What are your experiences? http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1320017932.html?nid=3714
December 23, 2007
How not to plagiarize!
Interesting stuff about teaching kids not to plagiarize!
December 22, 2007
Graphic Novels
Interesting article/video about Graphic Novels!
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2004/07/11/magazine/20040711_GRAPHICNOVELS_FEATURE.html
December 11, 2007
Great videos to show your students
Interwrite Learning has announced the three winners of the company’s first
video contest that recognizes teachers and students for their creativity
and use of technology in the classroom. Participants of the contest were
asked to create a short music video parodying the song of their choice.
The winners’ videos did a superior job of demonstrating creativity,
collaboration, and technology in the classroom.
The winners from each grade segment (K-5, 6-8 and 9-12) are as follows:
Grades K-5 winner:
Mr. Richard Colosi’s class at Canandaigua Primary School in Canandaigua,
N.Y.
Video: http://contest.interwritelearning.com/contestant/154/
Grades 6-8 winner:
Mr. Jason Coogan’s class at Ilminster Intermediate in Gisborne, New
Zealand
Video: http://contest.interwritelearning.com/contestant/159/
Grades 9-12 winner:
Mr. Jonathon Blackburn’s class at J.M. Tate High School in contonment,
Fla.
Video: http://contest.interwritelearning.com/contestant/53/
The winners were selected from more than 220 submissions from across the
U.S., New Zealand, and Australia. The online consumer votes constituted 30
percent and the panel of judges determined 70 percent of the entrant’s
final score.
Interesting article
Joanne and I are working on course changes and came across this interesting article.
You can find it through the UofA libraries and might make interesting reading as you think about your own learning and thinking about online courses.
L. Price (2006)
Gender differences and similarities in online courses: challenging stereotypical views of women
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 22 (5), 349–359.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00181.x
December 6, 2007
Edublog Awards
http://edublogawards.com/edublog-awards-2007-finalists-announced/
Find some new blogs to read and subscribe to.
Do you have boys or teach boys?
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/11/28/midmorning2/ This is an interesting radio program if you have an hour.
TL-DL Fall Meeting
Gail de Vos, Lois Barranoik, Dianne Oberg, Joanne de Groot, Lorine Sweeney and I got together last week for our bi-annual meeting. We had lots to talk about – course changes, the program in general, new resources, readings, upcoming conferences, etc. Here is a photo of us. 
From left to right
Gail, Lois, Dianne, Joanne, Lorine, and Jennifer
