July 16
Email
8 e-mail mistakes that make you look bad: http://bcentral.com/articles/komando/115.asp
Costs of Blocking Legit E-Mail To
Soar: http://cyberatlas.internet.com/markets/advertising/article/0,,5941_3305011,00.html
Erroneously
blocked e-mail will cost marketers about $419 million in 2008.
E-Mail Communication and Relationships: http://www.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/emailrel.html
Email for Kids: http://www.email-for-kids.com/
Email
In the Classroom: http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/TEC/integrate/emailnclass.htm
Explore ideas for using email in the classroom.
Eudora Email Program: http://www.eudora.com/index.html
How
e-mail you save can be held against you: http://www.bcentral.com/articles/komando/145.asp?ups=0
Are
you a packrat with your e-mail messages? Here are tips on what to consider when
you're deciding whether or not to save an e-mail message.
Internet Etiquette: ftp://ftp.temple.edu/pub/info/help-net/netiquette.infohn
Introduction to Electronic Mail: http://online.nmit.vic.edu.au/Koori/emailintro.htm
Six
Degrees of E-mail Separate Wired World?: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/08/0807_030807_email.html#main
According to the "small world" theory, you should be just six
handshakes or e-mail messages away from Madonna, Tiger Woods, or Nelson Mandela.
But can anyone in the world really reach anyone else through a chain of just six
friends? Yes, say researchers at Columbia University.
The Tyranny of Email: http://www.w-uh.com/articles/030308-tyranny_of_email.html
Cell
phones and Instant Messaging
Some of the issues with
IM are:
1. pretending to be someone else
2. rumor spreading
3. cyber
"voyeurism" (If a friend and I trade share our IM passwords and screen
names with each other, we can each be logged in simultaneously to our own and
to each others IM accounts. I can
then "watch" my friend's conversations
with people he is IMing and he can watch mine. The transcripts just roll accross
the screen in real time. I could even join his conversation, pretending to be
him. The people who are chatting with him would have no idea that there are two
people logged in to one screen name.)
The
Online Edge by Odvard Egil Dyrli: http://www.districtadministration.com/page.cfm?id=620
Your district should have a policy to regulate how cell phones are being used
to transmit text messages.
Blogs
and RSS
Using blogs as "adventure
learning" technology
Blogging serves as a reflective activity for the
group that is traveling. Locate a nearby internet café, and build a stop-in
into the daily routine. While students also are allowed to check personal email,
they are required to do a little expository writing on some dimension of their
experience while traveling.
The experience students are having while traveling
is so foreign to many of their classmates back home, it was difficult for trekkers
to come to any meaningful exchange of ideas with their classmates in the absence
of some kind of structure back home. Try to find at least one teacher who will
be willing to build the blog into their social studies, history, or related course.
The
onus is on out of school instructor to make strong connections with classroom
teachers and understand their lesson plans for the coming months. In general,
teachers really want to find lesson content in the humanities that "resonates
with relevance" to students, and something like their blog entries is really
just a portal. There are numerous facets to the experiential learning that can
be built upon.
Some ideas--both technology dependent and independent--for using
blogs in the classroom:
- Use blog entries to provide
text for a photoessay
- Teachers select a blog entry to develop into an well-rounded
essay
- Blog entries used as primary resource for a journalistic article about
the forum, experiences, etc -- identify angles for internet research
- Use
the blog as source material for skits around cross cultural communication and
other kinds of situations
Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth: http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/
The Blog and the Borg: a Collective Approach to E-Learning: http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/jd29/papers/dronelearn2003short.doc
Blogging Across the Curriculum: http://mywebspace.quinnipiac.edu/PHastings/bac.html
Blogging and RSS - The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators: http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml
Blogging
With The Boss's Blessing: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_26/b3889107.htm
More
companies are helping employees to speak freely -- and bond with customers.
