http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org Building web 2.0 into professional practice. Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:20:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In preparation for this I created a mindmap over at mindmeister.  Mindmapping has helped me since before I enrolled in my M.S. Ed.  As a holistic thinker it helps me visually see the connections my brain makes and move those connections from in my brain to a sequence I can ... http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org/2009/03/14/2020-vision/ In the past I have used Google Notebook as an online personal productivity system.  It has worked really well, especially sharing my inbox with my wife!  I can't recommend this application anymore because development on it has ended. I really like the online notebook idea.  A student could use a ... http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org/2009/03/11/activity-8-a-1-web-applications/ The idea of a Paperless Space for a class is one that involves students both accessing course materials online and submitting their learning objects online.  This process can also involve online collaboration now with wikis. Early pioneers in this idea include Marc Meyers and David Grey who began using an intranet ... http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org/2009/03/07/learning-activity-7-b-1-paperless-space/ Will Richardson's big shifts contain big ideas.  The idea that I would like to focus on is the shift to 'web as notebook'.  This is the easiest of the shifts for a person to learn.  I am not a naturally organized person.  I am a holistic thinker so it is ... http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org/2009/03/05/learning-activity-7-a-1/ My experience teaching has this year included instant messaging as a way to communicate with students and fellow teachers.  I use a Google Site wiki to communicate assignments and other information.  It didn't take long for students to figure out that the email address for the google site connected to ... http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org/2009/02/28/im-and-teaching/ I agree with the argument made at the pro-connectivism wiki regarding connectivism and supporting our students.  The author writes" The student doesn’t just look toward the teacher as the sole possessor and disseminator of knowledge anymore. The student must instead look his peers and the wide array of technological sources ... http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org/2009/02/28/learning-activity-6-a-3/ I found an interesting podcast from the folks at HowStuffWorks called Stuff You Missed in History Class. It is a selection of interesting podcasts about popular history topics.  I like these for a few reasons.  The topics are diverse so it would be easy for a student to find something ... http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org/2009/02/19/learning-activity-5-b-3-podcasting-in-the-classroom/ I spent several years training teachers in the 4MAT method of teaching.  4MAT emphasizes a concept that the lesson builds around.  The concept was often cemented in the lesson with the use of what was called the Visual Explorer.  This is a box of large post card sized pictures that ... http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org/2009/02/18/flickr-in-the-classroom-5-a-1/ Going thru the process of creating content as part of group 3 in our MOD 4 assignment I learned that I need to  be more fully involved and helpful.  I found myself doing what my students do which is stop in and check things out but not really take the ... http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org/2009/02/15/wikis-in-the-classroom/ I once heard a person say that a teacher should work at the edge of their incompetence. I took that to mean great teachers stretch themselves to try and do new things that are challenging in the classroom to create a learning experience that sticks.  So how have you ... http://jasonhabisch.edublogs.org/2009/02/09/blogical-4-a-2-risk-and-creativity/