Photography has been a hobby of mine for a long time. From developing the old black and white photos in my basement darkroom to today’s tiny digital cameras. One of the things that is much easier with digital images is sharing. Uploading photos to a site like Flickr makes sharing…
Learning with Twitter is Taking Off!
Carla Federman, US History Teacher at Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, is teaching her Cold War class with a new twist this year. She will be reenacting the Cuban Missile Crisis using 15 different Twitter accounts. You can follow the tweets at http://thea.micds.org/twitster/index.php, or if you use…
Historical Reenactments – Teaching with Twitter
I received an email from a school teacher interested in reenacting parts of the Cuban Missile Crisis using several accounts as “actors.” My friend Marion Jensen came up with the concept in early 2009, and together we started the website TwHistory.com. Earlier this summer he single-handedly recreated the Battle of…
I’m attending P2PU!
I recently signed up for an online course called “Copyright for Educators.” What is truly unique about this course is that there is no official teacher. The course is being offered by P2PU (Peer-To-Peer University). The About page states that, “P2PU blurs the boundaries between students and teachers.” I’d like…
Cyanogen 4.0.3 (make that 4.0.4) Android ROM Now Available
Update: Make that 4.0.4. Two days later, they have cranked out another update. Obviously I am not going to try to keep up. Just install the Cyanogen Updater from the Android Market and keep up with the updates that way. Or just check here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537204 or on the new cyanogenmod.com…