Blogs: by Jay Cross: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2002/apr2002/ttools.html
Blogshop:
Using blogs for learning: http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/blogshop/archives/cat_using_blogs_for_learning.php
Campus Communications & the Wisdom of Blogging: http://www.syllabus.com/article.asp?id=7982
The
educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_6/huffaker/index.html
This
paper explores the role of weblogs or "blogs" in classroom settings.
Blogs, which resemble personal journals or diaries and provide an online venue
where self–_expression and creativity is encouraged and online communities
are built, provide an excellent opportunity for educators to advance literacy
through storytelling and dialogue. This paper explores the importance of literacy
and
storytelling in learning, and then juxtaposes these concepts with the
features of blogs. The paper also reviews examples of blogs in practice.
elearning space blog: http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/
Internet Time Blog: http://www.meta-time.com/blog
Introduction to Blogs and Blogging: http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18400984
Learning
Webs: Learning in Weblog Networks: https://doc.telin.nl/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-35344
"This
article explores how professionally oriented Weblog projects support the emergence
of loosely coupled learning networks. We provide an overview of the technical
infrastructure of this particular form of personal Webpublishing and the social
ecosystems that emerge through current Weblog authoring practices. Furthermore,
we suggest that some Weblog ecosystems can be conceptualized as learning webs.
These learning webs appear to meet the specific needs of knowledge workers for
flexible and dynamic learning environments. Some preliminary results of qualitative
data collection in this area are shared and some further lines of research are
proposed."
LISNews.com: http://www.lisnews.com/
"LISNews is a collaborative weblog [aka blog] devoted to current events
and news in the world of Library and Information Science."
Morning at RSS-Blog-Furl High School: http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2004/03/03#a1475
Nokia
Edges Toward Phone Blogging: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,62702,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
Nokia
unveils Lifeblog, software designed to integrate and organize words, audio, pictures
and even video from your mobile phone. Uploading your life to a weblog may be
the next step.
On the Shelf: http://www.noblenet.org/danvers/weblog/blog.htm
A
"blog for avid readers" from the Peabody Institute Library, featuring
links to reviews, articles, book-related events, author interviews, etc.
Peter Scott's Library Blog: http://xrefer.blogspot.com/
Rebecca's Pocket: http://www.rebeccablood.net/index.html
RSS: Not Just for Bloggers Anymore: http://www.clickz.com/experts/brand/buzz/article.php/3331491
RSS Readers: http://www.ourpla.net/cgi/pikie?RssReaders
RSS
stands for Rich Site Summary, or is it RDF Site Summary? Really Simple Syndication?
No one seems to know for sure.
Teen Blogger Turns
Heads Online: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,62049,00.html
Almost
weekly, 15-year-old Stephen Yellin posts a detailed analysis of Senate, House,
and gubernatorial races across the US on daily KOS: http://www.dailykos.com/,
"the most-trafficked liberal political blog on the Net," Wired News
reports. His posts "read like memos written by a Democratic National Committee
senior staffer." The blog is run by Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, a political
consultant who says that "though his Web site is popular enough that he can
be very picky about who guest-blogs on his site, he chose Yellin despite his young
age, not because of it."
Warning: Blogs Can Be Infectious: http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,62537,00.html
Webblogging at the Institut St-Joseph: http://carnets.ixmedia.com/mario/archives/002425.html
Weblog Ed - Using Weblogs and RSS in Education: http://www.weblogg-ed.com/
What is a blog?: http://newhome.weblogs.com/personalWebPublishingCommunities
WSG Newsletter: RSS Newsreaders Deliver Headlines: http://www.websearchguide.ca/newsletter/030228.htm
The XML Files - All about blogs and RSS: http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/04/XMLFiles/
Learn
about blogs, or Web logs, and how to set up your own. Plus, find out how to provide
a feed to your blog's content by producing an RDF Site Summary (RSS) document.
