Steve’s Blog K12 Learning2.0

Google Reader is incredible.  This is exactly what I was looking for in terms of developing a custom toolbox with information relevant to my interests & skill development needs.  Check this video out from Abject Learning:  Interesting display of contagious phenomena…

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This week in Thing 5 we learned about RSS feeds and utilizing the ‘push’ functionality of RSS in order to aggregate websites/blogs/podcasts etc… in one place – the Google Reader.  This is extremely helpful in creating a toolbox of user defined, dynamically updated information furnished to the user, instead of having to fish it out [...]

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The 5 Blogs I read were:
(1) http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=133 Why I don’t assign Homework
(2) It Doesn’t Matter if You’re 6 or 26 or 106
(3) SP-817 Math Blog: Boeun’s Scribe for December 4th
(4) Creating Lifelong Learners (Mathew Needleman): Energize Your Classroom: How Jim Cramer Made Me a Better Teacher
The Take Away = Teachers are entertainers whether we want [...]

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Notes:
THING 2 – What is Web 2.0 (Read/Write web)?
Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networking and social bookmarking sites, tagging, photo- and video-sharing, RSS, etc…) are collaborative, browser-based and user-driven. They include platforms and tools for publishing, connecting, sharing, organizing and remixing
(1) The Web is Changing – on the fly demonstation of linking/editing/html/ publishing/broadcasting/exporting [...]

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The following is a Summary of the thing 1 video accompanied with some notes -  enjoy!
THING 1 – Watch video 7 1/2 Habits of Successful/Effective Lifelong Learners
1 Begin with the end in mind
2 Accept Responsibility for your own learning
3 View problems as challenges you can learn from
4 Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective [...]

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