Survey Monkey Video Tutorial
Survey Monkey is a program that allows you to create a myriad of different types of surveys, send them out via email, facebook, embed code, or bookmark on a class computer. Survey Monkey is often used...
View Article2012 Annual Eastern Educational Research Association Conference
“Congratulations! Your Roundtable submission, Rethinking and Retooling Literacy Paradigms: An Epistemological Model for Implementing Constructivist Practices in the Digital Classroom, has been accepted...
View ArticleTweetSeats Gain Popularity
“Shh!” “No cameras allowed.” “No cell phones allowed during the show.” Those admonitions used to be pretty standard fare during any movie or Broadway production. Not so anymore. In fact, in many U.S....
View ArticleKindle Fire Review
As an avid iProduct user, I was hesitant to even consider the Android market. The $199 price tag on the Kindle Fire and two girls, age 3 and 6, who always manage to wander off with my iPad2 caused me...
View ArticleGoDaddy Drops Support of SOPA
Last Thursday, the usual support and admiration, humorous or not, of GoDaddy’s assets, disintegrated. A boycott against the domain name giant for its support of Stop Internet Piracy Act (“SOPA”) caused...
View ArticleStorify Examples for the Class
Curation Journalism is rapidly becoming a buzz word. In the field of journalism and digital education, meaning making is still going on about exactly what Curation Journalism is and how it will impact...
View ArticleStorify in the Classroom: Top Ten List
As I prepared to introduce Storify to my students, I wanted a fun task that they could do with a high level of success and ease. I decided on the Top Ten list project. Students will select their own...
View ArticleTwitter Crowdsourcing
As I continue to read and write more about crowdsourcing, I understand the value and benefit that it presents for educators on multiple levels. It is one thing to teach about something; it is quite...
View ArticleWikis and Blogs
At a recent conference, I had a ball. It was great to exchange ideas, swap Twitter names and find out who blogs or wikis where. When the conference ended I enjoyed making contact with my new friends...
View ArticleBeyond Google
“Google it!” “You need to visit The Google.” These phrases are a part of our lexicon. In fact, to google scomething became official in 2006 when Merriam-Webster added the verb to the deictionary. The...
View ArticleGoing Digital: Making Text Available Online
Being the uber dork that I openly admit to being, I am already anxiously anticipating next school year. Our school will be teaching a new English course: Multicultural Literature. As I plan excerpts...
View ArticleLocating and Housing Digital Resources
As I plan to teach a new class in the fall, Multicultural Literature, I have been assessing the available resources as I develop my syllabus. I have to admit the pickings are slim–or so I thought. With...
View ArticleHash Tag Twitter Communities: Redefining Professional Collaboration?
When you mention social media you may create several images in your mind. Perhaps it is that of Facebook or the infamous Twitter bird. Perhaps that is a bit too strong of an adjective for that little...
View ArticleEdmodo Library Video Tutorial
If you are not already using Edmodo in your classroom, you are missing out on some cool features. Edmodo is a social networking site for learning. Fashioned to look like Facebook, before Mark and the...
View ArticleTwitter and Social Media to Ignite Professional Collaboration
Well, it is almost time! At 1:15 today, I will host a roundtable At the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference with some great educators from across the country on the use of Twitter...
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