Hackman’s Blog

Shhhh… I was multi-tasking during class.  (A girl only has so many hours per day!)  Here is a list of the cool sites we saw.

• Here is the internet safety interview from Who’s Watching Charlottesville.  It is called “The Job Interview.” http://www.whoswatchingcharlottesville.org/resources.html
• Here is Jessica’s prize site: http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html (Neat New Stuff on the Net)
• And Janel’s cool poetry site: http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
• Create a site with bookmarks for your kids by using portaportal: www.portaportal.com  Nicole’s portal is here: http://guest.portaportal.com/nhackman
• Erin’s “poetry boyfriend” is here: www.allanwolf.com
• And the BEST search engine EVAH! http://www.clusty.com
• Another bookmarking site: http://www.del.icio.us.com (and you can search it!)   This is Erin’s page.
• Mary thought this site was cool as a way to incorporate current events: http://www.teachablemoment.org/
• Susan found the neat Dickinson lesson plan here: http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3

Creating Posters Using Excel

You can make classroom posters using Excel.  Watch this video for TeacherTube to learn how.

Here is the video I mentioned in class.  It is worth watching. 

Watch it on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Download a high-res version for class.  (You can use it under a Creative Commons License as long as you cite it and use it in its original form.)
As a Windows Media file: http://www.mediafire.com/?ajm0lzxh223
As a .mov file: http://www.mediafire.com/?3xbhmdmsfmd

What amazes me most about this video is that it was the collaborative effort of 200 students.  Read Dr. Wesch’s “lesson plan” for online collaboration here: http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=129