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This is great. Every year I wo

2008-10-02T22:43:34.224+02:00

This is great. Every year I work on search strategies with the students. I hadn't come across this website. I found it in a minute and forty seconds, so when I teach this lesson I'll have a time for them to compare to. I hadn't heard of hyponyms and hypernyms either. I have to take a long slow look at all the content in this post. I've bookmarked it for later. Thanks for sharing!

I like this quote.

2008-09-28T06:13:09.017+02:00

I like this quote.

I started my PLN by listening

2008-07-16T12:55:34.191+02:00

I started my PLN by listening to webcasts, specifically . As I had the chat window open, I began to learn from the people who were listening to the webcast and reply back to them. At the same time, I started reading (and then after a while) commenting on blogs. I started using delicious and adding people to my network. I probably joined about that time, too. Once I was comfortable in those sites, I did join Twitter. It really is my number one location for connecting and learning. I did not feel comfortable with it at first. I didn't feel comfortable just joining the conversation. Once I had made other contacts with people through blogs, webcasts, and Classroom 2.0 I joined. There's not one way to get started. The whole point, to me, is to make others aware of what is available.

1. My name is Ann Oro. I teach

2008-07-10T02:20:51.008+02:00

1. My name is Ann Oro. I teach computer class for 5-14 year old students at a private school in New Jersey in the United States. 2. Three important aspects of plns that you should cover are are: expanding knowledge beyond one classroom to others in your country and the world; saving time when you have a problem because your pln can offer many suggestions; connecting your students with projects that you couldn't do before due to lack of partners or knowledge of the possibilities. 3. My pln is important to me for the three reasons I listed above. I primarily use microblogs like Twitter, read and respond to blogs, participate in the forums on the classroom20 website, attend training sessions shared around the globe, and listen to podcasts. 4. My eleven year old students in math class discussed solutions to calculation and measurement problems with a class . 5. I started by listening to and chatting at . I first read, and eventually read and responded, to blogs. As I got to know more people, I began chatting on Twitter. The Twitter service has been my primary source of getting to know and work with other teachers.

I guess, for me, part of the f

2008-05-31T19:05:26.009+02:00

I guess, for me, part of the fun of blogging is hearing what someone else has to say about what I've written. In theory, when a person edits themselves by thinking they don't have something important to contribute they might underestimate their part in a conversation. Sometimes little thoughts can build into bigger ideas. I don't just leave comments for the sake of writing on a blog post. I do try to add or reflect and hope it adds to the conversation.

Sue: Summer vacation begins in

2008-05-27T03:11:43.458+02:00

Sue: Summer vacation begins in three weeks and AidRSS will certainly be on my list of things to look at. From your post, it looks like it would be useful for analyzing one blog, but not a readers worth of blog entries. Does that seem to be the case? I have my blog in StatCounter and FeedBurner. I have a Google Analytics account from years ago, but have never really used it on my blog. One of the truly fun parts of blogging is taking the time to analyze how people use the information on my blog. I've found the same correlation that you mention. When I ask a question I receive many more comments. When I post "how to" type articles, I find people arrive at the posts via Google searches for a topic. It is always interesting to have another tool to test for my tool belt. Ann

It's interesting that I came t

2008-05-25T02:29:08.184+02:00

It's interesting that I came to your blog today. I'm working through different ideas in a comment challenge and the item I am thinking about right now relates to the following question: should we be leaving comments on other people's blogs. Part of my learning takes place when people take a moment to respond to what I am saying in my blog posts. I think this is part of what makes these such useful learning environments. I occasionally toy with the idea of getting a masters myself. So far, the timing hasn't been right. While there is so much that any individual can learn online, there is still that piece of paper that is the key to many doors. I really enjoy writing blog posts because of the connective piece. There is something so useful in being able to write and reflect by linking to other information, and then connect with other people's ideas through comments. I haven't picked up Will Richardson's book, but I know in time I will. It's good to hear your reflections. Ann

Even though this idea of an ec

2008-05-10T03:55:14.019+02:00

Even though this idea of an echo chamber keeps getting passed around, we all read different blogs. Yours was the first post or mention that I've seen of this video, so I'm very glad that you reposted it. I'm always on the lookout for videos that seem to state the message of the need to expand teachers horizons. What I like about this video is that it points to the idea of teachers expanding their global connections in order to gain comfort in expanding their students connections.

