bee2-cb2655e17854" id="b27d8ffc-c190-44be-b9c0-ffc1a81dc3f1"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="208f3568-443b-42fd-b0a9-5643f437dd8e" id="5dae477a-449c-44b2-88d9-1c33bb1414ea"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b94e9eed-d82b-45af-a113-6a60a1b1deb3" id="708734b9-b5ac-4aee-9299-8df7937a02d5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7a244f92-1f3a-4230-b673-7bfbf0de6f2f" id="715da528-8b20-4416-8893-4d72d22ed540"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d2ac597d-6b93-4974-b43b-c7fd21214528" id="602adc27-c9cb-4401-b76c-6e54f68c3bef"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="01512663-4568-4b81-956b-fcf4ac9bdf39" id="8c7b14f6-cc35-48df-9610-0b90417f64f2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4eb0e29a-eea7-4bbd-8366-bca01c47f57c" id="90a8bcfc-387c-4c87-859f-671c20119b1b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a45e163d-4097-44ef-8c90-ce512aafe295" id="e3d25c18-9394-4ccd-8c0d-e04a44ac93e5">war</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> from a teenager’s perspective. The more recent </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19063.The_Book_Thief"><i>The Book Thief</i></a><span style="color: black;"> does the same. Both stories ultimately reinforce the theme of world peace. I’m a fan of Hemingway and Faulkner (I know white males), but also of Richard Wright and Maya Angelou. I recommend two of my favorite books, but know others would decline to put them on a list of must-reads: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Also-Rises-Ernest-Hemingway/dp/0743297334/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388948294&sr=1-1&keywords=The+sun+also+rises"><i>The Sun Also Rises</i></a><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i><span style="color: black;">and </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Absalom-Corrected-Text-William-Faulkner/dp/0679732187/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388948238&sr=1-1&keywords=absalom+absalom+by+william+faulkner"><i>Absalom, Absalom. </i></a><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I also recommend something by the lesser known author, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Dubus">Andre DuBus II</a><span style="color: black;">,</span><span style="color: black;"> especially his “A Father’s Story,” and the puzzling works of </span><a href="http://mediaspecialist.org/">Flannery </a><a href="http://mediaspecialist.org/">O'Connnor</a><span style="color: black;">,</span><span style="color: black;"> including her story, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JoyceCarolOates">Joyce Carol Oates</a><span style="color: black;">’, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" This Oates' story teams well with "A Father's Story.” </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">For middle students, I recommend the popular </span><a href="http://johngreenbooks.com/the-fault-in-our-stars/"><i>The Fault in Our Stars</i></a><span style="color: black;">, and for elementary school students, and for even younger students, starting grade 4, <i>O</i></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Out-My-Mind-Sharon-Draper/dp/1416971718"><i>ut of My Mind</i></a><span style="color: black;"> has been a hit. Most of all, I recommend that elementary and middle school teachers get involved in the </span><a href="http://www.globalreadaloud.com/">Global Read Aloud</a><span style="color: black;">, an annual event, each fall. To find out more, check </span><a href="https://twitter.com/pernilleripp">Pernille Ripp's</a><span style="color: black;"> blog devoted to the project. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I also loved a trip to the Swiss Alps and hiking the peaks. Got to spend 4th of July atop snow-covered </span><a href="http://jungfrauregion.ch/">Junfgrau</a><span style="color: black;">, and the next week, traveled to </span><a href="http://www.ski-zermatt.com/zermatt.html">Matterhorn at Zermatt</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">. </span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Perhaps the most exotic was </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco">Morocco</a><span style="color: black;">, with its vast stretches of deserts and the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrakesh">Marrakesh</a><span style="color: black;"> spice market. Even enjoyed a cup of tea in a nomad’s tent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I am a night owl. I can stay up all night reading a book, writing an essay, surfing the Internet. I hate going to sleep. I used to think sleeping was a waste of time. Functioning on 4 hours a sleep a night, I was told by friends I gain a few extra days in the week. Now, I love to catch a dark, rainy or snowing morning and sleep till noon.