Teachers 2.0 http://teachers20.com Teachers 2.0 is a loose group of educators who want to share ideas about using technology to help prepare students for the 21st century. We're tired of preparing them for the Industrial Age. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:19:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Creative Commons by-nc-sa teachers20@teachers20.com () teachers20@teachers20.com() education,teaching,teach,learning,learn,school,technology,tech,web2,0 Teachers 2.0 is a loose group of educators who want to share ideas about using technology to help prepare students for the 21st century. We're tired of preparing them for the Industrial Age. Teachers 2.0 is a loose group of educators who want to share ideas about using technology to help prepare students for the 21st century. We're tired of preparing them for the Industrial Age. Teachers 2.0 No no http://teachers20.com/http://teachers20.com/files/LogoT20_podcast_144.jpgTeachers 2.0 Creative Commons by-nc-saeducation,teaching,teach,learning,learn,school,technology,tech,web2,0Education/Educational TechnologyTechnologytheartguy@gmail.comTeachers 2.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/Teachers20http://feedburner.google.com Darn Conficker http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Teachers20/~3/RFIQzDMnDyI/ http://teachers20.com/2009/08/31/darn-conficker/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:19:08 +0000 theartguy@gmail.com (Teachers 2.0) http://teachers20.com/?p=41
...Because we shouldn't still be preparing students for the Industrial Age.
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...Because we shouldn't still be preparing students for the Industrial Age.
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...Because we shouldn't still be preparing students for the Industrial Age.
]]> http://teachers20.com/2008/09/22/how-20-building-a-pln-part-24/feed/ 2 noTeachers 2.0Tired of preparing kids for the industrial age.education,teaching,teach,learning,learn,school,technology,tech,web2,0http://teachers20.com/2008/09/22/how-20-building-a-pln-part-24/http://teachers20.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/how20pln2.mp3 How 2(.0): Personal Learning Networks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Teachers20/~3/D5VYdb6YyLo/ http://teachers20.com/2008/08/20/how-20-personal-learning-networks/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:00:06 +0000 theartguy@gmail.com (Teachers 2.0) http://teachers20.com/?p=33
...Because we shouldn't still be preparing students for the Industrial Age.
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...Because we shouldn't still be preparing students for the Industrial Age.
]]> http://teachers20.com/2008/07/15/on-communication/feed/ 3 7:56 Wow, I haven't posted here since May!nbsp; Good thing I never wanted this to be about me, right? This entry was first posted on AcademicAesthetic.com, but ... Wow, I haven't posted here since May!nbsp; Good thing I never wanted this to be about me, right? This entry was first posted on AcademicAesthetic.com, but I feel it's appropriate for here as well. -=-=-=- The following was written back in June, but I've been sitting on it until now because I wanted to be able to take a step back and look at my writing first before posting. One would think that sleeping until noon would be one of life's simple pleasures afforded to teachers during the summer months. While I've nothing against prolonged inspection of the backs of my eyelids, I'm still dragging myself out of bed at 5:30 AM at least three days a week to help my wife get ready for dialysis. I won't go into any great detail on her medical condition here (that's a subject for a different podcast), but it does leave me with several hours of alone time while she goes through the procedure. On days when I drive her to the dialysis center, gas prices are high enough for it to not make sense for me to drive home and back - making my period of solitude also one where I lack any ability to contact the internet. (UPDATE: I've since purchased a BlackBerry Curve, so now my addiction to the internet has reached the next level.) Now granted, I've been incredibly lax in posting things on this site. I could go through lots of excuses, but the one I think I'll stick with is that it's a lot harder for me to do one of these entries when I'm not online, even though I feel most inspired when I can't get online. Usually when I'm writing out my scripts I'll have three or four tabs open for reference purposes. Either I'm responding to someone else's blog post, or linking to another site that further explains a concept, or even looking for just the right picture to insert into the entry. I can't do any of these things without the internet at my fingertips. But here I am in my car, in just such a situation. I can do whatever I want, so long as I only use the software and files in my little magic box. Cloud computing? Ha! That's no good to me here. This very much reminds me of a job interview I went to a few weeks ago. The position was for teaching technology to students and teachers in a Pre-K through 5th grade school, something that on the surface is really right up my alley. Still, I went in with more questions for them than they had for me. And everything I encountered made it look like a dream job come true. The school was fairly new, so there weren't any old computers on the verge of breaking down. The computer lab, the ceiling mounted LCD projectors in every class, the three (THREE!) mobile labs that teachers actively fought over, the school-wide wi-fi, everything about it looked awesome. Everything, until near the end of my visit when I started asking about wikis, blogs, and podcasts. Oh, they don't do those. In fact, anything that remotely resembles a blog or wiki is actively blocked. The school administration was very forward thinking, but the district had adopted a "walled garden" approach that would have prevented me from visiting even my own website from school. Contrast this with my current employer, which isn't throwing as much cash into tech programs but is actively encouraging teachers to use resources available to them on the internet - including workshops on blogging, podcasting, and wikiing. "Wikiing?" Is that a word? Nevermind. Long story short(er), I'm not pursuing the job. I only went to the interview because it sprung up at the last moment, and I felt I needed to dust the cobwebs off of the old portfolio. With the way technology is advancing, and the skills that I see successful people using right now, I feel I could do more to prepare kids for the real world with a lab of salvaged computers running linux and my current employer's filtering policy than all the high tech gadgetry in the world but no way to use it properly. Because while the tech is cool, it's really not about the... Podcast,,Web,2.0 teachers20@teachers20.com no No http://teachers20.com/2008/07/15/on-communication/http://academicaesthetic.com/podpress_trac/web/576/0/AA163_080715.mp3 Using Google Docs to record, improve, and increase feedback http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Teachers20/~3/f0Iu5gVKsl8/ http://teachers20.com/2008/06/27/using-google-docs-to-record-improve-and-increase-feedback/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:35:28 +0000 theartguy@gmail.com (Teachers 2.0) http://teachers20.com/?p=28
...Because we shouldn't still be preparing students for the Industrial Age.