I've been following these conv

2008-04-28T03:39:37.007+02:00

I've been following these conversations, as well. I'm slowly reading through my reader and came across your reflection today. I echo what Jo said in that I blog for many of the reasons you included in your post. I do not blog just for my own reflection. I hope that others will find my work and something I write will help them out. I keep track of visits with a ClustrMap and Feedjit for my own personal enjoyment. I look at Technorati from time to time. I keep Statcounter results and look at them almost every day. It fascinates me how people find my blog. A lot of hits come from Google searches. When I started teaching K-8 computers, many ideas came from static web pages produced by teachers. I didn't really find edublogs in my search results back in 2001. If I was starting out today, your blog and those of other edubloggers would have been a great resource. I think you find what you expect in many ways. I have found a very open, sharing community. I am amazed at the variety of people who share their ideas with me. I hope as time goes on, I can be a welcoming presence to others, as well.

I finally got to this post in

2008-04-23T03:54:06.012+02:00

I finally got to this post in my reader. My first thoughts were Supertramp - Breakfast in America and Candy-O: The Cars, then I looked it up at Amazon and found they were from 1979. I have to think about it. I will give Escape by Journey two thumbs up. It was good date music.

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2008-04-14T01:33:21.198+02:00

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Allanah: I have been enjoying

2008-02-18T14:33:09.297+01:00

Allanah: I have been enjoying hearing about all the new schools that you are working with. I really appreciate the lessons learnt. One of the biggest troubles with showing off technology is the amount of "stuff" that must be carried around to make things work: power cords, speakers, downloaded files, still images (in case all Internet fails). To top it all off, appearing calm after the struggles to set everything up just right. Ann

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2008-02-07T03:30:12.528+01:00

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Take it one day at a time. I'v

2007-12-27T04:01:58.011+01:00

Take it one day at a time. I've been teaching computers/ math for six years now. I get the spread thin feeling, too. It's so important to put first things first (family) and the rest will follow. I can't follow everything myself at times, but I know more now than I did six years ago by just doing one new thing at a time. Getting involved in blogs, wikis, Twitter (and Pownce) has helped me grow. Look at all your options and see where your heart leads you. As Marie said, questioning is healthy.

I've been using many of the we

2007-12-11T03:45:39.793+01:00

I've been using many of the web sites that my son has gotten interested in over the years. I've been through Neopets, and more recently Runescape. For a couple of years, I maintained a Xanga page when my then eighth graders wanted to teach me to blog. On the whole, my current students don't really understand why anyone would want to blog. They don't use email much. Some do use MySpace but fewer now than in the last few years. It is important for parents to get involved in the students digital world. It's also up to us as their teachers to teach more formal skills. I walked in on a conversation between our algebra teacher and one of her students. The student said she didn't know what job would be interesting when she grew up. I mentioned that maybe the job she'll have when she grows up isn't even invented yet. She was surprised to think of that. We're just doing the best we can to prepare the students for more formal business communication in the future...whatever that is.

I think that there is a tremen

2007-12-05T03:53:12.499+01:00

I think that there is a tremendous worth in our social networking. I've changed my ways of working over the last nine months. My students have reaped great benefits and so have I. I'll have to write a post sometime soon reflecting more on this topic with a link back here. I want you to know that in my experience so few teachers know that these opportunities exist. We should all be promoting the message of this blog entry.

For every thing we see on the

2007-12-05T00:58:30.788+01:00

For every thing we see on the Internet, there are real people behind the images and video. I remember seeing the Thriller video and wondering in the back of my head what the real story is. I felt in my heart that there was more there than meets the eye. I keep coming back again and again to the thought that our students require our leadership in all things. Social responsibility is just one facet in the overall schooling children should be receiving. There are so many things I struggle with to provide a balanced program in my K-8 computer classes. As I work with my students, I will add this to our discussions.

I like the idea of getting a b

2007-11-21T22:50:21.738+01:00

I like the idea of getting a blog post to comment ratio. I'm going to play with it for a while. Thanks for pointing it out.