Archive for August, 2006

Aug 25 2006

Sorting through the blogs and wikis

Published by under Tagging

Technorati’s homepage has the quote “50 million blogs…some of them have to be good.”  (Matt).  Weeding out the useless from the golden nuggets seems an undaunting challenge.  Tagging may be a useful tool for finding individuals with similar quests, with the same passions, or with new creative viewpoints.  http://librarytails.pbwiki.com/ is a wiki with some great links to [...]

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Aug 18 2006

Vygotsky said “We learn through collision with others.”

Published by under Technology

His words hold true as the online community collaborates in numbers so huge I can hardly comprehend them.  The world wide web moves toward a new era with Web 2.0; and folksonomies allow people to share technology tools.  I can search for other educators’ blogs and wikis, learning daily and testing my own “pseudo-concepts.”  Wouldn’t [...]

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Aug 05 2006

Podcasting

Published by under Podcasting,Time

I am looking forward to experimenting with podcasting in my school library.  Students might use podcasting for oral reports, book talks, or sharing personal stories or poems.  Podcasts will be launched through our reading and writing club. Electronic format is providing opportunities for students to create and share, collaborate and publish.  On the one hand, [...]

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