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...Because we shouldn't still be preparing students for the Industrial Age.
]]> http://teachers20.com/2008/06/22/teachers-as-movie-producers/feed/ 0 http://teachers20.com/2008/06/22/teachers-as-movie-producers/ Open Office vs MS Office in a Public School Setting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Teachers20/~3/Jz09_BgaVLg/ http://teachers20.com/2008/05/05/open-office-vs-ms-office-in-a-public-school-setting/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 01:11:33 +0000 theartguy@gmail.com (Teachers 2.0) http://teachers20.com/?p=26
...Because we shouldn't still be preparing students for the Industrial Age.
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...Because we shouldn't still be preparing students for the Industrial Age.
]]> http://teachers20.com/2008/05/03/podcasts-a-wiki-and-teacher-communities/feed/ 0 8:00 Teachers 2.0 podcast for Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. In this episode I'll be encouraging others to make their own Teachers 2.0 podcasts, introducing the ... Teachers 2.0 podcast for Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. In this episode I'll be encouraging others to make their own Teachers 2.0 podcasts, introducing the new Teachers 2.0 wiki and my pitch for forming teacher communities in online social environments, with a focus on video games. Hello and welcome to one of our irregularly recorded podcasts! And when I say "our" instead of "my," I mean it. Allow me to explain. Teachers 2.0 is a group that consists of educators who want to learn and/or help others learn more about technology and how it can be used in educational ways. This naturally is best done through two way communication, as someone who knows a lot about a topic might not intuitively guess what others feel are pertinent questions. That's why we have a Twitter account and a Ning site, and that's why anyone can register to be an author on the Teachers 2.0 blog. Your first post will be moderated, but that's just a necessary evil to keep out the spammers. After that posting is approved, anything you publish will go "live" right way. And that includes podcasts! If you're writing a new post and scroll down you'll see a box labeled "Podcasting." If your podcast is hosted on another server all you have to do is copy and paste the link to the file right in there. If you want it hosted on our server, well, we can do that too. Click on the music note above your post and you'll be able to upload an mp3 file so long as it isn't more than 7 MB. Then copy and paste the link to that file into the podcasting box that I described before. Next item of business, we have a new wiki at Teachers20.wikispaces.com. This is an all purpose wiki to hold anything Teachers 2.0 members might feel is important. I envision tutorials, event planning, and more taking place at that address. Which brings me to my third and final topic for this episode: Teacher communities in online social environments. I'm referring here to things like Facebook and other social networking environments where people can get together and form their own little cliques of like-minded individuals. Among these, Second Life is becoming much more popular. It's a virtual world with really no objectives that you haven't made for yourself, and that has made this game-that-isn't-a-game quite popular with digital citizens everywhere - both immigrants and natives. I remember a while back when educators first started exploring Second Life and wondering how it could be used as a learning environment. Big names in the edublogosphere like Steve Dembo, Kathy Schrock, and David Warlick, just to name a few, created their own digital likenesses (known as "avatars") and started experimenting in a media that was in a sense an entire world. I formed my own opinions on Second Life a while back, and while I'm still not convinced it's the best place to bring your students on a virtual field trip, I do see its uses. I myself gravitated away from Second Life to an online world that most definitely is a game - World of Warcraft. What I gave up in the way of infinite customization and the ability to play for free as long as I wanted I made up for in some achievable goals and quite a lot of stress relief. There's been some research done that analyzes the different kinds of mindsets that enjoy different types of games, but what's important to this conversation I think is that there are different mindsets that prefer different environments. Facebook is not for everyone. Neither is Second Life, World of Warcraft, or even Twitter. (MySpace shouldn't be for anyone, but I am horribly, horribly biased against it from a strictly aesthetic perspective.) But I do think that while not every teacher should be using all of these, most teachers should be using at least one of them. Here's why: It can be and often is loads of fun. It's another way to have some social interaction. There are opportunities for learning experiences. Already there are people half my age c Podcast,,Site,News,,Web,2.0 teachers20@teachers20.com no No http://teachers20.com/2008/05/03/podcasts-a-wiki-and-teacher-communities/http://teachers20.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/teachers20_080503.mp3 Can Web 2.0 be a little more intimate? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Teachers20/~3/-rPS9Zy-_Ns/ http://teachers20.com/2008/04/18/can-web-20-be-a-little-more-intimate/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:21:26 +0000 theartguy@gmail.com (Teachers 2.0) http://teachers20.com/?p=19
...Because we shouldn't still be preparing students for the Industrial Age.
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