drop.io

Drop.io is a simple, private, file-sharing platform that you can set up in seconds. For a full description, read the brief about section on their website. Check out this short introduction to drop.io, a free, collaborative, online file-sharing service I read about today on Free Technology for Teachers. Ideas for Classroom Use The Free Technology [...]

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Writing in the 21st Century

Recent NCTE article that seems right in line with where we are heading this summer: From NCTE–http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Press/Yancey_final.pdf From our blog (pdf)–writinginthe21stcentury Also, I’d like to use a different wiki platform for this summer’s participants. Here’s a mockup of a wiki I’m working on for my school. http://mccleskeymiddleschool.wetpaint.com/ It’s much more user friendly and allows for [...]

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Online discussions: where do they belong?

Hi All, Just a few thoughts on online discussion. One of the awesome things about online collaboration is the sheer volume of opportunities to exchange ideas. This is also probably one of it’s greatest drawbacks, especially when members of a group begin posting information intended for the larger group in more remote or fragmented locations. [...]

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Wiki Calendar

Hi All, Jenn has been wise enough to set us up with a wiki space for online collaborative work with the participants (and with each other). This free resource offers a lot of neat applications, also called ‘widgets’ that you can literally paste into the page. One of the more useful widgets is the Google [...]

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