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 20, 2007 | Change, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
The Indian Express Newspapers today announced in an article titled “Microsoft to sell govts $3 software package” that Microsoft: “will sell a $3 package of Windows, Office and educational programmes to governments that want to load the software onto...
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 | Mar 31, 2007 | Education, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
Ten days ago we had the opportunity to link up for an interview with the 8th grade students in Lee Baber’s class at YouthBridges in Virginia. The participants included Lee’s class, my class in Sparks, Nevada – Elderbob Brannan in Texas, and Celest (a student in...
by Brian | Mar 24, 2007 | Change, Education, Inclusion, Technology, Web 2.0
Thanks to Vicki Davis and David Warlick I tried TeacherTube by uploading our “Inclusion” video there. It was viewed 30 times in about 30 minutes. As so many Web 2.0 applications it is free, easy to sign-up for, easy to use … but … is it blocked...
by Brian | Mar 24, 2007 | Change, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
“ … an overwhelming 97 percent of students, but just over half of teachers, say they think cell phones should be allowed in school for emergencies and for connecting with parents.†So says Eschool News in an article where they quote the 4th Annual “Speak Upâ€...
