tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15095986713634158872012-01-27T08:00:00+00:00A repository of how technology can transform your curriculum, using mostly free tools.S. Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.comBlogger3912542.104127-87.750161http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifspirobolos/rBQmhttp://feedburner.google.com2012-01-27T00:00:00-08:00http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-26<ul> <li><a href="http://www.americancouncils.org/educationalSeminars.php">Educational Seminars | American Councils</a></li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/spirobolos/rBQm/~4/UR2YGoAENtk" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-262012-01-26T00:00:00-08:00http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-25<ul> <li><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/galleries/2012/01/21/gop-primary-south-carolina-charles-ommanney-photos.slide7.html">The GOP Candidates on the Trail in South Carolina (PHOTOS)</a><br/> Charles Ommanney for Newsweek</li> <li><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=APUSH">Urban Dictionary: APUSH</a></li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/spirobolos/rBQm/~4/khusIUr25ig" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-252012-01-25T00:00:00-08:00http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-24<ul> <li><a href="http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2012/01/23/use-appointment-slots-on-a-google-calendar-screencast-gct/">Use Appointment Slots on a Google Calendar</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2012/01/20/remember-teachers-make-the-biggest-difference-not-devices/">Remember, TEACHERS Make the Biggest Difference, Not Devices</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/americas-new-strategy-endless-war-s/251942/#.Tx9dEDaGhjM.delicious">America's New Strategy: Endless War(s)</a><br/> The Atlantic</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/spirobolos/rBQm/~4/m8cdV5duc_Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-242012-01-24T00:00:00-08:00http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-23<ul> <li><a href="http://www.willactforfood.com/shows">Jack&rsquo;s Precious Moment</a><br/> Starring Kevin Mullaney!</li> <li><a href="http://magneticpic.posterous.com/the-occupy-photo-show-opening-in-new-york-cit">The Occupy photo show opening in New York City - magneticpic</a></li> <li><a href="http://magneticpic.com/p976277890">PHOTOGRAPHY | Occupy Wall Street</a><br/> by Giovanni Savino, including the Delacroix-inspired shot</li> <li><a href="http://cowbird.com/">Cowbird &middot; A witness to life</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vivianmaier.com/">Vivian Maier Photographer: Portfolios, Prints, Exhibitions, Book and documentary film</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/opinion/02norton.html">History Under Construction in Florida - Mary Beth Norton</a></li> <li><a href="http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/">Headphone Commute</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jan/winter-faculty-institute-012312.html">&quot;Transforming Higher Education Through Digital and Media Literacy.&quot;</a><br/> Renee Hobbs</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/spirobolos/rBQm/~4/j5KIdwY-Z3k" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-232012-01-23T00:00:00-08:00http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-22<ul> <li><a href="https://secure.join.me/default.aspx?&DCS.dcsref=http%3a%2f%2fwww.weburlopener.com%2f">join.me &ndash; Free Screen Sharing and Online Meetings</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-search-is-destroying-our-memory-but-is=">Article: Google Search And Memory</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.diigo.com/annotated/85c6d0e481aafceff6b67d05edd7f85d">Fake websites &ndash; Internet literacy</a></li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/spirobolos/rBQm/~4/AqnoRshx21w" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-222012-01-22T00:00:00-08:00http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-21<ul> <li><a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/08/google-voice-on-my-syllabus-texting.html">Google Voice Texts on My Syllabus</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6VILyHVDE">&quot;I Am Trying To Break Your Heart&quot; [Wilco] by JC Brooks &amp; the Uptown Sound</a></li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/spirobolos/rBQm/~4/INm5H_pMyUw" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-212012-01-21T00:00:00-08:00http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-20<ul> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6VILyHVDE">&quot;I Am Trying To Break Your Heart&quot; [Wilco] by JC Brooks &amp; the Uptown Sound - VIDEO - YouTube</a></li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/spirobolos/rBQm/~4/FxXtshq3IcM" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/oripsolob#2012-01-20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-52678637892531542982011-11-05T11:17:00.000-05:002011-11-06T20:33:38.440-06:002011-11-06T20:33:38.440-06:00Thanks to my wonderful sophomore students, I had an opportunity to present, discuss, and solicit feedback regarding my take on Nicholas Carr's book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2011/02/tv-tokenism-case-conference.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-61823371560724259642011-02-20T11:22:00.000-06:002011-02-20T11:22:29.449-06:002011-02-20T11:22:29.449-06:00As promised, these are the presentation slides from the 2011 CASE Conference at the Chicago History Museum, co-presented with John S. O'Connor. Our classroom blog is called An American Studies, and...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0Winnetka, IL 60093, USA42.1052778 -87.732777842.101297800000005 -87.74007329999999 42.1092578 -87.7254823http://www.spirobolos.com/2010/12/making-thinking-visible-with-shared.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-9266036020658903792010-09-02T09:56:00.008-05:002010-10-24T19:14:01.074-05:002010-10-24T19:14:01.074-05:00Although I try to re-examine what I teach every year, I always begin the school year in the same way in my history courses. To briefly summarize, I fake my own death (with a wink and a nod), in order...