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Cool Tech I Used This Summer
I just finished “What I Did On My Summer Vacation,” clearly a very 20th century topic. Now on to the 21st century topic. “Cool Tech I Am Used This Summer.” Instead of a travel log, I am showing how I used my summer vacation “time” to use cool tools and websites. I really learned a [...]
“I’m Not a Techie,” is NOT an Excuse Anymore
I am around two groups of educators. Those who are extremely technical and those who chose not to. The divide is getting greater and greater. As I approach the fifth anniversary of my website www.carolbroos.com I find it amazing that others have not jumped at the idea to do web 2.0 with their students and [...]
K12 Online Conference Presentation Goes Live Today
I had the pleasure of being apart of the K12 Online Conference, which our presentation is going live today. Carol Vrotny, who teaches PreK-8 Music at Grass Lake School in Antioch, Illinois and I presented “For Those Who Want To Rock, Don’t Suppose, Compose!” We discuss how to get started in technology with flip cameras [...]
Creating an Innovating Environment of Failure
One of the first days in the lab, I set the ground rules as to showing and sharing. Students are ALLOWED to go from computer to computer, interact, and discuss at anytime. Since my computers are around the room, with the screens FACING each other, EVERYONE can see what is going on, on EVERYONE’S computer. [...]
Shift Happens… when a new President is inaugurated.
With a new administration upon us, no matter what your political views, a shift happens. A look back of where we have come and where we are going. Here is the top three shifts happens moments: 1. The White House now has a youtube channel – here is the first video of the inauguration on [...]
Doin’ My Own Thing
Well, over the past month, edublogs has been giving me fits. I have two blogs, one on edublogs and one on learnerblogs. I felt the need to combine the two and seek another web host. When I has at the DEN Midwest Conference, Brenda Muench and I sat with Steve Dembo to discuss the matter. [...]
The Connected Student
When I first saw HONK! at Marriott Theater I fell in love with it. It has a great story line and some wonderful characters. So, when the “junior” version came out, I knew some day I would produce the show at my school. I had already told the students that we were doing “The Sound [...]