What type of writer should you be?

What type of writer should you be? Try this quiz. It told me to be a joke writer.

Some really good blogs to start reading . . .

• 2 Cents Worth - David Warlick -
• Bud Hunt - Bud the Teacher - veteran tech-savvy high school literature teacher
• Bud The Teacher -
• Byrd Links - Harry F. Byrd Middle School - links & resources blog for teachers
• CUOnline - Lynne Wolters -
• Clarence Fisher - Canadian elementary teacher - excellent example of maximizing blog effectiveness
• Darren Kuropatwa - Canadian math teacher - pick one of his many blogs!
• EdTech Insider - eSchool News bloggers -
• Educating Educators - Charlene Chausis -
• Education/Technology - Tim Lauer - principal in the northwest US - driving force behind change in his school!
• Example - Bob Sprankle's Room 208 Podcast -
• Jakes Online -
• Jo McLeay - Australian high school English teacher
• Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Wes Fryer -
• Ms. Frizzle - middle school science teacher
• Remote Access - Clarence Johnson -
• Speaking of History - 8th grade American History teacher uses blog as support for his podcasts
• The Blue Skunk Blog - Doug Johnson -
• The Savvy Technologist - Tim Wilson -
• The Strength of Weak Ties - David Jakes -
• The Thinking Stick - Jeff Utecht -
• Weblogg-ed News - Wil Richardson -
• Who Said? - literature game delivered as a podcast

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html

21st Century Skills

Looking at Educational Technology, Digital Literacy, etc., I keep running across "21st Century Skills." Do any of you have some background on this?

Speaking of Digital Literacy... In Will Richardson's book p. 126 it states, "For more than a hundred years we have defined being literate as being able to read and to write." How does Digital Literacy fit in to the definition of being literate? Or, does it?

The New ME!!!!

SING!!STOP TALKING!!

Tech Retreat

Annie's serene picture reminds me we are scheduled for a retreat in April... The weekend of April 8th is Easter and we have a Council meeting on the calendar for April 28. Would it be possible to tie the retreat in to the weekend of Council since many of us are on Council? Britton, will you help out with this...

Poet? NOT!

Who posted the new link
To Read, Write, Think?!
It's a place I like to go,
A great thing to show!
How I feel
Is NEVER re-invent the wheel!

What is it with my thinking a poem must rhyme...
Some teacher ruined me at some time...

HELP!

Denali at sunrise

Two summers ago in Alaska. What about a writing workshop there?

Thank You Annie!

Thank You Annie!

All about Shawn

Just wanted you to know I've now seen Shawn's WP presentation 3 times now. He has certainly perfected it and is actually quiet all the way through quick writes:) I was trying to figure out why my kids both this year and last year love music more than PE. The key is Shawn and the writing he does in class. My kids love to write. Just last week they came back from class in the morning and picked up writing songs in the afternoon. He got them started and they couldn't stop. Thanks Shawn!!

Hello

Hi all. Just glad to be posting. We're trying this at school and there are a few posts. It's fun to try. A different world out there for nontechies much unlike our students. I love trying!!

7 Things You Should Know About...

7 Things You Should Know About...pieces provide quick, no-jargon
overviews of technologies and related practices that have demonstrated or may
demonstrate positive learning impacts. Any time you need to explain a new
learning technology or practice quickly and clearly, look for a 7 Things You
Should Know About... brief from ELI.

Shawn, click on the Educause link under Check it out! to find 7 Things You Should Know About Wikis!
Britton, this is my first ongoing experience with my own blog :-) I keep asking my students for help. OSUWP Techies, you can post to this blog not just comment.....

How Does this Work?

I don't know the answer to that question. So far, I have hear from Rodney that he tried to create an account and it told him he already had one. I assume it may be due to the fact I sent invites with your email address and that address is in the system. Britton also emailed asking what to do... I suggested she try using her email address (Many of us have several. I sent and invite to the one on the TM06 Grant.) Say you forgot the password and perhaps it will allow you to set a new one... Let's learn together! Please add comments and/or post. I gave permission to all so we can practice.

March "Meeting" Agenda

WELCOME! The March meeting of the OSUWP Tech Team is officially in session with the posting of our Blog...

Edited Timeline

September 2006 -Order and disseminate books
October 2006 -Study Group re: book, intro to Blogging
November 2006 -NWP Annual Meeting, Nashville
December 2006 -Study Group OSUWP Tech Team Blog (February)
January 2007 -Study Group Shirley Brown and Pat Mumford(cancelled due to weather ☹ )
February 2007 -Study Group OSUWP Tech Team Blog, Social Bookmarking
March 2007 -Study Group re: Technology Professional Development
April 2007 -Tech Team Retreat re: SI 2007 Tech Week and Tech Institute
May 2007 -Study Group re: SI ’07 Tech and Tech Institute
June 2007 -Summer Institute 2007
July 2007 -Summer Institute 2007
Fall 2007 -Technology Institute

Goals Statement

Oklahoma State University Writing Project (OSUWP), including Teacher Consultants (TCs) and site leadership, plans to begin an in-depth study to support the integration of technology into the core work and priorities at both the site level and in the classroom. This ‘Tech Team’ will meet face-to-face and online as we read, research and discuss possible professional development opportunities and plan a technology mini-institute to be offered in the summer/fall of 2007. The goals of this year are three-fold: to increase site familiarity and comfort with technology, creating a technology leadership community; to enhance the site web presence; to provide a mini-institute for OSUWP TCs, which will model the richly varied technology including the read/write web.