http://ckendall.edublogs.org Musings about teaching and learning world languages Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:55:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please visit http://www.cindykendall.com  Thanks and see you there! http://ckendall.edublogs.org/2009/11/15/communicate-has-moved/ I'm considering whether or not to stay with edublogs or use my own hosting. Check back! http://ckendall.edublogs.org/2009/10/12/this-blog-is-on-hold/ Yesterday I played with Wolfram|Alpha.  What is this, you ask? Think of it as a master computational engine - put in a problem and it solves it; put in a keyword and it give you data on the query subject. Wolfram|Alpha's long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable ... http://ckendall.edublogs.org/2009/05/18/wolframalpha-launches/ I'm doing a two-part learning lunch series for my staff on social networking. Many of my staff are, shall we say, experienced educators, and have not experienced social networking or even be able to describe it.  So during the first part we are looking at what is social networking, and ... http://ckendall.edublogs.org/2009/05/12/social-networking-for-educators/ There are many ways to find educators on Twitter and I'm going to highlight one today - Twitter4teachers. Why highlight this site? It is actually an open wiki, organized by subject area, and educators who twitter can join and easily add themselves to the wiki. This is also an easy ... http://ckendall.edublogs.org/2009/03/22/connect-to-other-educators-through-twitter/ MIWLA Connect has taken off, and I have to give a lot of credit to one person, Emily Serafa-Manschot. What did Emily do? Well, Emily invited many of her world language friends in her address book to join the community, she has started blogging, and suddenly the community is gaining ... http://ckendall.edublogs.org/2009/02/10/miwla-connect-update-the-power-of-one/ Professional Learning Communities for world language teachers can play a major role in supporting the teacher in the classroom. Unlike the math, science, social studies or language arts teachers, many world language teachers are the only teacher of their content area in the building. Of course, in larger ... http://ckendall.edublogs.org/2009/01/16/want-to-join-an-online-community-specifically-for-world-language-educators-meet-our-ning-miwla-connect/ Wow! Over 80 people chose to attend the Integrating Technology into Instructional Practice workshop. Thank goodness I had assistance from my University of Michigan Computer Science Engineering Freshmen son Bryan - he was invaluable providing help connecting to our secure network and just-in-time support. It was an exciting, fast-paced ... http://ckendall.edublogs.org/2008/11/22/80-participants-in-integrating-tech-workshop/ The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages national conference is at the Swan and Dolphin in Orlando. The program looks interesting and it is always invigorating to meet with fellow educators for discussion and networking.  I'll be presenting two hands-on technology-focused workshops: Integrating Technology into Instructional Practice (6 ... http://ckendall.edublogs.org/2008/11/18/actfl-2009-off-to-the-house-of-the-mouse/ Everyone working in educational technology should read the April 2008 Universal McCann Wave 3 report on global trends in social media. This is not an education-specific report, but rather a global view of the impact of social media - who is using what tool for what purpose. Absolutely worth a ... http://ckendall.edublogs.org/2008/11/08/a-global-view-of-social-media/