Listserves and Newsletters
Aims
Education Foundation (Aims = "Activities Integrating Mathematics And Science")
Newsletter subscription: http://www.aimsedu.org/aimsnews/listman.html
EducatorsForum.net: http://www.educatorsforum.net
EducationNews.org: http://www.educationnews.org/default.htm
Get Ready to Read Newsletter: http://www.getreadytoread.org/
Global Schools Network Internet Projects Registry: http://www.gsn.org/gsh/pr/_cfm/index.cfm
Kids
Who Proved the Experts Wrong - stories on people who helped others by overcoming
the challenges in their lives: http://www.provethemwrong.com
Sign up for the free ezine which features a new person
in every issue.
MarcoGram:
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/teacher/marcograms.aspx
MarcoPolo
Listserv:
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/teacher/mp_listserv.aspx
MiddleWeb: http://www.middleweb.com/
Net Family News: http://netfamilynews.org/
Poets.org: http://www.poets.org/academy/contact.cfm
Positive News, Positive Sayings by Email: http://www.positivepress.com/saying/subscription.php3
Reading Rockets monthly newsletter: http://pbsmail.org/weta_learning/join.html?r=pd1OwQs1EuJjE
SafeKids.com: http://safekids.com/
Teachernet.com: http://www.teachnet.com/t2t/
Yahoo:
http://groups.yahoo.com
Many listserves
can be found here.
Books
and Publications
Bangert-Drowns, Robert L., Marlene M.
Hurley, & Barbara Wilkinson "How does writing affect learning? A review
of the research" http://cela.albany.edu/newslet/spring03/howdoes.htm
Camilli, Gregory, Sadako Vargas, Michele Yurecko "Reading Researchers Question Result of National Reading Panel: Is Phonics the Best Choice? Teaching Children to Read: The Fragile Link Between Science and Federal Education Policy. Educational Policy Analysis Archives, Volume 11, Number 15, May 8, 2003: http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/research_digest/reading_panel.html
Coles, Gerald. "Learning to Read and the 'W Principal'-Force-feeding direct instruction to poor kids won't help them learn to read: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/17_04/wpri174.shtml
Coles, Gerald. "Review: Reading the Naked Truth: Literacy, Legislation and Lies." April 2003. http://nochildleft.com/2003/apr03truth.html
Cooperative Children's Book Center-School of Education- University of Madison-Wisconsin: http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/index.htm
Covino, Jennifer K." Mind Matters" District Administrator, February 2002, p. 23-27. http://www.districtadministration.com/page.cfm?id=235 This article talks about teaching using brain based learning. Fast Forward: http://www.scilearn.com/, is one company that devised a program using brain based learning.
The Effect of Computers on Student Writing: A Meta-analysis of Studies from 1992 to 2002: http://www.bc.edu/research/intasc/jtla/journal/v2n1.shtml
Greenspan,
Robyn Reading, Writing, Pointing-And-Clicking: http://cyberatlas.internet.com/markets/education/article/0,,5951_2237481,00.html
The
global education and training market is worth roughly $2 trillion, and e-learning
is expected to lead a significant portion off-campus.
The Challenges of Learning to Teach Reading: http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=66
Ezarik, Melissa "Rooted in Reading" District Administrator, May 2003: http://www.districtadministration.com/page.cfm?id=377
Is Learning to Read Easier Than Learning to Play the Piano?: http://teachers.net/gazette/AUG02/haskins.html
Jacobs, Vicki A. "What Secondary Teachers Can Do To Teach Reading" Harvard Education Letter Research Online March/April 2003 http://www.edletter.org/past/issues/1999-ja/secondary.shtml
Keene, Ellin Oliver "Investing in Expertise: In Whom Shall Knowledge About Teaching and Learning Lie?" HeadFirst, 2003-05-01
Kendall, Juli "The Million-Dollar Question: How Do We Connect Reading and Writing?" http://www.middleweb.com/ReadWrkshp/JK70.html
Krashen, Stephen "False Claims About Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Skills vs. Whole Language, and Recreational Reading" NoChildLeft.com Volume I, Number 5, May, 2003
Lyon,
G. Reid, Ph.D. "Reading Disabilities: Why Do Some Children Have Difficulty
Learning to Read? What Can Be Done About It?" EducationNew.org
http://www.educationnews.org/Reading-Disabilities-Why-Do-Some-Children.htm
Mahoney,
Sarah "Laptops Win Over the Skeptics, Even in Maine" New York Times,
March 5, 2003.