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">This is a hard one because I could spend the rest of my life on the road and be perfectly happy. I would like to explore Asia, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific islands including </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/107078594202276854162/posts/5HMF4Kazx6J">Mt Fuji</a><span style="color: black;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora">Bora Bora</a><span style="color: black;">. Also, have yet to get to </span><a href="http://www.rei.com/adventures/trips/machudest.html?cm_mmc=ps_google_adventures-_-reiadventuretravel-_-Destination%20-%20Machu%20Pichu-_-Machu%20Pichu%20Trips%20w/%20REI&s_kwcid=TC%7C13804%7Cmachu%20picchu%20peru%20tours%7C%7CS%7Cb%7C32767287739">Machu Picchu</a><span style="color: black;">.</span><b><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">A cup or two of dark roast coffee a day keeps the doctor away. I also like this quote attributed to Thomas Edison: Genius is 95% perspiration and 5% inspiration. And this maxim from Ben Franklin, “Early to Bed, Early to Rise makes a good man healthy and wise.” Have heard by that he meant getting to sleep early in the morning, which makes sense to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">It used to be fall, especially living in New England, with all the glory of the colors as the leaves change to magnificent shades. But now that season reminds me winter is on the way, so am opting for the fresh beginnings of spring. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Because I love the poetry and feel of “</span><a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sting/fieldsofgold.html">Fields of Gold</a><span style="color: black;">,” I guess I would say Sting. Ask me on another day, I'll have another choice. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">The keyboard and an empty screen. Like to tap on the keys, and then hours later discover the screen is filled with words. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">It gushes like a stream. It used to be a dried-up lake in a sun-soaked desert because I could never get past the introductory sentences. I learned that kind of self-editing is counterproductive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #e36c0a;">Your Turn Now</span></b><b><span style="color: #e36c0a;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;">Play it Forward</span></b><span style="color: black;">: Here is my list of other bloggers to keep the chain going. Their name hyperlinks to their blogs, and links to their Twitter Profile pages are in the parentheses. I included those links in hopes that they’ll all hook up with one another on Twitter.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://adunsiger.com/">Aviva Dunsiger</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/avivaloca">@avivaloca</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://learningandsharingwithmsl.blogspot.ca/">Karen <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7880e351-5fab-4619-a016-163143e888c3" id="339986fb-c5b0-4691-94ed-f77fb7f9cf1c">Lirenman</span></a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/KLirenman">@KLirenman</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://kathycassidy.com/">Kathy Cassidy</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/kathycassidy">@kathycassidy</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://geniushour.blogspot.com/">Joy </a><a href="http://geniushour.blogspot.com/">Kirr</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/kathycassidy">@joykirr</a><span style="color: black;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://irunreadteach.wordpress.com/">Shannon Clark</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/shannonclark7">@shannonclark7</a><span style="color: black;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://psolarz.weebly.com/mr-solarz-eportfolio.html">Paul Solarz</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/PaulSolarz">@paulsolarz</a><span style="color: black;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://whatsnotwrong.wordpress.com/">Gary Anderson</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/AndersonGL">@AndersonGL</a><span style="color: black;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.hollyclark.org/">Holly Clark</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/HollyEdTechDiva">@HollyEdTechDiva</a><span style="color: black;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://thereadinessisall.com/">David Theriault</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/davidtedu">@davidtechu</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://starrsackstein.com/">Star