by Brian | May 21, 2007 | 1:1, ActivBoard, Blogging, Brian Crosby, Change, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Grace Corrigan, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Podcast, Project Based, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
Women of Web 2.0, Cheryl Oakes, Jennifer Wagner, Sharon Peters, & Vicki Davis have asked me to be a guest tonight on their live webcast. On their web site they describe themselves as: “…four women who not only love using the tools of the Internet but...
by Brian | May 19, 2007 | Blogging, Change, Education, Inclusion, Literacy, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
One of the tough things about teaching at an “At Risk†school is the turnover. In the last 4 weeks we gained a new non-English speaking student and lost 3 (almost 4) students. I’m rolling my current class to fifth grade next year and came to realize yesterday...
by Brian | May 14, 2007 | Education, Inclusion, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype
It’s actually good news. I was finishing getting ready for students this morning when in walked our counselor, Celest and her mom. They had news, Celest won’t be needing to Skype into class anymore because as of today she is a showing-up...
by Brian | May 12, 2007 | Digital Video, Education, Inclusion, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
Tonight was the 7th annual Lumiere All School Film Fest here in Reno. My friend Paul McFarlane, an English teacher at Hug High in Reno, started and continues to make this superb festival happen (Yes, Hug High School, named for Procter R. Hug, a local judge). My sixth...
by Brian | May 7, 2007 | Blogging, Inclusion, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
Celest was back today after an almost six week absence. She rang our Skype bell just as students were entering at nine and except for recess and lunchtime – and a short break to take a blood draw, she was with us all day. She got a chance to read the 28 comments...
by Brian | May 3, 2007 | Inclusion, Video Skype
I got word today that Celest is home much earlier than expected from her hospital stay out of town and feeling good. I’ll report back when she makes it back to class (via Skype). We haven’t seen her in about a month. My school district is re-doing the...
by Brian | Apr 28, 2007 | Education, Grace Corrigan, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
Update: 4/29/07 Find a link to the podcast below (my first ever podcast btw). Friday, Grace Corrigan “graced” our classroom with a visit, and that might seem like just a cute play-on-words, but if you had been there you would agree. Grace is Christa...
by Brian | Apr 25, 2007 | Digital Video, Education, Inclusion, Video Skype, Web 2.0
I’m afraid this week’s update is not good news. Celest has been sick from her Chemo for weeks and that has developed into an infection that has progressed to the point that she was airlifted to a San Francisco Bay Area Children’s Hospital that specializes in...
by Brian | Apr 13, 2007 | 1:1, Blogging, Education, Inclusion, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0
Celest has not been feeling well for weeks now. The doctors have changed her chemo and apparently it is not sitting well with her. Thusly we have not had her “join†us via Skype on a very consistent basis lately : ( We decided today to send Celest a kind of...
by Brian | Apr 1, 2007 | Change, Education, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Technology
I heard about this earlier today. Google is offering free wifi that is easy enough that you can install it yourself (or you can opt for professional installation for a price). What implications will this have for schools and learning? How will school districts react?...
