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Digital CPR: Bringing Your Reading Series to Life With Digital Video

  At the CUE Conference I presented two sessions, my favorite was “Digital CPR: Bringing Your Reading Series to Life with Digital Video Podcasting.” I opened the session with “Camouflage Jones, Private Investigator” which is one of my more successful classroom movies in terms of balancing curricular demands and cinematic concerns. I must say it …

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Open Court Reading

CUE2008: It’s About the Network

In reflecting on my CUE experience I’m struck by how much the internet has broadened my personal learning network. More important than any of the sessions I attended were the connections made in the hallway, passing through the exhibit hall, back at the hotel. The diagram at left attempts to explain with concentric circles around …

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Educational Technology

CUE 2008 Conference: Open Source Steve

FOR NEWBIES: Not all software costs money. In the early days of computers, in fact, most software was free and freely exchanged between teachers before software companies began to form and monetize the industry. Free software still exists, only you may not know about it because it’s free (they don’t advertise). This free software is …

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Educational Technology

Day One at CUE 2008

It’s six in the morning and I’m up and mostly alert. My first day at CUE was mostly about networking. This is my first time attending CUE but I’ve seen a lot of people I know here either because I’ve met them in person or online. Very cool to meet Jose Rodriguez, Alice Mercer, and …

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Educational Technology

I’m Off To CUE

I’m leaving today to attend the CUE (Computer Using Educators) Conference in Palm Springs. I’ll be blogging from there for the next three days. You can follow along here or for more frequent updates, follow me on Twitter. The conference started officially unofficially with an unconference yesterday where educators informally share ideas and resources. John …

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