ilearninitiative.org

by davidsilver

(The above picture has nothing to do with digital literacy)

There are times where I have to force myself out of my office. Between the constant deluge of emails, administering different portal apps that we use here at school and putting out the usual day-to day fires that constantly happen as machine fail or [...]

Ok, I have to admit it, its the tech part of me that is responsible for this but I think my guitar teacher is getting phased out….for my laptop. It isn’t that he is not a good teacher or anything, it is just that I have to pay him and I can get lessons more [...]

The 1st graders have been busy studying food as of late. As part of their unit they are making informed decisions about foods that healthy vs. foods that might taste good but not be so good for you. Part of these lessons took place in the lab using Kidspiration 2 to make a graphic organizer [...]

I imagine getting an email address in 5th grade is alot like getting a driver’s license. Finally, they can communicate like “big people” around them, chat with friends and all the other cool stuff that comes with having their own email account. Part of introducing our kids to email though is to keep them safe [...]

Ok, I’ll be honest. It was kind of nice coming into school today knowing that I would be back in my own office at my own desk, working with my own teachers. That said, it was a great week last week getting to know the 3 Apple PD people that were here on campus-Bruce Payne [...]

I love going into teachers rooms to see what new things they are up to and this morning ws no exception. One of my 5th grade classes-5KC is working on getting the year long reading lists. Ms. Cambell is using a slick online service called ShelfSafari to do this. Kids can add titles they have [...]

Grades 1,3 and 5 have been extremely busy infusing technology into their classes as we lead up to the ‘08-’09 holiday break.

Grade 1 has been working in Kidspiration on two different assignments. First we developed a “Healthy vs. Unhealthy” graphic organizer for kids. The students had to then go through a number of [...]

I was reading over Mike Bogle’s article last night and it resonated with thoughts I have been having about teacher play time-or teacher recess as I will begin to refer to it. As a tech integrator it is often frustrating to see teachers reluctant to embrace technology into their classes therefore not allowing their [...]

I wrote in a few posts ago, I rebuilt my Netvibes account to include more E-Learning feeds. At the same time I also added a few new tag subscriptions in my Delicious account including elearning, virtualeducation, etc., etc. Like my Netvibes account I find it impossible to keep up with all the links [...]

Wait, this isn’t the Groundswell blog…

I know, I know.  I keep moving this blog.  However, I am having to get creative and I thought it was time to set up my own domain name.  So, here it is, the beginnings of the ilearninitiative.org movement.  I hope I didn’t lose you, my readers (If I have [...]