http://528tech.edublogs.org Digital Learning in Grades 5 to 8 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:02:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We were finally able to use the iPod Touch Cart today with Mrs. Hall's 5th grade History class. It took some learning on my part to make sure the settings were correct to insure the students would be able to use them on our wireless network in a safe manner. ... http://528tech.edublogs.org/2009/10/15/itouch-ilearn/ Lately I have been discussing how some of our students are struggling with managing all of the digital content in their school day. We have Moodle and FirstClass for all students and teachers. These systems are very powerful and for the most part work quite well for our learning community. ... http://528tech.edublogs.org/2009/10/14/bridging-digital-and-carbon-technology/ In the past with Melissa Tredenick and I worked together with NCAIS Blended Learning Conference. She is now at The Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia. She posted on the Voicethread Ning how her and the 5th grade teacher had created a Voicethread to discuss their favorite scene in ... http://528tech.edublogs.org/2009/10/13/social-collaboration-via-twitter-ning-and-voicethread-for-a-sharing-experience/ After waiting to make sure we had the funds to update the labs, I am happy to say that we have a stack of iMacs waiting to be installed in the computer labs starting on Friday. Thank you Durham Academy parents and students for supporting what we do here. In ... http://528tech.edublogs.org/2009/09/30/stack-of-imacs/ It has been one year since a student named Justin Straus died of Chordoma Cancer. I knew Justin since first grade when he was first diagnosed. We had many moments together as did his fellow students. We started using Ed.Voicethread this year and I realized it would be the perfect ... http://528tech.edublogs.org/2009/09/17/first-voicethread-with-students/ I have been working to get back in the swing of the school year. I enjoyed my summer off and offline existence. Quite a change from my digital life at work. I could not connect to my blog for sometime using Ecto which is how I write my blog rather ... http://528tech.edublogs.org/2009/09/11/new-school-year-new-connection-to-blog/ Good numbers of students learning Lego Mindstorms. Check out the pictures and movies at http://gallery.me.com/damiddleschool#100183 Week two is underway with pictures coming soon. Scratch and Alice camps have had smaller numbers but still working out nicely. We just showed the campers how to create a pong game with scoring. Check ... http://528tech.edublogs.org/2009/07/22/camps-going-well/ I am in the middle of doing the two summer camps I started last year. Lego Mindstorms and Scratch with some Alice. Lego has been full with this week's camp having 21 campers. Check out the wiki for more information and pictures. http://dalegoscratchcamps.wikispaces.com/ I have also started testing out Audio Boo ... http://528tech.edublogs.org/2009/07/22/summer-camps-and-audio-boo/ Students composed a video featuring 3 words to a soundtrack of music performed by DA students and recorded by Sam C. and Tristan S. during their senior project. Great work! 3 Words - Durham Academy from Andrew Herington on Vimeo. http://528tech.edublogs.org/2009/07/14/278/ I have had the pleasure of attending the Adventures in Alice workshop at Duke University this week. http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/alice/aliceInSchools/ It is being taught by Professor. Susan Rodger. I have done some basic work with Alice over the last two years. I was often frustrated since I could not really get going ... http://528tech.edublogs.org/2009/06/24/my-summer-camp-experience/