Sackstein</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/cogdog">@mssackstein</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/">Jackie Gerstein</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/jackiegerstein">@jackiegerstein</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://cogdogblog.com/">Alan Levine</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/cogdog">@cogdog</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://brholland.wordpress.com/">Beth Holland</a><span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/brholland">(@brholland)</a><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://sspellmancann.wordpress.com/">Susan Spellman Cann</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/SSpellmanCann">@SSpellmanCann</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://technoliteracy.org/">Molly Shields</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/ShieldsMolly">@shieldsmolly</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.sharingtechnology.blogspot.com/">Deb Norton</a><span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SSpellmanCann">(@deb_norton</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://thetorg.com/">Bill Torgenson</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/SSpellmanCann">@BillTorg</a><span style="color: black;">)</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://martykeltz.com/">Marty Keltz</a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/martysnowpaw">@martysnowpaw</a><span style="color: black;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.busylibrarian.com/" target="_blank">Matthew C. Winner </a>(<a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewWinner" target="_blank">@MatthewWinner</a>)<br />
<a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Shannon Miller</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/shannonmmiller" target="_blank">@shannonmmiller</a>)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>11 Questions for these Bloggers</b></span><span style="color: black;"><b>,</b> but first remember to give the 11 Facts about yourself and don’t forget to play it forward to other bloggers and to generate your 11 questions for them.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #e36c0a;">Here’s the set of questions for the above bloggers.</span></b><b><span style="color: #e36c0a;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) What teachers inspired you and why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) If you could change your college major, what would it be and why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) What is the best part of being a connected educator and how do you stay connected?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">4) If you could make one significant change that would shift the course of education, what would it be?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">5) What are your favorite tech tools and why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">6) What do you do to escape?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">7) What fields/careers would you recommend to young people today?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">8) If you could live your life as another person, from history or living today, who would you choose and why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">9) Would you rather be a kid or an adult, and why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">10) What is your favorite charity, and why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">11) What do you think is your greatest strength?</span><br />
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class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c3ec2323-42d1-49a5-8d05-d0f74944d2c4" id="f2b21c6e-4a21-47a3-8a5e-dfc65e717bcf">derrickting</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>:<br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/derrickding/324915928/">http://flickr.com/photos/derrickding/324915928/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4c742068-d6e1-4af7-bdf3-0a302cec8a79" id="991e24d9-120f-4f29-bcc4-53515b0790b2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="51b8466c-fa0b-4247-8bf5-17f3e29bc414" id="16a02e1a-05a5-4082-a408-12c67b23abe2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e02bf99e-f7bd-4124-a846-f4dc8dcd44e6" id="0132a593-c121-4720-bdf4-263d7004f181"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e131b6cc-c57f-46f3-aed3-921f73a048c3" id="1eb2ef1f-7413-4fb2-9253-e3cce61c86d1"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d0c91e08-4b4d-484e-93c5-754f439a407d" id="7e8e187b-e202-48ca-87e5-80ad137f6b3f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5edb9721-e902-4c30-9171-90440b2e7419" id="3dbd083d-aeeb-463d-8341-eac3aa5cdc7a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5edb016b-5eb7-409f-b65a-cc7e3e066d61" id="9d3f9e41-755b-4e51-becb-d8dd09bb90b1"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f02d4572-72b4-41d1-89d3-67dff70eeaa4" id="1fdd0fd3-699c-46ff-a3d4-d99cfcab41fb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ba2b1502-dc76-4dd7-8276-882c87136112" id="df9c1422-4a95-4a34-a6c7-55600952d465">Ios</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>: <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4c742068-d6e1-4af7-bdf3-0a302cec8a79" id="5a7b7c10-0be7-460c-88b4-67a81fb8bfb9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="51b8466c-fa0b-4247-8bf5-17f3e29bc414" id="a12cb668-e60a-4379-b31d-fe091c17d6d5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e02bf99e-f7bd-4124-a846-f4dc8dcd44e6" id="a47fcbea-e99e-40e0-963b-927347b7cdef"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e131b6cc-c57f-46f3-aed3-921f73a048c3" id="9e2b47a3-e83c-41cd-901e-9947a5628e55"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d0c91e08-4b4d-484e-93c5-754f439a407d" id="b0e303b3-33ae-4da2-8b45-3e85f75b0d73"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5edb9721-e902-4c30-9171-90440b2e7419" id="b16c1cb2-6268-4ed3-8342-24885f01bbb4"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5edb016b-5eb7-409f-b65a-cc7e3e066d61" id="c3c9cb4b-153e-46d3-8858-e5de6acdb882"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f02d4572-72b4-41d1-89d3-67dff70eeaa4" id="94f2960f-9c9b-494d-85c2-f9261a469277"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ba2b1502-dc76-4dd7-8276-882c87136112" id="ac7b67b9-941e-4fd9-ad10-61d8b648a940">flickr</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> photo by Roland Turner: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sisaphus/4629099120/">http://flickr.com/photos/sisaphus/4629099120/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Dove Cottage: cc licensed </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ee91d686-7f44-40bd-b3ed-d07afd169e7b" id="9616ea82-5a37-4032-af22-dcbdb306ba2e" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4ce74abe-cc0d-46a7-a643-907ac6459ac3" id="2224f090-2a05-486c-9e99-f0e9ae8693d8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cf9cb87a-0129-4006-b12c-44e509634b81" id="a8f40ea0-dd3e-4288-95d9-db40ad8238af"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dba65a0a-2efc-4290-97f8-67b0c55d23c0" id="7c6187aa-478c-446c-a549-392011faa981"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1b604767-4775-446d-ac52-7a623278faee" id="3a49e984-8e94-4a82-9ad0-b2269a8a4d11"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a9cac87a-58ce-4887-b006-dc73a86778c0" id="1aaef17c-bc3d-4a61-ada9-77f4a975e92c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="21f6b8e2-a117-4447-b94b-70a32909363b" id="7a6991a3-14b5-44fe-8468-379c4d6fd717"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8c4c8dd5-1b54-493c-be0f-eff51a5fc456" id="f8c26af5-f8c2-4de8-847f-b8728719c1e0"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="796351de-606b-4643-bda2-c50f4d87638d" id="36d9318d-0f4a-4a21-a000-0e13b7e8b6ed">( </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">BY SA</span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ee91d686-7f44-40bd-b3ed-d07afd169e7b" id="2c591484-207d-428a-bacc-6d1dd1d21ee8" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4ce74abe-cc0d-46a7-a643-907ac6459ac3" id="007d6a6a-8e84-4532-8b8a-879245db6423"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cf9cb87a-0129-4006-b12c-44e509634b81" id="24e4819f-61db-4a50-ad23-30d4ce2800b8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dba65a0a-2efc-4290-97f8-67b0c55d23c0" id="a7d658c9-3044-4d06-bb60-3b0c3970bdbd"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1b604767-4775-446d-ac52-7a623278faee" id="cf3ba9b3-ef78-47be-ba32-4e60ed46e4ff"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a9cac87a-58ce-4887-b006-dc73a86778c0" id="4de3737d-88d6-430c-b7ba-f627ac1c496b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="21f6b8e2-a117-4447-b94b-70a32909363b" id="5ad19623-9d0e-4ab6-af65-628b0973fd2f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8c4c8dd5-1b54-493c-be0f-eff51a5fc456" id="9a218504-e212-4e94-b6d4-d8196e20f051"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="796351de-606b-4643-bda2-c50f4d87638d" id="6d37d8e5-642a-48f1-b3ef-e69138af8829"> )</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ee91d686-7f44-40bd-b3ed-d07afd169e7b" id="13b8e5ea-4502-4a2c-8906-0bec4a50e336" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4ce74abe-cc0d-46a7-a643-907ac6459ac3" id="d