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Jim Gates' Blog
[TIPS] Great Google Docs tips
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I LOVE my blogs. I learn SO much from them. Today, for example, I realized that I had lost track of Tim Lauer’s blog (http://timlauer.org) somehow, so I re-subscribed. (He’s the principal at LewisElementary.org) On the first page of his posts (he does LOTS of tips) was a post that pointed me here: http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_8323t58h3ft
In that GoogleDocs presentation were 11 tips about using the applications. I didn’t know, for example, that you could have up to 50 users in a spreadsheet at one time. Did you know that? And I didn’t know that the chat feature supported links to youtube, google video, and even flickr and picasa web albums. Try it out.
Go to the presentation about and paste in this youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyPQ4Qr8xks When you hit enter watch how it displays in the chat. Got a flickr account? Paste in the url to an image to see how it shows up in the chat area. Very cool!
I LOVE my blogs! (I like my blogging buddies, I like them very much...) :-)
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| October 30, 2008 | 11:10 AM |
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[TIPS] Blog Action Day - missed
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I had every intention to participate in Blog Action Day ( http://blogactionday.org/ ) on October 15th. I even had the badge proudly displayed on my blog. But, CFF bootcamp sorta consumed all of my time that week and I didn’t get to write that article. It was to be an article that raised awareness of poverty issues around the world. I was planning to point to this site again - http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats and to some of the great TED videos dealing with world poverty. Alas, I just couldn’t do it.
So, I just removed the badge from the blog.
But, the statistics are impressive of those who did participate: Over 14,000 blog posts read by almost 13.5 million people.
Remember this post that points to the “Miniature World” description: http://tipline.blogspot.com/2008/10/tips-miniature-world.html Did you watch that? Do you recall that 6% of the population (the world) own 59% of the world. And, if you keep your food a in refrigerator and your clothes in a closet and you sleep in a bed with a roof over your head – you’re wealthier than 75% of the world!
Does that little bit of perspective change your outlook of the day?
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| October 30, 2008 | 8:10 AM |
| October 30, 2008 | 7:10 AM |
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[TIPS] An English lesson gone global
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http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2008/10/this-i-believe-goes-global.html
If you read my blog then I KNOW that you also read Karl Fisch’s blog, thefischbowl.blogspot.com. You may also read Ann Smith’s blog, Learning and Laptops. So this is just a post in case you’re behind on your reading.
Do you recall me mentioning the “This I believe” lesson that a couple of his teachers have done? (I mention it everywhere I go) I wrote about them on a couple of occasions; http://tipline.blogspot.com/2006/12/tips-smiths-9th-honors-class-blog.html and http://tipline.blogspot.com/2007/10/tips-this-i-believe-new-group-of.html. Ann Smith is the teacher/blogger behind this assignment. Well, she’s at it again. Here’s an excerpt from her blog post in Learning and Laptops ( http://learningandlaptops.blogspot.com/2008/10/this-i-believe-goes-global.html)
“We are approaching that time of year when I am going to start the kids on this writing adventure, but this year I wanted to add a little twist with the help of you out there in the blog-o-sphere. I want “This I Believe” to go global. I want my students to benefit not only from knowing what their peers believe, or what the other AHS classes believe, but to hear and see what the world values. What do kids elsewhere in the U.S. believe in? What do kids elsewhere in the world believe in? What do some of the learned professionals that I know believe in?”
She’s taking this lesson global. If you’re a classroom teacher, blogger, administrator or student, you should stop what you’re doing right now and go read either of those two links (It’s the same article, cross-posted). Pass this along to your favorite English teacher. Get involved. You’re going to be a part of something BIG.
Once again, congratulations to Ann and Maura and to Karl for their inspiration for us all, and for the inevitable hard work that will be involved with this project. This will be VERY fun to watch! It just ay take on a life of its own. Just watch and see!
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| October 30, 2008 | 2:10 AM |
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[TIPS] k12online conference
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The problem with being busy is that you don’t have the time to do some of the things that you really enjoy. (“Oh really, Jim? We’re teachers. We didn’t know that.” ) ;-)
For example, I didn’t get to try to participate in the k12online conference this year, nor even view the presentations as they were being released. But, the good news is that all of the presentations are available on the website for you to watch when you DO have the time.
Then I read in Darren Kuropatwa’s blog (A Difference – http://adifference.blogspot.com) about this cool stack that shows the pages in the k12onlineconference site. Scroll through them and click on those that interest you to be taken right to the page. (Darren gives the nod the David Warlick for showing this to him originally)
http://www.searchme.com/stack/25acb
Give this a try. Very cool. And invest some time going through the presentations. You’re going to find LOTS of great information and ideas in there. Sheryl and Wes and the whole gang do a GREAT job with this every year. If you’ve not yet seen the site, GO THERE!
Oh, and be sure to check out Kathy Cassidy’s page about her “blogging buddies.”http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319 Remember her VERY cute video? ( http://tipline.blogspot.com/2008/08/tips-wonderful-blog-and-video-to-see.html)
(“Hmmm. First graders blogging? WHAT?? They can’t do that! Blogging is NOT permitted – even with our staff. Not sure why, exactly. Something to do with.. something, I’m sure. But, blogging? NEVER!”
<sigh>
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| October 29, 2008 | 11:10 AM |
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