EPISODE14 - Could texting and IMing be good for writing?

We'll be looking at the Pew Research Center's article that explores this issue. Reference: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/808/writing-technology-and-teens

Top of the show:

• A wonderful AIR app for Friendfeed is Alert Thingy Friendfeed is a way to keep all of your self-generated content in one place and a way for you friends to view and comment on that content. Alert Thingy is a clean app to manage Friendfeed from the desktop.
• I also mentioned Facebook as a way to keep connections with former students and reconnecting with former classmates.

The report is called: Writing, Technology and Teens (Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. This disconnect matters because teens believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help them).


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EPISODE13 - Please don't let teachers blog!

How effective are blogs for the classroom? And, should teachers use blogs for educational reasons?

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Why not generate content through these services:

• Twitter
• Tumblr
• GoogleReader

Twitter in Plain English (CommonCraft)

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EPISODE12 - Why Wiki When We Write?

There's be lots of talk about wiki (wiki) and their popularity and that using a wiki would be cool for the classroom. Really? Let's take a look at some of the possibilities.

Top of the show:

• ChaCha (a really useful texting service: ask a question, get an answer).
• Utterz (audioblogging via your cell phone)

The creator of wikis, Ward Cunningham talks about wikis and other things on FLOSS weekly (with Randal Schartz and Leo Laporte)

CommonCraft explanation of how a wiki works. [video]

Popular wiki sites:

• pbwiki
• wikiplaces

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EPISODE11 - Web Docs: But I like to upgrade

Is there long-term value to using web apps such as Google Docs and Buzzword? Is there a web app that will tie my shoes? This week we'll look at the growing list of standard desktop activities that are now available on the web (mostly free of charge).

Links from this show:
Google Docs
Buzzword
Writewith

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