Today we were working on our blogs and posting to each other’s blogs. I sent a comment to Kay’s blog. Cathie had noticed that you can be at the dashboard for your blog and click on comments to have it show you if you have any comments that are “Awaiting Moderation”. This way you wouldn’t have to wait for the emails. My comment showed up under “Awaiting Moderation” so we went to it. There is a button that allows the you to edit any comments that are sent to you before you accept it. I noticed that I had made some errors so we changed the wording and then accepted it. At first, I thought this was great because once it was published, I couldn’t go back to make changes. So I was happy to have Kay make the necessary changes for me and I was part of the whole editing process. Then it occurred to me that this could be scary too. You could send a comment to someone’s blog and they could completely change what you said. However, your name would still be attached to that comment! Without being an administrator on the blog, you couldn’t delete your “changed version” either. Just something to consider when you are leaving comments on blogs out there in the digital world.

 This is a great YouTube video defining Web 2.0!

Go to www.YouTube.com and search for Web 2.0…The Machine Is Us/ing Us”.

What a visual explanation!  Enjoy! 

Did anyone else have trouble finding and accessing podcasts? I did.

I listened to two podcasts. The first was on a topic of personal interest dealing with a hermit who lived in the Adirondacks. Noah John Rondeau lived in the North Country for a number of years. The podcast came from North Country Public Radio. Of professional interest, I listened to 60 Second Science. This had a number of short podcasts dealing with many scientific topics.

As I was reviewing the statistics in this article, I was amazed at how much has changed since my daughter was in high school four short years ago.  Then I see that one of our teachers is listening to podcasts with her six year old and I wonder what the world of technology will mean to her over time in school.  It seems that keeping up with our children and their technology growth is a daunting task.  As educators, what responsibility do we have to keep up with this growth and use technology in our teaching?   What criteria do you think we should use to select technology tools to use with students?  

My professional podcast is one from the Activated Storytellers website(http://www.activated-storytellers.com/folktales/davy_crockett.html).  This touring group presents folktales to students at school assemblies and in a variety of different settings.  This link will let you listen to a story about Davy Crockett which they have “Activated” and have an interactive website where you can follow along and read the story as you listen to the Storytellers and move a small group of animals around on the screen with your mouse.  The actual story begins at the 5:15 mark in the podcast with other background information about the story tellers location and purpose to this podcast.  I would rate this podcast ***.  http://media.libsyn.com/media/activated/DavyCrockett3.mp3

For my personal interest podcast I found a fantasy football podcast giving information about selecting widereceivers and tight ends for my fantasy football team.  Eric Karabell and Tristan Cockcroft share tips and strategies in selecting these positions in a draft.    I rate this *****!http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=2967163