Learning Web 2.0

I think that the more I utilize twitter, the more I realize the power of the network. The experiences of others are very powerful.  The ability to learn and share is enhanced greatly by twitter and other Web 2.0 technologies.
As I explore more and more of the technologies that are available on the Internet and [...]

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I am presenting this morning at the Missouri Distance Learning Association (MODLA) conference in Osage Beach, MO. (Lake of the Ozarks)

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I am writing this blog entry from diigo.com using the toolbar and Send to Blog feature.
The annotations at the bottom of this entry are what I had highlighted using diigo toolbar on the OpenPD website. The “Topics” was a highlight and the “Welcome” was another highlight.
I will be participating for the first time this afternoon [...]

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It was a short week at school.
Mon - Holiday
Tues - Sick
Wed - Work
Thu - Tech Plan Reviewer Camp
Friday - Presentation about LSTA Grant In Sync with Technology at RPLS
The Presentation today was at Rolling Prairie Library System and presented by Karen Egan, LSTA grant consultant with the Illinois State Library. Those in attendance were [...]

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I am presenting at the East Central Illinois Technology Conference Friday, February 29 at Lake Land CC in Mattoon, IL.
I created the presentation, “Web 2.0 Show and Tell” in Google Docs. Our school is  experimenting with the Google Apps Education Edition for email, word processing, spreadsheets, and slideshows. As of today or yesterday, Google [...]

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This is a Ustream video of the Inservice from January 18, 2008. The video is not great, but the audio goes along with slides at http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dtfwmnz_5hbh33pdx

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Click the right arrow button to advance the slides. I created my slide show using www.spresent.com (Although this could be done in any Slide Show program) using the following steps:

Create a title slide.
Create the question slide.
Duplicate the slide and put the answer on it.
Repeat the process until you have enough flashcards.

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I recently attended the Illinois Education and Technology Conference in Springfield, IL on November 15 and 16, 2007.
I had heard of Web 2.0 but not really used any of the applications. It was a real eye opening experience at the conference to see presenters like David Jakes and Charlene Chausis present about the utilization of [...]

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