4413e4f-67a3-44f0-bbbb-1326d5e8b782"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cf9cb87a-0129-4006-b12c-44e509634b81" id="8e1bcbf7-5e06-4c4a-a08e-83919820afaa"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dba65a0a-2efc-4290-97f8-67b0c55d23c0" id="4bd48ab5-01f9-4a7a-8132-079bfe67a3ff"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1b604767-4775-446d-ac52-7a623278faee" id="0cc25068-bde4-44f3-889d-8e38de7956e9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a9cac87a-58ce-4887-b006-dc73a86778c0" id="9ed3ab6f-0828-47c5-879c-123cfdb46d3c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="21f6b8e2-a117-4447-b94b-70a32909363b" id="bef1a887-7326-4b1d-a5cf-a6fbe5ea9062"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8c4c8dd5-1b54-493c-be0f-eff51a5fc456" id="c398f2f5-ccff-42be-98db-c5065b0b2457"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="796351de-606b-4643-bda2-c50f4d87638d" id="06554197-cce8-4751-adf6-f3c9c7e9cb53">flickr</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"> photo by Simon James: </span><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bearpark/2522316208/" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">http://flickr.com/photos/bearpark/2522316208/</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Jackson Hole cc licensed </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="74b9b525-1843-4cfa-af5d-5175e2cada86" id="53ca162f-c9d5-4da1-979f-93165173bb87" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b0803d58-a040-44a9-ac8b-0dde52dd7008" id="3ccdc624-e704-44b4-ad0f-5d50b4529c49"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c3c1a929-ad71-480d-843f-56067e9fc042" id="a20aa2f8-1dd1-4818-8073-e0c87a5fc4bc"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4f167106-17eb-4efd-a31b-84eb367d7a0e" id="ffdc1dea-9b36-4420-9a8c-645e5c1c5cb6"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2bd28e7c-6d6f-4ec8-80e7-7a25ed2d7469" id="ed8d3708-1c11-48e1-a56c-10f7c472f112"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dba44d62-d2a5-437f-8c8d-adcc176762ba" id="07c72d3b-8bec-4c8f-a42c-8187d238141e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fe990db0-db53-4308-a82f-c7b638094b9a" id="c3deef51-b01b-42ce-86f1-edeb3286e586"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7ac99019-d6a9-4920-b615-df487599c973" id="52720131-0522-457f-b198-50610d3042e8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="befb4f65-2369-4e78-8593-9e183ac286d8" id="c6c5e7eb-d52c-47a1-9d7d-ca3b33905ad5">( </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">BY NC</span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="74b9b525-1843-4cfa-af5d-5175e2cada86" id="95bd2fbd-c9a7-47e7-9279-207823f903c3" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b0803d58-a040-44a9-ac8b-0dde52dd7008" id="8230fecc-a48d-4ee8-a07b-b43a2b288d47"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c3c1a929-ad71-480d-843f-56067e9fc042" id="a112170e-d720-4ecd-8ceb-af877eddd14b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4f167106-17eb-4efd-a31b-84eb367d7a0e" id="443f1eca-13af-411b-a821-add5f3d1b15c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2bd28e7c-6d6f-4ec8-80e7-7a25ed2d7469" id="eb0bc7fe-b5aa-4c60-8650-67399da83e3a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dba44d62-d2a5-437f-8c8d-adcc176762ba" id="065f195b-44f2-4674-a828-fe6d765afb1e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fe990db0-db53-4308-a82f-c7b638094b9a" id="228cfaf0-a206-4ebb-96b5-79e7ea530af5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7ac99019-d6a9-4920-b615-df487599c973" id="2b6334d9-02e3-4483-a66b-4d01a0949d46"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="befb4f65-2369-4e78-8593-9e183ac286d8" id="c2f36676-97f1-44ae-a7b1-30325c987750"> )</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="74b9b525-1843-4cfa-af5d-5175e2cada86" id="b0f19f88-a425-4c28-bb49-fbd94ec2a447" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b0803d58-a040-44a9-ac8b-0dde52dd7008" id="bb1b3106-0b27-4c00-ba79-18c16c14a775"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c3c1a929-ad71-480d-843f-56067e9fc042" id="e27a2a12-b97d-4704-acad-1fe00beac32f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4f167106-17eb-4efd-a31b-84eb367d7a0e" id="98c7d670-365a-410e-b3c3-4501389990e6"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2bd28e7c-6d6f-4ec8-80e7-7a25ed2d7469" id="58674dd5-31e0-4f30-bd76-c7697809f78d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dba44d62-d2a5-437f-8c8d-adcc176762ba" id="8dbc5663-bffa-43ba-8b1e-b512e2d52e78"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fe990db0-db53-4308-a82f-c7b638094b9a" id="e87e9ec9-c8d9-4bf8-80a1-3a84e26dfe36"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7ac99019-d6a9-4920-b615-df487599c973" id="51b866ff-1623-48ee-8866-c62030c46302"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="befb4f65-2369-4e78-8593-9e183ac286d8" id="90357218-70cc-43bf-932c-ef3d70519a24">flickr</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"> photo