Ed's List: Be Good to Your Library

Hi Morgan!

noreply@blogger.com (Edward) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:08:00 +0000

Thanks for having me here today to talk about using blogs and wikis in education.

Web 2.0

Steps to build your digital footprint.
Check out Classroom 2.0

Blogs
Gary Coyles 8th Grade Humanities
Here's one blog I just thought you'd like.
Here's a good example of some blogging by a student teacher.
As a community resource.

Google Earth

Wikis
Best class wiki 2007. Welker's Wikinomics. and the corresponding blog.
Globally collaborative wiki(The Flat Classroom) and it's follow up (The Horizon Project).
Salute to Suess.
8th Grade Core Wiki

Other
Planetfesto

The future.
ARGS
Global Windows

Edublog Awards

Verizons Voyager Attacks!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Edward) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:19:00 +0000

Yesterday sitting at the reference desk a couple of students approached me with not much to say. All of a sudden I hear a piercing high pitched noise. Not wanting to come off as crazy I didn't say anything at first but I pursued the student back to the computer lab. Where laughing they asked if I could here "that."

This refreshed my memory of an NPR broadcast I had heard about students using high pitched ring tones to dupe teachers whose aged ears could no long hear the frequencies still audible to young teenage ears.

Go ahead and test yourself on the Mosquito Ringtone. I topped out at 18khz and I'm twenty seven.

This was my first encounter and it felt like being carded at a restaurant. I'm still young.

Blog on blog on blogging:The Economist Debate on Social Networking

noreply@blogger.com (Edward) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:38:00 +0000

Here is the Economist debate.

This month’s debate proposition is: “The house believes that social networking technologies will bring large [positive] changes to educational methods, in and out of the classroom.”

Our expert debaters are two leaders in education and technology, and will square off for three rounds of debate.
- CON - Michael Bugeja, Director of Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Iowa State University of Science and Technology. The author of 21 books whose research is often cited by the New York Times, Dr. Bugeja was among the first to analyze the use of social networks (Facebook & Second Life) before their use by students and educators was widespread and well-understood.
- PRO - Ewan McIntosh, National Adviser on Learning and Technology Futures for Learning and Teaching Scotland, the education agency responsible for curriculum development, and a member of the Channel 4 Media Advisory Board. He writes about social media and learning for the Guardian and the BBC, speaks internationally and consults for organizations including the British Council, the RSA, General Teaching Council of Scotland, RM and Scottish Enterprise, advising on how social media can be harnessed for to improve learning. He blogs at http://edu.blogs.com
- Guest participants will also contribute featured comments.

o Parry Aftab, Founder & Executive Director, WiredSafety.org

o Judith Krug, Directory, Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association (ALA)

o Ann Flynn, Director, Education Technology, National School Board Association (NSBA)

o Nancy Willard, Executive Director, The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use

Here’s a short debate schedule:

· Tuesday, January 15 - Opening statements & floor opens to comments from public

· Wednesday, January 16 - Guest Participant, Parry Aftab, WiredSafety.org

· Thursday, January 17 - Rebuttals

· Monday, January 21 - Guest Participant, Judith Krug, American Library Association

· Tuesday, January 22 - Guest Participant, Ann Flynn, National School Boards Association

· Wednesday, January 23 - Closing statements

· Thursday, January 24 - Guest Participant, Nancy Willard, Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use

· Friday, January 25 - Debate winner announced

Danah Boyd Asks The Right Question

noreply@blogger.com (Edward) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:21:00 +0000

Her latest post revolves around "The Economist Debate" on Social Networking.

She says:

"I have yet to hear a compelling argument for why social network sites (or networking ones) should be used in the classroom. Those tools are primarily about socializing, with media and information sharing there to prop up the socialization process (much status is gained from knowing about the cool new thing). I haven't even heard of a good reason why social network site features should be used in the classroom. What is the value of knowing who is friends with who or creating a profile when you already know all of your classmates?"

Things to add to this blog

noreply@blogger.com (Edward) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:11:00 +0000

A search box. I have seen a few really simple ones I like.

A subscribe to this blog button. RSS

List of blogs I like and subscribe to.

List of links favorite websites.

Maps of visitors.

Visitor counter

Some sort of survey taker or gadget.

I think thats a good start and will get started.

Looking into Wikis

noreply@blogger.com (Edward) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:05:00 +0000

I've been looking into different wiki hosts to determine which is the best to host a school wiki project. I've looked at wetpaint, wikia, pbwiki and a few others. I'm pursuing wikia right now. I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

things to consider.

Privacy- being able to have only your students edit the wiki.

Citing sources- there needs to be a way for students to cite their sources.

Student tracking- teachers need to be able to track student progress to avoid a small group of student doing all the work while the rest add a word here and there. Also a comprehensive way to grade students based on there contributions.

My initial thought is to have the student maintain a wikipage for themselves posting everything twice. Once in the general wiki space with initials and number (acting as a source link) example: (ER12) and this be a link to their personal pages where they are required to post each entry they make (not including comments and questions to teachers and other students)

Example

Chinese innovation

Four great invention of ancient china were paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. (ER21)

The (ER21) will hyperlink to...

