http://bookjewel.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:12:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am teaching some colleagues about blogs at the moment but I have reached a crisis point. We have explored ‘best practice’ examples in education, fossicked about in the blogosphere, started blogs, written posts, added links, grappled with blog ‘buzz’ words and experimented with themes. One of my colleagues ... http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/08/17/blogs-are-learning-gems-sue-i-hope-you%e2%80%99re-reading-this/ Teachers have always shared material and ideas (some better than others, it’s true) and now the Internet has made sharing much easier for all of us. I must admit to being a slow sharer; I always thought my work and ideas unworthy until I was encouraged by several colleagues. However, ... http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/08/02/teachers-sharing-lots-of-learning-gems/ The visual power of words: Wordle is a cool little tool that makes word clouds from writing or web pages ‘fed’ to it. It is a great way to discover a focus in any piece of writing. The words used most often are larger so it is easy to determine which ... http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/07/26/wordle-is-the-word/ Last month on Twitter I had to ask what 'PLN' meant...I felt like a real twit doing so and said as much in a tweet. I was inundated with people who A, answered my question, a PLN is a personal learning network, and B, insisted there was no such thing ... http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/07/06/i-have-a-plnwho-knew/ I've written before about this fantastic project. With the release of Inanimate Alice Episode 4 'Hometown' I am even more convinced that this type of multimedia story is the future of e-reading. iStori.es The new episode comes with its own education pack and news of an authoring tool, iStori.es, which is ... http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/06/24/inanimate-alice-is-a-learning-gem/ As a relative newcomer to the blogging scene I have thrived on the many lists compiled by other educators and various tech-obsessed enthusiasts happy to share their knowledge and expertise. I appreciate the energy, time and passion that must go into the compilation of such lists, particularly as they have ... http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/06/15/lists-are-learning-gems-i-want-one-too-part-1-opening-credits/ The Power of Words in Web 2.0 Has anyone else noticed how happy and carefree some Web 2.0 applications sound? Ning, Twitter, Twhirl, del.icio.us, Jing, Skype...I feel like I’m dancing in Cyberspace rather than surfing it! On the other hand, ‘blog’ sounds a lot like hard work; it reminds me of ... http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/05/31/i-want-to-ning/ First, let me start with something completely irrelevant... Many years ago I watched a game of AFL football and saw the president of the losing club cry on national television...Now that’s passion! At the time I was working hard to extract a similar response from my English classes (No, I ... http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/it%e2%80%99s-all-about-passionblogs-wikis-and-other-web-20-passion-quests/ My very first post on this blog highlighted the need for teacher-librarians to stop being the invisible quiet achievers in schools.  It is my view that we are too often ‘overlooked’ because other teachers, parents and leaders aren’t always aware of the vital contributions we make during all stages of ... http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/04/25/teacher-librarians-are-learning-gems/ What a journey!  Twitter, Voicethreads, Diigo, del.icio.us, YouTube, Second Life...the list goes on (and on!)  I’ve been so busy exploring the learning potential of these tools that I almost forgot the relatively simple pleasure and excitement generated by a visiting author. I recently invited popular author, Archie Fusillo, (The Dons, On ... http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/04/20/visiting-authors-are-gems/