CyberCamp 08

Wow…December already?  We decided that November or December would be a great check-in time to bring everyone up to date with our projects.  I know that everyone has been slammed since school started.  Hopefully you will all be able to take a few moments and give us an update on your Cybercamp project.  It has [...]

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I’ll admit it – I’m already suffering some CyberCamp withdrawal.  But that’s okay – as I suspect there’s more on the way from the CyberCampers.  Plenty more, based on what I saw happening in our classroom and here on the blog.
In a sense, today is the REAL first day of CyberCamp – the first day [...]

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If you wanted to return to yesterday’s conversation with Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss, or you missed it the first time around, I’m pleased to report that the recording of the session is now available.  I want to again thank Suzie and Jane for their time, thoughtfulness and investment in our learning, as well as [...]

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Good morning, CyberCampers and guests.  We’ll be meeting with Jane Krauss and Suzie Boss in the Classroom 2.0 Elluminate room (Thanks, Steve Hargadon!) at 10:15MST/9:15PST this morning to discuss their book and our projects.  Any and all are invited to join us.  Jane and Suzie have put together a handy little collection of slides to [...]

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Kevin has been a good friend and colleague of mine via the Internet for some time now – and he’s been very kind to spend as much time with us in the comments of the blog as he has.  He’s invited us all to join a weekly feature that he facilitates called “Day in a [...]

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I’m pleased to announce that we’ll be meeting with Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss tomorrow morning at 10:15 MST to discuss their book and project-based learning with technology in general.  Better yet, I’m pleased to invite others to join us for that conversation.
But, CyberCampers, as we all know, a good conversation requires some good planning.  [...]

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Dennis asked me for some information about available grants for technology.  I asked my Twitter network for assistance and received this great link from Suzanne Shanks, a colleague in Colorado Springs.  Should be a good start for anyone seeking grant ideas. I also received a link to eSchoolNews from Colin Davitt, a colleague in St. [...]

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I finished my first flip chart, but it doesn’t have a ton of bells and whistles.  I want to interact with it a bit on the active board before I get further into it.  In all honesty, my project is feeling a little undefined at the moment.  I am struggling to try and find a [...]

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Well, I finished another tutorial, but I feel like everything I am learning this week is just going in one ear and out the other.  I am trying to retain all this info, but my brain is struggling.  I used to think I was fairly smart, but today I was irritated and confused and exhausted.  [...]

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On pages 33 and 34 of their book, Boss and Krauss talk about the value of online learning communities as ways to make connections, share resources, and model the technologies that we want to use with students.  Today, we’re going to spend some time exploring various online learning communities.  One that they mention is Classroom [...]

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