Ed Rice's Contributions page.

21. (this number will hyper link to the actual entry in the general wiki)
Four great invention of ancient china were paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
Anyi, He. "Chinese Inventions." China.Org.Cn. 07 Dec. 2007. 15 Jan. 2008 http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/234465.htm.

this way a teacher can pull up a student page and see what contributions have made and it's an easy place to grade from.

Navigating Life 2.0

noreply@blogger.com (Edward) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:35:00 +0000

Although I have been interested in 2.o for sometime. I have been a very passive participant. Always taking, never giving. I have read article after article about developing a digital footprint but mine remained small. That's over. This winter break I began visiting graduate schools looking for applicable degrees in Library and Information Science, and Informatics. I am currently focused on the HCI program at IUPUI, spearheaded by Anthony Faiola. \

This weekend I stumbled upon a great starting point for building a digital footprint for my interests but it could be applied to any field. I'm approaching it a checklist. You can find the whole blog here.

So, here are some ways to build a learning network if you want one:

1. Read a few blogs. Pick four blogs. Read them, and make a comment fairly often. Part of the idea here is conversation with others.

2. Create your own site that people can visit. A blog, a wiki, a website–so when you post on their blog, they can see who you are, and what your work or interests are.

3. Join a network, like Classroom 2.0 Ning, or Global Education Ning or Teacher Librarian Ning or Librarian 2.0 Ning. It’s a great way to find out projects other people are starting and join them. Those are also great places to post a question or to ask someone to join a project you want to do.

4. Join a network that has to do with your outside interests–visit a knitting blog or a football blog or a travel blog and post comments there.

5. Join a site like Twitter. The thing about twitter is–you can’t just join it and sit there if you want to get the power of it. Join Twitter, search for 4 twittees that are educators, librarians, biology teachers–whatever your area of interest is. Or pick names you recognize from blogs. (There is a search box in the twitter page.) Click on the “find and and invite” button. It may feel strange at first to invite people you don’t know at all to network with you, but it’s a first step. And if you don’t like it, you can always uninvite someone.

6. If you join twitter, you have to post to it once in awhile. You can post links to a good website, briefly describe a library project you are doing, etc.

7. Attend small conferences. Smaller conferences are a good way to meet and network with people that share your interests. After the conference, make it a point to contact one person you met and exchange an idea.

8. Join a site like Facebook–if you are a librarian, look for libraries on Facebook. Great way to see what students use and also meet people.

Notice the common thread here in all of these is that you have to “put something out there” to get something back of value. But that’s how all of our relationships are–they are two way.

So here I am . Too stay. Right now . I'm working on my blog. Next will be a wiki. There is a conference at UCLA at the end of February. Any help would be appreciated.

About Me

noreply@blogger.com (Edward) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:02:00 +0000

My name is Ed Rice. I am officially a library clerk. My true interests lie in 2.0. I am obsessed with a future where school is the ultimate global experience. User Generated Content. Beautifully designed intranets where librarians are responsible for inundating communities with crucial information and teachers are responsible for putting it to the best possible use. I believe most schools are operating at a tepid 30% saturation. Distractions abound; advertising a propaganda are only slightly filtered and definitely not experienced objectively. While five minutes on Facebook will update a students on their entire social community, five minutes on a school intranet will allow students access to a school bulletin or two and check their outlook express account. What if logging in to a student account meant being bombarded with trustworthy news sources related to current curricula and personal interests, notes from teachers, favorite websites of peers and teachers, current books checked out from the library and when they're due, etc..... Communities have proven themselves powerful sources of information and support, I want to see this power harnessed and focused through mediation. My other interests include biking, gaming, traveling, and my wonderful Grandmother.

Saint Edward The Confessor

noreply@blogger.com (Edward) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:59:00 +0000

St Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. 1004–5 January 1066), son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 until his death.^[1] His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England and the aggrandisement of the great territorial earls, and it foreshadowed the country's later connection with Normandy, whose duke William I was to supplant Edward's successors Harold Godwinson and Edgar Ætheling as England's ruler.

He succeeded his half-brother Harthacanute, who had successfully regained the throne of England after being dispossessed by their mutual step-brother, Harold Harefoot; Edward and his brother Alfred the Aetheling, both sons of Emma of Normandy by Ethelred the Unready, had previously failed to depose Harold in 1036. When Edward died in 1066 he had no son to take over the throne so there was a problem as three people claimed the throne of England.

Edward was canonised in 1161 and is considered a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, which regards Edward the Confessor as the patron saint of kings, difficult marriages, and separated spouses. From the reign of Henry II of England to 1348 he was considered the patron saint of England, and he has remained the patron saint of the Royal Family.

Paul and books

noreply@blogger.com (Edward) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:35:00 +0000

so I'm shifting with Paul. He's great. But he lies...constantly. In fact he's lying right now to my face. Stop it Paul.