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What’s So New About Teaching the New Writing? (1 of 3) TTT155 - 06.10.09

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:54:53 GMT

Download What's So New About Teaching the New Writing? (1 of 3) TTT155 - 06.10.09Here’s a couple of quotes from a MacArthur Spotlight that describes what you’ll hear on this podcast: On June 10th [the] editors of Teaching the New Writing, a new book from The National Writing Project, a MacArthur grantee. They discuss[ed] new directions [...]

Resiliency: What are we learning with our colleagues (Part 2 of 2) - TTT154 - 06.03.09

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:59:38 GMT

Download Resiliency: What are we learning with our colleagues (Part 2 of 2) - TTT154 - 06.03.09This podcast is the second part of a two-part webcast about Resiliency, produced with the help of Christina Cantrill and the Urban Sites and Rual Sites Networks of the National Writing Project. On the first of these two shows [...]

Girls Rule (2 of 2): Meet three glib feminists! - TTT153 - 05.27.09

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:23:28 GMT

Download Girls Rule (2 of 2): Meet three glib feminists! - TTT153 - 05.27.09This is the second of two shows we’ve done recently that featured young high school women. On TTT#152 we enjoyed learning from the young women at Matt Montagne’s school who are involved with tthe Gator Radio Experience. On this podcast, we feature three [...]

Girls Rule (Part 1 of 2): Gator Radio Network - TTT152 - 05.20.09

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:11:53 GMT

Download Girls Rule (Part 1 of 2): Gator Radio Network - TTT152 - 05.20.09This is the first of two shows we’ve done recently that featured young high school women. On this podcast, we feature the students who have been doing a webcast, Gator Radio Network. TTT#153 features three glib teenage feminists who have begun to [...]

Resiliency: What are we learning from our students? (Part 1) - TTT151 - 05.13.09

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:22:48 GMT

Download Resiliency: What are we learning from our students? (Part 1) - TTT151 - 05.13.09This is the first of a two-part podcast. Please listen to part two as well: Resiliency: What are we learning with our colleagues (Part 2 of 2) - TTT154 - 06.03.09 Please consider this podcast to be an invitation, perhaps even a [...]

SproutBuilder Meets VoiceThread - TTT150 - 05.06.09

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:54:21 GMT

Download SproutBuilder Meets VoiceThread - TTT150 - 05.06.09Susan Ettenheim just started using Sproutbuilder this spring and is always happy to work with VoiceThread, an all time favorite application, so we decided to introduce them to each other with you joining us in the conversation. Trudy Marquardt from Sproutbuilder joined us with Justin Ellsworth, a Sprout [...]

What does Obama’s Online Town Hall Meeting have to do with our classrooms? TTT146 - 04.01.09

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:11:16 GMT

Download What does Obama's Online Town Hall Meeting have to do with our classrooms? TTT146 - 04.01.09Our guest on this Teachers Teaching Teachers podcast is David Colarusso, developer of communityCounts and a moderator of Ask the President. A few weeks ago, as soon as Paul Allison had finished reading about Ask the President in The Nation, [...]

Discussing Fundamentals and Building Plans Together - TTT145 - 03.25.09

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:19:40 GMT

Download Discussing Fundamentals and Building Plans Together - TTT145 - 03.25.09Susan Ettenheim and Paul Allison welcome colleagues Ron Link (NYC Writing Project), Gail Desler (Area 3 Writing Project in California), and Fred Hass (Boston Writing Project) for a conversation about collaboration, publishing, and building a responsive community of students, mainly within our work together on [...]

Connecting with teachers in Pennsylvania and Nebraska - TTT144 - 03.18.09

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:17:48 GMT

Download http://edtechtalk.com/audio/download/3708/Teachers144-2009-03-18.mp3On this podcast, Susan Ettenheim and Chris Sloan welcome five educators from northwestern Pennsylvania (and one from Omaha, Nebraska) into our community of teachers who have students working on Youth Voices. We were joined by: Nate Youngblood, a French teacher at Saegertown Junior-Senior High School (SHS), Saegertown, PA Louise Rice, a Business Ed teacher at Maplewood [...]

