Thanks as always to my twitter network, here are some great Interactive geography sites. http://freetech4teachers.blogspot.com/2008/09/five-interactive-geography-activities.html
The site that posted these activies may also be of interest to you! http://freetech4teachers.blogspot.com/
There is a lot here to explore!
Well I did it, I made it through nine weeks of tech camp, and now that I have had a nap the past two afternoons, I can actually say I had a BLAST! I just logged into School Town to work on our Tech Camp Alumni Group and I found this message from Hal (Week 9 camper). I am STILL laughing!
It’s Sunday morning. I woke up about 6:00 a.m. and went back to sleep, and I had a dream. In the first part of the dream my mom and dad were going to a Sox game, but for some reason my dad left the lot with his car. I told him he couldn’t get back in but he parked in the lot for a bar.
I went into the bar. I don’t know what happened to my mom and dad, but suddenly I was with our tech camp group and a bunch of townspeople. You were showing our movie projects to them! Every one of them was brilliant, many of them using 3-D effects a la Second Life. I was dreading mine coming up but then I looked at the clock and it was almost noon, and the bar cleared because everybody left to watch a Bears game. I was relieved.
The reason I figured out the whole dream, though, was because you also had our graded plans with you…ON PAPER! The grades were marked at the top in red ink. That’s when I woke up.
The rented motor home pu, Motor lled out of the driveway this morning at 11am and here I am blogging in a recliner as my husband cruises along. We just crossed over the Ohio state line and my husband is ready to stretch. Connected through the Internet using my Verizon broadband I just crossed one thing off my learning goals of the week, I created my first podcast using gcast. I really was shocked how easy it was! Traveling like this is really amazing!
For those of you joining us on the adventure we will try and stay connected and keep you posted of the many adentures we will have on this trip to Dreams Park outside of Cooperstown NY. My youngest is heading to a week long tournament and all of us are going along for the circuses! Join us for a laugh!
This group assignment was to showcase ten Web 2.0 tools featured during our week long class. This group has a very creaive spin on the presentation!
I am still laughing hours after class! the assignment was to create a presentation including ten Web 2.0 Tools. This group did it in a very creative way. I did not realize I said “I have peeps” here it is on you tube, it MUST be true! Get ready to laugh!
This is a repost I will be building on in the next few weeks!
talk about making school fun…
I am teaching week long tech camps all summer here in the great state of Illinois, amazing fun and learning. As teachers were creating their final project a middle school math teacher really wanted to learn Google Sketchup. I told her I am about her level, but my 7th going to 8th grade son was a wiz. she said “Please can you bring your son to school tomorrow?” Really she was serious!
I sent a text message, want to come with me to school tomorrow and help teachers with sketchup? Text back “let’s chat” code for are you paying me? I never said I would pay, instead said if you come and add value we will discuss possibilities.
Wow, I could not even have dreamed how helpful these kids were. Of course they brought a friend and brother. I had my very own “geek squad”! I coached all the way there, don’t touch their mouse, think of words to guide them. It worked!! A win win for all. School was fun, even smmer school!
I am gearing up for week 2 of tech camp. This week I will be at the Lee/Ogle Regional Office of Education near Dixon Illinois. Last week was so amazing, really! The more I teach this class the more I am convinced that teachers need more time to create and really dig in and try new things. I know “we need more time is old”, but it is true. We need to rethink professional development to really focus on creating experiences where teachers have the time to create. I am looking forward to meeting my new group of campers and having another great week. Tech camp info here…..http://techteachers.com/?page_id=72
Share your five Web 2.0 tools you will explore after today.
Write one paragraph about how you will change your communication practices.
Share some of the organizational challenges you face as an educator.
