Thing 4: Blogging

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Amy Dean

Digital freedom walks hand in hand with personal responsibility.

Well, if the skill I needed to focus on for this class was “play,” I guess you could say I spent the entire day playing! My blog, Reflecting Pools, is running; and I think I’m pleased at this point. I really spent time playing with the Edublogs [...]

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Web 2.0

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Amy Dean

Oh, to be a native speaker of the digital language! My students and my own three kids have me beat—for a while. The way our world communicates, collaborates, and accomplishes goals is so different than the way it was just a few years ago. I laugh now to remember that in the year 2000, I [...]

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Hello world!

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Amy Dean

Welcome to my reflecting pool! Even though I’m beginning this blog as a portfolio for a K12 technology course, I also plan to use it this year as a place for my students to reflect on open-ended key questions.
We can try to memorize and retrieve data until we’re blue in the face; but learning just [...]

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