by </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="74b9b525-1843-4cfa-af5d-5175e2cada86" id="dbf172c5-7801-4acf-8752-932fe66f4de6" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b0803d58-a040-44a9-ac8b-0dde52dd7008" id="e2a286fb-c7af-4696-a118-68a590854afa"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c3c1a929-ad71-480d-843f-56067e9fc042" id="d1d687fb-acbf-43ee-adfe-ea6e439ff9e7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4f167106-17eb-4efd-a31b-84eb367d7a0e" id="c492bca7-eaf7-4635-b329-11cf809c8dd8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2bd28e7c-6d6f-4ec8-80e7-7a25ed2d7469" id="393a989a-216a-42f0-b774-cff8c6b152d5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dba44d62-d2a5-437f-8c8d-adcc176762ba" id="54a1b9b6-8dc4-4bb4-a413-8a824567c1b3"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fe990db0-db53-4308-a82f-c7b638094b9a" id="1c600a03-12c6-4d17-b076-8bf3d1a03515"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7ac99019-d6a9-4920-b615-df487599c973" id="2d848517-98c8-40e4-bdbd-872c4ec451dc"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="befb4f65-2369-4e78-8593-9e183ac286d8" id="a6fbb460-a035-4627-ab80-828f59714584">rarejacksonholerealestate</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; 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Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-10359867223271588212013-11-01T15:09:00.000-04:002013-11-17T00:00:34.445-05:00It's Fall Here in New England<span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span>That means I'm teaching <a href="http://education584.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Integrating Technology and Literacy</a>, so head over to the blog for that course. Last taught Computers in the Classroom May-June 2013 for summer session. Still, there's lots of posts on this blog, dating back several semesters. Feel free to brows. Check the labels for quick access to posts by topics.<br />
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<span class="GingerNoCheckEnd"></span><br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-50733887015593192542013-06-15T01:10:00.002-04:002013-06-15T01:10:55.217-04:00Bring the News Into Your ClassroomI just learned of this site <b><a href="http://www.dogonews.com/" target="_blank">DOGO News</a>,</b> from Richard Byrne's blog, Free Technology for Teachers. You can check out what Byrne had to write about the site at his post, <b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_12507215"></span>DOGO News<span id="goog_12507216"></span></a> <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/06/dogo-news-create-and-share-lessons.html#.UbvzG_aQduU" target="_blank">Create and Share Lessons about the News.</a></b><br />
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One thing that intrigued me about the site is that once a news story is accessed, a teacher can grab an embed code and post the story right within a blog post. I am trying it out now with one of the stories. Perhaps this specific story won't interest you, so I will try a second embed code and post another story. What captured my attention is that a teacher can easily embed one of the stories from the site and then post on a blog or website questions to ask students related to the story. The site also has a variety of other features for sharing as well as a link to CCSS and vocabulary terms. Be sure to check the options, and let us know what you think about how <b><a href="http://www.dogonews.com/" target="_blank">DOGO News</a> </b>can be used in the classroom.<br />
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Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-83156129977196168482013-06-06T01:17:00.002-04:002013-06-06T01:28:39.878-04:00Theory Into Practice: Learner-Centered ClassroomsCame across this presentation archived in HaikuDeck, and thought many of the points spoke to how the ideas of theorists translate into using technology in the classroom to create a learner-centered environment. You might recognize the names of such theorists as Alan November and Sr. Kenneth Robinson, who have long promoted that we turn the classroom into a learner-centered, social constructivist setting. If you view the presentation right within the HaikuDeck website by clicking which I recommend, you will also see the speaker's notes to accompany each slide. Here's a direct link to see it there. <a href="http://www.haikudeck.com/p/gxUZzUNZzA/edutech-brisbane-2013" target="_blank">ED/Tech Brisbane.</a><br />
