July 2, 2008
June 2, 2008
Connective Writing Part Two

“Writing that synthesizes those ideas and remixes them in some way to make them our own and is published to potentially wide audiences.” By Will Richardson at …

May 28, 2008
Meme: Places We Love
We all have special places that inspire us. Some of these places capture who we are while others just inspire us. These special places hold lots of stories. I have chosen our family beach house…
May 24, 2008
Connective Writing
I started reading Will Richardson’s book Blogs, Wikis, Podcast a few weeks ago. The books sits on my desk at school and every few days I grab a few moments of reading time between the many other…
May 21, 2008
Coastal Area Writing Project Summer Instititue
Saturday, May 17,   I spend my first day with my new part-time job. I will be the technology liaison for the Coastal Area Writing Project at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC. (very near to…
May 16, 2008
Awarded Sustaining Grant
Two weeks ago I received notice that my grant I am working under will be sustained. Our school received the $80,000 requested. Only six of the nine schools who originally received the 1:1 laptop…
May 6, 2008
Preaching to the Choir
I know as I write this I am preaching to a choir of followers.  I write this to help my thinking and hopefully someone who reads my thoughts will write a comment and push my thoughts.  I am taking a…
May 5, 2008
Discussion: technology as a tool for providing experiences and building knowledge
Learning does become authentic when mixed together with your own experiences and own knowledge base.  What happens when a child’s experiences are limited and the knowledge base is limited? I teach…
April 29, 2008
Advantages of Multimedia in the Classroom

Advantages of implementing multimedia  in the classroom include:

  • Motivation - This is important as we have learned that we must first engage the attention of our students before they are ready to…
April 24, 2008
Delivering Change
We are use to classrooms where there is one person who total responsibility is to deliver instruction. We are so accustomed to this that we are constantly being programmed to think this way. We…