Midweek Hump Day

We were visited by Gaetan Pappalardo this morning, a blogging guru, who shared with us ways to make the twitter connection between parent and classroom.  I was struck by his perspective.  Gaetan is both parent and educator and holds a position allowing him to influence both areas.

Gaetan's idea to bring twitter to the classroom was visionary.  I appreciated how he was able to share up to the moment updates with parents and others.  Doing so allowed him to demonstrate the internal message that learning extends beyond the classroom itself.  Tumblr peaked my interest as a way to link the classroom blog to an immediate media device, and I've always shared the idea that parents and students want to know much about the people working with their students.  @GAETANP conveys an enthusiasm for connecting with people that is refreshing.  

As the day (and week) has progressed, I've been more and more comfortable with the assortment of digital ideas being shared.  Some are overwhelming, and others are quite practical. FlipAgram will be used to help students compose works of imagery, perhaps focusing on a theme.  Another idea might be use this to boost classroom connection or even offer real life publication for authors. 

Mostly, I have been eager to continue adding to my list of tools and devices.  A dongle might just be in the future classroom purchases.  

A VIEW OF THE EXTENSIVE RESOURCE LIST AS OF WEDNESDAY