Friday 5: Will Richardson Workshop
Lucy Gray
On Friday and Saturday, teachers and administrators from several area
independent schools gathered at the Francis Parker School here in
Chicago to learn from classroom blogging guru, Will Richardson. Will
is a former high school teacher and early adopter of Web 2.0
technologies, now consulting in school districts across the country.
His blog, Weblogg-ed, is widely read by many educators. All in all, it
was a productive and enlightening workshop; this week's list
represents a handful of sites that were examined.
Take care,
Lucy Gray
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1) Gcast
http://www.gcast.com/
Gcast is a podcast hosting service. Users can make recordings via
phone amongst many other features.
2) Wikinomics
http://www.wikinomics.com/
This is the accompanying web site to a popular book written by Don
Tapscott and Anthony Williams. Will recommended this business book as
its message apparently has potential implications for education.
Interestingly, the web site includes a blog and a wiki where community
members are authoring additional chapters of the book.
3) Remote Access blog by Clarence Fisher
http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/
Will referenced Clarence's work several times during the workshop.
There's an interesting graphic on emerging technologies and services
included in Clarence's May 5 post.
4) 21Classes
http://21classes.com/
Will consulted on this student-friendly blogging service.
5) A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything
http://willrichardson.wikispaces.com/
Will relies on wikis for presentations nowadays, not slideware.
While browsing sites during the workshop, I found two others worth
sharing that were not directly a part of the workshop:
6) Using Google Earth for Earth Science and Remote Sensing
http://www.ecotronics.com/google-earth/
7) Celebration of Teaching and Learning: Multimedia Resources from
Thirteen/WNET and WLIW
http://www.thirteencelebration.org/resources.html
This conference had a great line-up of speakers. For those of us
unable to attend in person, videos of several presentations are online
for viewing.