Wednesday, February 12, 2014. I am super excited about the plethora of IPAD Apps that have been coming out. In the past month, I have been exploring with a Makerbot 3D printer in my classroom. With the printer making all kinds of unique tools, objects, and models, I have also been looking into how I can use our classroom IPAD to scan. Get your IPAD out, capture your room, and share. We all want to see your room! Links to this post.

Thoughts, Comments and Other Assorted Musings on 21st Century Literacy. Saturday, April 11, 2009. One of the games has a complete lesson that integrates writing with the game. Saturday, March 7, 2009.

Writing, Speaking, and COnsulting on K12 Educational Technology and SChool Library Issues. WELCOME to my personal homepage. This is a way of separating my efforts as the school library media specialist in a public South Carolina school and my professional efforts as a writer and speaker. This is a simple page that points visitors to my spaces on the web. My focus centers on my learning and my desire to share with other learners in the K12 arena.

SC LMS Institute June 2008. Tips, Tricks, and Tools for Busy Teachers. My Wiki Spaces for Professional Development and More. Use my side bar to navigate around.

Teaching Internet Safety in School. The National Computer Security Alliance released a report. February 2010 that investigated the delivery of Internet safety education, The State of K-12 Cyberethics, Cybersafety and Cybersecurity Curriculum in the U. Unfortunately, because of how the survey was constructed and interpreted, it did not yield a clear picture of the current situation. A large part of the problem is grounded in the fact that this was a self-repor.

Of learner and teacher blog sites for educational purposes. The purpose of the Edublog awards is promote and demonstrate the educational values of these social media. The best aspects include that it creates a fabulous resource.

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This bimonthly show, hosted by Maria Knee, Lisa Parisi, and Sheila Adams can be heard live on Monday evenings at EdTechTalk. Come join us for lively discussions and great chats about topics of interest in the education and technology fields. Saturday, October 13, 2012. Episode 121 - Welcome Back to School. You can listen to the audio here. Monday, June 4, 2012. Episode 120 - The Flipped Classroom. Originator of the flipped classroom, was able to join us. The audio archive is here.

Fighting censorship, integrating technology and education, and observations from a school librarian. Book Censorship is alive and well in South Carolina. Michigan teacher suspended over anti-gay punishment.

Sunday, December 5, 2010. With the list of the 2010 Edublog Awards. I do want to take a moment and highly recommend the TL Virtual Cafe webinar series. For your vote in best webinar series. The webinars are always the first Monday of every month and are very timely in their topics. Friday, June 25, 2010.