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I was wondering about posting the video on this blog that focuses on computers in the classroom but on second thought, it's relevant. The video speaks to the fact any student can pull out a cell phone and videotape what happens in the classroom or school building. The fact that the video has had well over one million views and has been discussed in all sorts of social media forums points to how classrooms quickly become public spaces. As one educator posted recently on Twitter:<br />
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Since the video went viral, it has had remixes, another phenomenon of living in a digital age, where anything online can be remixed to change the message. Here's one remix.<br />
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Now that you've seen both videos, what's your take on teaching in an age where what we do in the classroom can instantly become public knowledge?<br />
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Much of the discussion about the original video has focused on the teacher's teaching style and Bliss's reaction to it. What is your impression of the classroom scenario that we see in the original video?<br />
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To give you a sense of the discussions online about the original video, this past week, one of the one-hour chats on Twitter addressed the Bliss video. A moderator for the chat afterwards archived the tweets using a tool called Storify. Here's a link to the Storify, which starts with people introducing themselves, but if you scroll down and use the Click to See More options, you can follow the chat as it unfolded. <a href="http://storify.com/Aaron_Becker32/iaedchat-the-jeff-bliss-video-what-have-we-learne?awesm=sfy.co_aKGx&utm_campaign=&utm_content=storify-pingback&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&utm_source=t.co" target="_blank">Storify: #IAedchat--Jeff Bliss Video: What Have We Learned</a><br />
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And for more on the Bliss video see this article and the comments from Edutopia: "<a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-lives-teens-revolutionary-bliss-matt-levinson" target="_blank">The Digital Live of Teens: Revolutionary "Bliss"?</a><br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-83581531651348327972013-05-23T21:18:00.001-04:002013-05-23T21:18:39.384-04:00Why You Need to Be Using Social Media as an EducatorBe sure to check <a href="http://connectededucators.org/profiles/interview-with-eric-sheninger-principal/" target="_blank">Principal Eric Sheninger interview</a> for Connected Educators. In the interview, he describes how as new principal, relatively young in age when he accepted the position, he discovered Twitter and other forms of social media for professional development. Since Eric became a principal a few years ago, he has gone on to win much acclaim as an administrative leader<br />
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After reading Eric's interview, be sure to return here to comment on what your own takeaway message is based on his advice. Also, consider following Eric on Twitter: <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/NMHS_Principal" style="background-color: white; color: #0099b9; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><s style="color: #66c1d5; text-decoration: none;">@</s><b style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">nmhs_principal</b></a><br />
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<br />Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467341120077033854noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514578381741352890.post-28801240030763884402013-05-22T22:41:00.000-04:002013-05-22T22:41:07.563-04:00Have You Checked the Teaching Channel Recently?An excellent place to find videos to use in your teaching and for your own professional development is <a href="https://www.teachingchannel.org/" target="_blank">The Teaching Channel. </a><br />
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Check the site now, but also bookmark it so you remember to go back to it. You will find videos characterized by discipline as well as by more global areas. You will also find a Teacher page with loads of resources.<br />
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Here is a quick glance of the table of contents for the video collection by subjects, grades, topics.<br />
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Explore the site to see what it offers, and let us know what you think of this educational resource.<br />
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