Archive for March 10th, 2005

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Kathy Cassidy’s Grade one students are blogging using David Warlick’s Blogmeister. You’ve never heard so many excited writers….”I’ve had 30 reads”, “Someone commented on my article!”, “Look at my story!”
Westmount bloggers
Head over to her blog and write back to these eager writers. Click on the student’s name, and comment. (leave the class password are blank)

I’ll be doing some sessions for our teachers over the next few months. Topics include:

  • Blogging Basics
  • Blogmeister
  • Furl
  • RSS
  • Flickr
  • Geocaching

I’m always looking for resources for these topics so if you think you have any hidden gems, send them my way!

This story sent to me by my colleague Dustin Swanson. Blogging seems to be getting recognition as legitimate media.

CNN.com - White House admits first blogger to news briefing - Mar 7, 2005

Now this is cool. I’ve mentioned Google maps before but didn’t realize you could make your own. I’d to see if anyone has done this. Again, my only complaint is lack of detail on the Canadian side. Also, Alec Couros (via Rick’s Canadian cafe) pointed me to Map24 which is an excellent mapping service as well.

But the ability to make it your own…I like that. Okay, it’s fairly technical but it can be done. The instructions are all there. Anyone up for a challenge? I also see a direct connection to my new passion of Geocaching. I’ll likely refrain from showing this one to my father as the daily phone calls from Florida for technology coaching will increase beyond my current capacity.

HOW-TO: Make your own annotated multimedia Google map