This article tells how quickly seventh grade students and teachers
in Maine began to use laptops. Examples of how they are used in Language Arts
teaching are given.
McElmeel, Sharron L. The Latest
and Greatest Read-Alouds. Libraries Unlimited, Inc., Englewood, CO: 1994.
Descriptions
of over 150 books published between 1988 and 1994 for Kindergarten through sixth
grade students.
McKenzie, Jamie. "Fuzzy Math, Fuzzy Reading, and Fuzzy Science" No Child Left.com. April 2003. http://nochildleft.com/2003/apr03fuzzy.html#3
McKenzie, Jamie "Writing in the Right Way" From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal Volume 12 Number 10 June 2003.
Moen, Christine
Boardman. Teaching With Caldecott Books: Activities Across the Curriculum. New
York: Scholastic Professional Books, 1991.
This is a
detailed approach for using whole-language teaching in the classroom.
The New Literacies: "Q&A with Donald J. Leu Jr.": http://www.districtadministration.com/page.cfm?id=320
Preparing Our Teachers-Opportunities for Better Reading Instruction: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074452/html/
Probst, Robert "Classroom Talk about Literature: Or, the Social Dimensions of a Solitary Act" http://www.npatterson.net/probst/vm.html
Put Reading First: http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/PFRbooklet.pdf http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/PFRbrochure.pdf
Reading for Comprehension: http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1465/MR1465.pdf
Reading Online: http://www.readingonline.org/default.asp
"Remedial
Programs Lessen Dyslexic Function" CNN 25 February 2003 http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/02/25/dyslexic.help.ap/index.html
When
dyslexic children took part in a program to teach them better reading skills their
brains began functioning more like the brains of normal children, a new study
reports.
Schrum, Lynne "Technology in the Classroom: Asking the Right Questions" ENC (Eisenhower National Clearinghouse) http://www.enc.org/focus/edtech/document.shtm?input=FOC-000694-index
Smith, Dinitia "Scholars track the appeal of
teen detectives" New York Times 14 July 1998
Nancy Drew and the Hardy
Boys are still popular
Simple Things You Can Do: http://www.ed.gov/PDFDocs/simple.pdf
Thirunarayanan, M.O. "From Thinkers to Clickers: The World Wide Web and the Transformation of the Essence of Being Human" Ubiquity, May, 2003
For
fun
Book-a-Minute Classics: http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/classics.shtml
DrWeb's Domain: http://drweb.typepad.com/dwdomain/
Internet Anagram Solver: http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html
Warrior
Librarian Weekly: http://www.warriorlibrarian.com
The
zine for librarians who refuse to be classified
Whacky Web Tales: http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html
For Free
Craft
Freebies: http://www.craftfreebies.com/index.html
Educator's
Idea Book
To sign up for a free Educator's Idea Book go to: http://www.aande.com/class/theideabook/
where you can request a biannual teacher's magazine created by the Education Department
at A&E Television Networks. The Idea Book includes Teacher's Guides for programs
featured in Classroom and a printed version of the A&E Classroom Calendar,
which features air dates, program descriptions,
and copyright information.
Jan Brett has many printable activities and free graphics to use on the bulletin board etc at http://www.janbrett.com
Patricia
Crossley has free books, including "Authors in the Kitchen"
cookbook
to download at: http://www.patriciacrossley.com/books/frame%20page/intro.htm
This
site began in March 1998 by Janet Luch.
Email to studyplans@yahoo.com.