One of the most interesting resources listed on the Georgia standards website is the Thinkfinity link. This website contains a very intuitive search database that allows you to search for lesson plans on a variety of subjects. Websites like Thinkfinity and Ning are a calming reminder to up and coming teachers, that they don’t have [...]
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Thinkfinity
June 25, 2009
Media Literacy
June 22, 2009
Literacy, as I loosely define it, is based on our capacity to send and receive information. For the longest time, I’ve considered myself a traditionalist, that reading and writing the printed word is the backbone of English Ed. and that nothing can shake it as the foundation of literacy. While I’d like to cling to [...]
Comparing Wikis to Encyclopedias
June 16, 2009
There is apparently a change going on with the mediums with which information is presented and constructed. The change is occurring due to the information age, the Internet, and the ways in which information is received and transmitted. In the past, information was transmitted, stored, collected, etc. via. typewritten paper. Now, computers store the same [...]
Wikikikikikikiikikikikikiiiiiiiiiiii
June 15, 2009
That was fun. Onto the serious topic about Wikis. My experience with wikis at UTK was a humbling one. Wikis were 100% off limits, not just in terms of a source, but you weren’t even allowed to LOOK at wikis. Okay. Maybe UTK wasn’t exactly like 1940′s Germany, but it was pretty close as far [...]
Episode 2: Blogging about Blogging
June 11, 2009
It’s as exciting as it sounds. I’ve been mulling over ideas for implementing blogs in a classroom the past few days as I’ve been reading through Will Richardson’s book, Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts. I must say that technology such as this presents a philosophical & moral dilemma for me, as a teacher. First: as a [...]
Goodie Gumdrops
June 9, 2009
I’m now a blogger. I always swore I’d never do one of these. I’ve met far too many of my overopinionated, self-absorbed peers in higher education that do blogs, and am annoyed by the constant linking to their sites, and the incessant desire for debate-mongering. I also feel that online social mediation, such as Facebook, [...]
