My husband interupted my exciting night of grading papers to call me over to peer at his Entertainment Weekly. He wanted me to take a picture of one of the pages with my iPhone. I reluctantly did. Instantly my phone began playing a movie trailer. WHAT? I looked at the magazine to undertsand what just happened here. It looked like… Read more →
One of the biggest blockades to accessing technology is schools is school! Diigo, WordPress, YouTube are just a few of the sites that force me to come face to face with the dreaded firewall. The one constant that binds these sites together is that they have the potential to allow students to access material that they have not been directed… Read more →
I have received several emails asking who made the graphic on my student website. While I appreciate the compliment, I cannot take credit for that! I use a quick and easy website to create these graphic word clouds. I not only create them, but my students do as well. When I shared introduced my students to Wordle this semester I was surprised… Read more →
As a social networking tool, the popularity and phenomena of Facebook is undeniable. As an instructional tool, some educators are probably shaking their heads immediately! As a high school teacher, I know that many of my students are active facebookers. I decided to informally survey all of my American Literature students to see how many had Facebook accounts. As it… Read more →
I know that am probably far behind the curve when it comes to del.icio.us, but I just did not think I needed another way to share bookmarks. After using the site to access the del.icio.us bookmarks of friends and peers, I have finally broken down! If you have been curious about this tool, then this is the place for you…. Read more →
I hope everyone is doing great! I officially closed down my former student websites that I have kept active for almost a decade. Farewell, mrs.linder.com! The new student website in www.linderature.com. I also set up our class Facebook page under the same name. The student site is powered by WordPress. I used GoDaddy to host and register the name. The… Read more →
Web 2.0, social media, technology integration, digital tools…these are buzz words that we hear everywhere from professional learning classes to the local newspaper. What does it all mean? More importantly, why? Why? Why? Teachers are asked this question: “How are you using technology in your class?” more often than you think. Some administrator, technology guru, or written directive suggested that… Read more →
