Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts

I have been preaching a little about how wonderful podcasts and blogging tools really engage students and increase learning. One of my social studies teachers has decided to create a class blog, and another one has confessed today that he is totally addicted to podcasts. I love the title of his blog, aptly named “The [...]

Today I gave 2 workshops (one on a overview of Web 2.0 and the other on Digital Storytelling.) Both of these were quite well received, and I should persobally thank Lisa Parisi for the wiki from her course of We 2.0 and for her calling in to my session today using Skype. My attendees were [...]

Bummer. I have joined another conference (free of course) by joining Ustreams w/ chatrooms (see my previous post.) One of the presenters, Steve Dembo, actually created his own Ustream for us, and twittered to invite us. Then Lisa Parisi twittered that she was at the same conference, and would be asking permission from presenters to [...]

SCEdtech concluded yesterday at 1:30 with a wonderful awards luncheon.  My friend Chris Craft was a Tehnology Innovative Program (TIP) Award winner, and was presented with a SMART Board and handhelds to go with it.  WOOT.  I suggested Chris apply last spring, telling him he was a shoe-in.  Chris, you are well on your way [...]

Thank you SC Edtech for another great conference. It’s not over yet, but I’ve already experienced so much, I have to say thank you. While I very much enjoy my “virtual network from Twitter, Second Life, Blogging, and more, nothing replaces seeing the teachers so eager to learn each year at our state conference, and [...]

[kml_flashembed movie="http://voicethread.com/book.swf?b=13400" width="460" height="300" wmode="transparent" /] Okay so it’s a work in progress…..??? http://voicethread.com/share/13400/

Thanks for your help in allowing me to stay connected despite the blocking software at school. I now can follow my gmail and twitter from school. There is a method to the madness and so far I haven’t made anyone question me. Of course I only have time to twitter at lunch and the email [...]

Okay confessions will be forthcoming, including the opening statement: I stole that title from my new friend Jeannette Johnson over on her blog “From the Principal’s Desk.”  If you do not twitter, or are a newbie at twitter, then you MUST go to her blog and read tonights post.  Jeanette YOU ROCK!!  I laughed so [...]

I tried another “broadcast yourself” social network after the twitterverse were all inviting the network to come and check it out.  It does allow the “director” to pass off to other speakers or even others with webcams, so it has more potential. But they stream one “show” on their home page it seems all the [...]

Today I met some fellow colleagues after work to talk and have some fancy coffee drinks (which i don’t do…) Being new in the district, I don’t know everyone as well, so Barbara S. and Cathy H. invited me to come gab. We shared about the normal school stuff, and I told about my initiation [...]