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2010/09/first-day-of-school.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-9555446520940122522010-06-06T11:12:00.001-05:002010-08-02T21:25:05.817-05:002010-08-02T21:25:05.817-05:00There's been a lot of hype over the zooming presentation tool, Prezi, which allows the creator to design the presentation in a non-linear way. I have to say I've been reluctant to embrace this...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2010/03/presentation-about-presentations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-86810052088388063282010-01-26T13:11:00.003-06:002010-04-24T10:36:42.211-05:002010-04-24T10:36:42.211-05:00Having used a great deal of interactive media in every course I teach, it was an appealing challenge to create a presentation justifying the use of multimedia in the classroom. Recently, my school's...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2009/12/jigsaw-shared-presentation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-45921970216800762572009-11-18T13:00:00.005-06:002009-11-19T08:50:23.643-06:002009-11-19T08:50:23.643-06:00We have all seen cartograms in the past: the last election showed us the true voting power of each state relative to its respective electoral college representation. But the web has opened access...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2009/11/power-of-cartograms.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-63612381512176515612009-10-06T17:27:00.002-05:002011-03-29T09:53:27.412-05:002011-03-29T09:53:27.412-05:00Image via Wikipediadanah boyd (yes, there are legally no caps in her name), social media researcher, is coming to speak to parents and the rest of the community at Wilmette Junior High School on...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2009/10/danah-boyd-wilmette-junior-high.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-31912118262421742812009-08-08T09:06:00.008-05:002009-08-08T10:55:02.127-05:002009-08-08T10:55:02.127-05:00Image by In Veritas Lux via FlickrThis summer, spending more time at home with my teenage daughter, I had to confront my ambivalence about how we use cell phones in our society. On the one hand, I've...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com4http://www.spirobolos.com/2009/08/battle-over-cell-phones.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-58615602547465984082009-06-30T21:01:00.003-05:002009-09-14T20:49:43.930-05:002009-09-14T20:49:43.930-05:00Image by superkimbo in BKK via FlickrMixing things up at NECC, I decided to attend the presentation of two research papers regarding technology integration. Although the schools described below...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2009/06/world-digital-library.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-47536239214648734292009-06-28T17:43:00.005-05:002009-06-28T18:13:24.664-05:002009-06-28T18:13:24.664-05:00Image via WikipediaMalcolm Gladwell, author of such books as The Tipping Point, Blink, and, most recently, Outliers, gave the keynote speech at the opening of NECC (National Education Computing...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com2http://www.spirobolos.com/2009/03/bring-back-mixtape.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-14715399493289571972009-03-19T14:15:00.016-05:002009-04-01T17:09:51.512-05:002009-04-01T17:09:51.512-05:00For those of you who attended my talk on designing more effective PowerPoint presentations, here is a copy of the slides, recently featured on the homepage of SlideShare.net: "You are a Presentation...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2009/02/blogging-for-classroom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-67926359523823796462009-01-31T17:31:00.004-06:002009-02-01T20:26:38.011-06:002009-02-01T20:26:38.011-06:00Image via WikipediaFor those of you that attended my recent session on "Copyright and Fair Use for Educators and their Students", the appeal to the Librarian of Congress is due on Monday, February...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2009/01/rip-dvd-educate-student.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-73036859659654831002008-11-30T22:09:00.006-06:002009-05-22T12:34:28.055-05:002009-05-22T12:34:28.055-05:00When the financial crisis first hit, I found myself grappling as much as my students were with the complexities of our economic system. Though I am a homeowner and realized that many of the problems...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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For a treasure trove of (mostly unpublished) images, try the new Life Photo Archive hosted by Google. LIFE magazine's catalogued...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/spirobolos/rBQm?a=nVeLu7ZNw_0:7321b0bTrXo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/spirobolos/rBQm?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/spirobolos/rBQm?a=nVeLu7ZNw_0:7321b0bTrXo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/spirobolos/rBQm?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/spirobolos/rBQm/~4/nVeLu7ZNw_0" height="1" width="1"/>S. Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2008/11/lifes-amazing-resource.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-64738581271774051082008-11-12T07:34:00.010-06:002010-03-10T08:30:49.549-06:002010-03-10T08:30:49.549-06:00Just released. I will comment further once I've digested this document from the Center for Social Media of American University and the Media Education Lab of Temple University. UPDATE: Here is an...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269643917195585919noreply@blogger.com0http://www.spirobolos.com/2008/11/code-of-best-practices-in-fair-use.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509598671363415887.post-45914108809315863602008-10-13T08:38:00.008-05:002008-10-13T10:38:06.286-05:002008-10-13T10:38:06.286-05:00Image via WikipediaAt least at our school, one of the teacher tools that was prohibited last year was the extracting of short DVD clips for classroom use. I think we all know what advantages this...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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