Videos to the New President! TTT143 - 03.11.09

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:43:24 GMT

Download Videos to the New President! TTT143 - 03.11.09 Got a video project? Wish you did? Want to provide a platform for your students videos? Listen to this podcast to learn about an exciting opportunity for your students to make videos that address the Obama Administration. David Cole from the Pearson Foundation and Paul Oh from the National [...]

"Cheaper Sleeps" in NYC

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:28:54 GMT

During our amazing week together someone asked me if I knew of less expensive hotels in the City. Of course I can't remember who it was although I swear I wrote it down. So, I'm posting this to the blog so, hopefully, whoever asked, and anyone else who needs this information, will see it.

I haven't stayed at any of these places. They were featured in a Newsday article last November (Nov.26, 2006 in case you can get to it online). Each room was reviewed and basically they are safe, clean, comfortable places to stay in Manhattan for less than $250 a night (at the time the article was written). Some are a distance from the Convention Center and will require a short subway ride, but it may be worth it. I'll start with the one's closest to the headquarter hotels.

Within walking distance:

Hotel 41

206 West 41st Street

212-703-8600

hotel41.com

Hotel Edison

228 W. 47th Street

212-840-5000

edisonhotelnyc.com

Hotel St. James

109 W. 45th Street

212-730-9444

hotelstjames.net

414 Inn

414 W. 46th Street

212-399-0006

414inn.com

The Mayfair New York

242 W. 49th Street

212-586-0300

mayfairnewyork.com

Hotel Bedford

118 E. 40th Street

212-697-4800

bedfordhotel.com

A train or bus ride away:

Chelsea Lodge Suites

318 W. 20th Street

212-243-4499

chelsealodgesuites.com

Milburn

242 W. 76th Street

212-362-1006

milburnhotel.com

Hotel Newton

2528 Broadway (95th Street)

212-678-6500

thehotelnewton.com

There are a few others but I thought these would be a good start. Good luck!!

Facilitators and Thinking Partners

Twitter Information

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:27:28 GMT

A few folks asked to learn more about Twitter. Here is a document released this week that offers some insight into the software and its possible uses in education. Funny enough, I learned about it in a Twitter from John Pederson . Interaction and metacognition that forces "users to be brief and to the point" are a few of the ideas. Read it, think about it, and then join the Twitter Nation. Follow me and I will follow you (Twitter Speak). See the IM/Skype wiki and add your information.

There is also a new program out that allows Twitter to be on the desktop like AIM. It is called Twitterific. That is the link for the Mac version. I am sure there is a PC version out there somewhere.

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Six Word Epipheries: TM 2007

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:31:16 GMT

Apprehension and doubt become hopeful future.

Paddle together, white water ahead. Success!

Technological transformation. Swimming, in a wiki.

Like-minded educators grow selves and sites.
Open, close, open, close, brain's full.
Engaging dialogue, brain overload, see light.
One family joining a larger one.
Scooter Floyd cited too many times.
TM07 rocked. Grant work awaits. Crap!
Chico, playing and learning, savvy chapter.
Confusion meets with support. Confidence grows.
ATM IMO TMI, GTG JIT TTYL.
My Yahoo Grows In Stronger Technology.
No comments, no calls, no friends.
No bull, technology really throws you!!!!
Could someone please ID Karen, please!
Becoming our own fountains of inquiry.
Paul gets in the water first.
"Holy Wikis, Batman!" "Courage, Robin, Courage!"
Technology Matters and we know it.
Old protocol, expect, neglect, suspect, reject.
Arm twisting, shoulder tapping, thought inspiring.
TXBWP once was found, now lost.
Ten more pounds, thank you Lizzy!
Popcorn, epiphanies bloom in multi-modal glory.
When a man loves a Wiki

Oh Blog, WI should I Wiki?

