Posted on March 30th, 2007 by bookwyrmish
Today is “Stop Cyberbullying Day” and many of the bloggers I read have posted some great tools, information, and videos. For instance, this badge is from a selection offered by Scott McLeod here:
www.scottmcleod.net - Cyberbullying
With all that good stuff getting added to the net, I need some time to process and research. But [...]
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Filed under: cyberbullying, education, ethics, social, stopcyberbullying
Posted on March 24th, 2007 by bookwyrmish
Students are really enjoying this exercise!
Siblings have been enjoying commenting on sibling blogs (”You never tried octopus, how can you say you like all seafood?”)
Some students find it frustrating not knowing who made a comment.
Students are replying to comments on their “blogs” and inviting conversations.
Students are discussing the pros and cons of keeping negative or [...]
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Filed under: Body Image, My Middle School Tech Class, media, paper blog, social
Posted on March 19th, 2007 by bookwyrmish
It’s one way to get connected to a larger community. It can be used for educational purposes. It can be used to establish fleeting, or short-term relationships (”Can anyone out there tell me…?”) or it can be used for longer, mentoring relationships. It can also be a time-sink, abused, dangerous, unsafe.
I could be [...]
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Filed under: My Middle School Tech Class, education, media, paper blog, social
Posted on March 11th, 2007 by bookwyrmish
Ok, now that student evaluations are finally done…I am going to post those links to images that I find helpful, especially for inspiration,when talking with middle schoolers about making video. I’m really posting this for my own benefit (to have these links to video handy for next year)–which begs a question that I’m wrestling with [...]
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Filed under: Avatar, Cool Stuff I Found To Share, Machinima, My Middle School Tech Class, Web3D, media
Posted on March 11th, 2007 by bookwyrmish
Our Middle School students are putting together an informational booklet about our school’s solar panel installation. The student tasked with writing the introduction submitted this uniquely colorful page:
Notice that the color is washed out at the beginning and the end? His introduction and conclusion are quite faint. The topic label, and the [...]
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Filed under: Composition, My Middle School Tech Class, education, media
