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Amanda's Educational Blog!: ePaLs -- The World's Largest K-12 Learning Network!
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An educational blog for course LAI 544. Monday, November 22, 2010. EPaLs - The World's Largest K-12 Learning Network! Is “the leading provider of safe collaborative technology for schools to connect and learn in a protected, project-based learning network.”. Allows teachers to sign up and use this resource collaboratively, allowing for learners to connect not only locally, but also nationally and internationally as well. Currently there are classrooms registered in over 200 countries and territories!
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Amanda's Educational Blog!: December 2010
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An educational blog for course LAI 544. Saturday, December 4, 2010. Podcasts in the Classroom. I’ll be honest when I say that I have never previously considered the use of podcasts in the classroom…either for teaching purposes or for professional development purposes from a teacher’s standpoint. However, there are many benefits of embedding podcasts into education! First you need to take the time to find a good podcast, supportive of what you are looking for. I searched the Education Podcast Network.
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Amanda's Educational Blog!: Twitter...in the Classroom?
http://amanda7r.blogspot.com/2010/10/twitterin-classroom.html
An educational blog for course LAI 544. Monday, October 18, 2010. Twitter.in the Classroom? Is something that is highly popularized in today’s society, but I personally have never had a Twitter account. I’ve been trying to be open-minded towards the whole thing, but I was still really unsure of how it could be useful in the classroom. Reading some articles about educators using Twitter was very helpful to me to get a better idea of the benefits of Twitter. One thing I think is most beneficial about using...
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Amanda's Educational Blog!: September 2010
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An educational blog for course LAI 544. Monday, September 27, 2010. Using Ning: Classroom 2.0. I’ve actually heard of Classroom 2.0. Before even though I didn't know it was apart of Ning, so I decided to check it out. Classroom 2.0 is “a. Social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and Social Media in education.” I liked that I saw the description:. There are links to articles and other sources, events advertised, online events to participate in, and a forum with multiple threads created, to name a few.
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Amanda's Educational Blog!: November 2010
http://amanda7r.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html
An educational blog for course LAI 544. Monday, November 22, 2010. EPaLs - The World's Largest K-12 Learning Network! Is “the leading provider of safe collaborative technology for schools to connect and learn in a protected, project-based learning network.”. Allows teachers to sign up and use this resource collaboratively, allowing for learners to connect not only locally, but also nationally and internationally as well. Currently there are classrooms registered in over 200 countries and territories!
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Amanda's Educational Blog!: Flickr, and Creative Commons
http://amanda7r.blogspot.com/2010/11/flickr-and-creative-commons.html
An educational blog for course LAI 544. Friday, November 5, 2010. Flickr, and Creative Commons. Is a great website for the storing, sorting, searching, and sharing of photos online! Since people can share their own personal photos, they may not want everyone else on the internet to “steal” and reuse their photos without permission. Therefore, many photos on Flickr. License, photographers can indicate what types of uses they will allow for their photos. Here are the six main licensing types:. They must cr...
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Amanda's Educational Blog!: October 2010
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An educational blog for course LAI 544. Monday, October 18, 2010. Twitter.in the Classroom? Is something that is highly popularized in today’s society, but I personally have never had a Twitter account. I’ve been trying to be open-minded towards the whole thing, but I was still really unsure of how it could be useful in the classroom. Reading some articles about educators using Twitter was very helpful to me to get a better idea of the benefits of Twitter. One thing I think is most beneficial about using...
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Amanda's Educational Blog!: Using Flickr Apps
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An educational blog for course LAI 544. Sunday, November 7, 2010. I was very impressed to find out that there are various applications that use Flickr photos. These applications could be very beneficial for teachers to use in their classrooms.either by creating something to show to students while teaching, or for having students work with an application to create an assignment. The website Big Huge Labs. Is a tool for creating comic strips from Flickr pictures. And Bookr. I decided to check out Bookr.
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Amanda's Educational Blog!: Podcasts in the Classroom
http://amanda7r.blogspot.com/2010/12/podcasts-in-classroom.html
An educational blog for course LAI 544. Saturday, December 4, 2010. Podcasts in the Classroom. I’ll be honest when I say that I have never previously considered the use of podcasts in the classroom…either for teaching purposes or for professional development purposes from a teacher’s standpoint. However, there are many benefits of embedding podcasts into education! First you need to take the time to find a good podcast, supportive of what you are looking for. I searched the Education Podcast Network.
