http://mkrill.edublogs.org Talking Education (& Technology) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:35:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Back in June, I began a new venture. It's now nearing the end of November and I'm finishing the end of course two. After completing the second, completely online, course of the School Administration and Supervision program (a partnership between Johns Hopkins and ISTE), I have determined that eLearning is ... http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/11/13/elearning-reflection-part-i/ The Build Your Wild Self site from New York Zoos and Aquariums might seem like nothing more than a bit of fun. (Of course, who can't use a bit of fun once in awhile?) However, I'd recommend giving it a try and thinking deeper about educational uses for this site. As ... http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/10/14/go-wild/ Brainpop has opened their Digital Citizenship library of videos to teachers for free this month! Some of the topics presented are: *Copyright *Blogs *Information Privacy *Online safety *Plagiarism *Internet Search *...and more. Check it out! Still plenty of days left this month to share them with students. Brainpop also has a ESL site now! Technorati Tags: brainpop esl digitalcitizenship ... http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/09/08/brainpop-and-digital-citizenship/ Looking for ways to motivate your children and summer school students?  Check out the free resources at Discovery Education's Parent Corner including Motivation Station, Summer Activities and Step-by-step Webmath.  http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/08/09/parent-corner/ Awhile back, I favorited this tweet from Dennis Richards: I just got around to checking out the Dancing Matt video and agree that it is one that made me smile. In addition to making me smile, it made me think about the world today and how we used to all dance alone. ... http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/08/02/lets-dance-together/ We all wonder what the digital future will look like...if you're wondering what the digital now looks like, get ready for Digital Nation. From the site: Digital Nation is a multi-platform project that includes an interactive Web site and a one-hour FRONTLINE documentary to air Winter 2010. The project aims to capture ... http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/06/18/digital-nation/ Cross posted from: A&S Reflections This week members of my program cohort completed a Communication Styles Inventory. I'm generally pretty wary of these types of surveys - I mean it was only 10 questions. Anyway, based on the questions (which, in many cases, had two very good choices), I was found ... http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/06/15/communication-in-elearning/ Mark your calendars! The K12 Online Conference will begin the week of November 30, 2009 with a pre-conference keynote. The following two weeks, December 7-11 and December 14-17, forty presentations will be posted online to the conference blog for participants to download and view. From the site: As we get prepared for ... http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/06/13/k12-online-conference-gears-up/ Starting this summer, I'm adding a destination on my flight plan to the future. I am enrolled in the Johns Hopkins/ISTE program for a certificate in School Administration and Supervision. It's completely online and an accelerated program. For these reasons, combined with the workload, I'm super nervous about managing my ... http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/06/12/new-venture/ I'm home for the summer! This is the first year that I managed to keep my first week off from school completely unscheduled. It's also the earliest that the kids stopped attending day care for the summer. We've enjoyed our first week together and as usual, I have a renewed ... http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/06/12/home-sweet-home/