Blogging Outloud

     I have spoken of this before, but it bears repeating. A few years ago, I signed up for the first of my many Online Adult Programs with GSC.  The professor introduced us to a new tool: a wiki.  We were then responsible for learning how to use the wiki-tool to create a website where we demonstrated our learning.  We created the content, (in this case it was for the Physical Geography class,) and collaborated with others.  We used pictures, websites, and videos to demonstrate the way we were learning and we discussed it with each other.  It was a vibrant, hands-on learning activity in an online setting. 

     The introduction to the wiki-tool sparked in me a whole new enthusiasm for expressing my learning, and started me down the technology pathway.  It created a fervor in me to see what else was available.  Eventually it led me to Ms. Viki Davis, a teacher who uses wikis in her classroom, she also blogs and Twitters. 

      So today in my Twitter feed I found some real gems that I think are useful. The first one is from Viki Davis.  Her depiction of her current observations is "spot on".  In this blog posting I like they way that she lets us in on her mind wandering a bit, until she lands on a firm conclusion.

coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-like-im-living-someone-elses-life.html

     This next blog is a take-off on Steven Covey's book titled, "7 Habits of Highly Effective People."   Following the blog there are several interesting comments.  It gives a good picture of how sharing online content sparks conversation and thinking.

www.downes.ca/post/44261


     This last link I want to share is the golden nugget of the day; it is actual curriculum content.  It has an outline of the lesson plan; lists goals and objectives; has handouts to support learning and links to verify alignment with state standards

www.teachingcopyright.org/