Normally, I do use this blog to advertise for connections. However, we were hoping to connect one of our Senior History electives with another school via the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Challenge 20/20 project. The Challenge 20/20 project creates connections between classrooms around one of the 20 problems outlines in J.F. Rischard’s High [...]
Entries from July 23, 2007
Another Great Resource
July 17, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
At the Global Collaborations session, there was a librarian who was with a team from her school, the University School in Normal, Illinois, who created a wiki for the team to capture their notes from the conference. I had the chance to meet with her at lunch and found out how to access their Memphis [...]
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[Live Blog] – Global Collaboration
July 17, 2007 · 4 Comments · laptop institute
[Live Blogged - please ignore misspellings and awkward phrasing] [Simul-blogged on Multi-faceted Refractions - my home blog] Julene Reed Why Global Referenced World is Flat and A Whole New Mind Students need to be global communicators Workplace requires global collaboration, project based activitities Engages and motivates for authentic experiences. Promotes creativity and empowers Use Challenge [...]
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[Live Blog] – Hubs and Spokes
July 16, 2007 · No Comments · laptop institute
Jonah Howland English Department Urban School of San Francisco [Live Blogged - please ignore mispellings and awkward wording] Was a skeptic, but now sees many more advantages than the problems that they had. Skeptical that students are not as different, maybe more changes in media. Students practice acquire knowledge and make sense of it, just [...]
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[Live Blog] – Laptops, Libraries, and Collaboration
July 16, 2007 · No Comments · laptop institute
[Live blogged using note taking capabilities of the new tablet. Really excuse the spelling errors and awkward phrasing] Alice Bryant Harpeth Hall School Presentation (old school) Has done presentation in Photo Story Has created a PowerPoint Has attended Internet for Libraries Rutgers presentation and research. she will shave. [...]
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