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Indonesia stop his forest logging for two years.

 This week Sheila Adams and Lisa Parisi discussed what to look for in a new employee.  How do you wind your way through the typical answers to find the perfect candidate for a position?

 

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11:30:09Sheila : We'll start shortly on ustream.

57:57 minutes (26.53 MB)

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Roy Halladay's perfect game up for grabs - sort of.

Tom Hicks' reign as a lackadaisical, profiteering owner are finally coming to a close.

On this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers, we enjoyed a lively conversation with two guys from the Toronto-based  interactive design team who created Bitstrips for Schools, Shahan Panth and Jacob Blackstock. 

We were also entertained by a couple of Writing Project teachers: Kevin Hodgson from Western Massachusetts and Larry Neuburger from the Ozarks in Missouri.

In September 2009, Bitstips launched a “new educational site, Bitstrips for Schools!”

Soon after we launched Bitstrips.com, we found that teachers everywhere were using Bitstrips as a teaching tool, engaging their students with the exciting power of comic creation.  So, we decided to build a new version of Bitstrips, tailored specifically for teachers.  Bitstrips for Schools has all the awesome tools from Bitstrips, transplanted into a safe and secure environment, with additional administrative features that put the teacher in control.  Teachers can create a virtual classroom, where their students can become cartoon characters and then complete activities by making comics.  It’s an amazing way to promote literacy while having fun.

And, to start things off with a bang, we’ve licensed the service to the Ministry of Education for our home province of Ontario.  This means that all 5000 publicly funded schools now have access to Bitstrips – that’s over 2,000,000 students!  We can’t wait to see what they come up with.

So, go check out Bitstrips for Schools – learning with comics has never been so much fun!

 Earlier this spring, the National Writing Project invited their teachers to try Bitstripsfor free until the end of the summer.

Have you thought about using comic strips as a new way to engage your students? It seems like a perfect step along the continuum of multimedia use in composition, but the artwork aspect of it may be daunting. Enter: Bitstrips for Schools.

Kevin Hodgson wrote a review:

I am always interested in the various online, but protected, sites offering students and teachers a way to make webcomics. I use ToonDooSpaces with my students, and I love the variety of artwork and other options at ToonDoo, but I keep an eye out for other sites, too.

Recently, the National Writing Project finagled a deal with Bitstrips to let NWP teachers give the Bitstrips for Schools a trial run, so I jumped right in (big surprise) and started up an account, established a “classroom” and began making a comic. Later, I created an “activity” that will show up in any student account that I create.

Perhaps you do comics with your students, or would like to consider the possibilities! We hope you enjoy this conversation!

Click Read more to see a copy of the chat that was happening during the webcast.

69:27 minutes (15.89 MB)

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FIFAs new game ball has stirred the pot of controversy - or has it?

Two very different actors died this weekend, but the similarities are stark and sad.

Safely grow a mounted partition using LVM

Safely grow a mounted partition using LVM

Healthy weight loss plan highlights meal timing, fasting, calories consumed and food groups.

While an estimated 5 percent more Americans are hitting the roads and traveling on Memorial Day, I'm staying home to train

Economical and eco-friendly wheels

Forex Trading: The ultimate home business

In addition to the Stanley Cup Championship, Philadelphia and Chicago Offer Many Treats

EdTechWeekly #166

May 23, 2010

Facebook, Privacy, and Social Networking

 

Dave and John are joined by Alvin Trusty and his 18-year-old daughter Kara Trusty to discuss Facebooks' newly revamped privacy settings, the expectations of privacy when posting things online, and best practices for managing your online identity. We also talked about how schools approach social networking, and whether they're adequately preparing students to make intelligent decisions regarding their own online privacy and identities.

 

Chat log below

39:10 minutes (35.86 MB)

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The Gulf Spill is Beginning to Look Like Obama's Katrina

The Raptors $53 Million Man wants a trade from the Raptors organization, he told his native NBA reporters.

Philly's Roy Halladay pitched the 20th perfect game in Major League Baseball history

LA's Kendry Morales breaks his leg celebrating a home run.

Let's contemplate Afghanistan and our future there on this Memorial Day