Today, Google released a new collaborative tool , Google Presentation, to round out its suite of products. During our Lower School and Middle School opening Faculty Meetings, I showed teachers Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets which can be used by students as substitutes for Microsoft Word and Excel. These are tools that would allow students [...]
Entries from September 18th, 2007
Google Announces New Application – Presentation
September 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Learning 2.0 Conference – Collaboration Ideas
September 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · teaching and learning
As I noted earlier this week, I spent a part of my weekend following the thoughts and ideas being shared at the Learning 2.0 Conference in Shanghai. Since then, several of the participants have taken the time to reflect and share their ideas and thoughts via their blog posts and podcasts of the sessions.
This morning, [...]
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Teachers Are Found Everywhere – Learning From Students
September 18th, 2007 · No Comments · teaching and learning
When we think of teachers, we often think of the adults in learning community. However, we should never discount what we can learn from our students.
Today, while speaking to a senior about an issue unrelated to technology, I noticed that he was using a web tool that I was unaware of, Flashcard Exchange (www.flashcardexchange.com). He [...]
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