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My Flickr Slideshow for TM07

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:27:18 GMT

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Writing into the Day - Friday - Collaboration

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:47:15 GMT

According to Will Richardson and other educators looking at 21st century skills, when today's students enter their post-education professional lives, odds are pretty good that they will be asked to work with others collaboratively to create content for diverse and wide-ranging audiences. This brings to mind the oft-used phrase, "We need to prepare students for their future and not our past."

Pre-Writing Activity: On The Media's story on Wikipedia, "Get Me ReWrite"

Discussion: How does the ideas of authorship, authority, "social antibodies," and the capability of newer technologies (such as a wiki) that enable these conditions?

To think more about how collaboration is changing, here is a quote from Tapscott and Williams' recent book, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything to give you something concrete to think about as we imagine the workplaces of the future:

Google CEO Eric Schmidt says, "When you say 'collaboration,' the average forty-five-year-old thinks they know what you're talking about--teams sitting down, having a nice conversation with nice objectives and a nice attitude. That's what collaboration means to most people."

We're talking about somehting dramatically different. The new promise of collaboration is that with peer production we will harness human skill, ingenuity, and intelligence more efficiently and effectively than anything we have witnessed previously. Sounds like a tall order. But the collective knowledge, capability, and resources embodied within broad horizontal networks of parpticipants can be mobilized to accomplish much more than one firm acting alone. Whether designing an airplane, assembling a motorcylce, or analyzing the human genome, the ability to integrate the talents of dispersed individuals and organizations is becoming the defining competency for managers and firms. And in the years to come, this new mode of peer production will displace traditional corporation hierarchies as the key engine of wealth creation in the economy. (p. 18)

So, our questions for you to consider are these:

How do we successfully prepare ourselves, our colleagues, and our students to truly write collaboratively?
Rather than simply add on to other's writings, what are other ways that you can genuinely share authorship?
What do you know about the technical aspects of wikis and online word processors as it relates to collaboration?

Before you begin writing, please read Educause's "7 Things You Should Know About" Collaborative Editing and Wikis .

Prompt: Share a story, whether it is one of success or failure, about a collaborative writing experience in your classroom, school, district, site, or other work place.

Please create a blog entry to respond to this prompt.

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Writing into the Day - Thursday - Rich and Interactive Information

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:48:38 GMT

Will Richardson (p. 77) writes:

Given the fact that the amount of information going online shows no sign of slowing, if they are unable to consistently collect potentially relevant information for their lives and careers and quickly discern what of that information is most useful, they will be at a disadvantage. And, as with the rest of these changes, it's our job to model and teach these skills.

Given what we know about the rate at which information, that is readily available via the internet, grows, what…

…challenges do you see in harnessing appropriate and pertinent information for learning?
…strategies do you use to help yourself effectively and efficiently manage information?
…strategies do you model for your students?
…strategies do you highlight in professional development offerings?

Please respond to this in your blog.

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Writing Into the Day: Wednesday, July 18 - Compelling Communication

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:47:14 GMT

Writing Prompt:

From The Horizon Report:
"There is a skills gap between understanding how to use tools for media creation and how to create meaningful content. Although new tools make it increasingly easy to produce multimedia works, students lack essential skills in composition, storytelling, and design. In addition, faculty need curricula that adapt to the pace of change and that teach the skills that will be needed—even though it is not clear what all those skills may be."

What does this mean to us as educators? How do we utilize the tools available to us in purposeful ways? How do we lend our professional expertise to emerging technologies to help with the creation of compelling communication in our lives, our classrooms, and our writing project sites?

Write your response to this in your blog .

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Creative Commons images

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:14:20 GMT

Paul Allison suggests these sites to get Creative Commons images. Does anyone have any more suggestions for copyright-friendly images?

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Technology Matters Videocast

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:27:06 GMT

Online Videos by Veoh.com

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Photos from Tech Matters`07

allisonpr@gmail.com (Technology Matters Teachers) — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:57:45 GMT

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