Posted in Education on May 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
At its most fundamental level the Internet is nothing more than a way to spread and share information. Sometimes this information is produced by the person sharing it, but more often than not the Internet is simply the passing of acquired information. We share information in hopes that it will help us better connect with [...]
Posted in Networking, Tools, YouTube on May 25th, 2008 No Comments »
All quite on all fronts! I think everyone is feeling the pressure, excitement, and stress that comes form the end of another school year. I am most excited because I have some big plans for the summer, and I hope you are willing and excited to come along. I have mentioned several times in the [...]
Posted in Mission Statement, YouTube on May 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
Here is the first of what I hope to be many video trailers for this class. I would love to see more videos from members or readers about what Intrepid Classroom means to you:
Please embed and share with as many people as you can. Get it out there!
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Posted in RSS on May 18th, 2008 No Comments »
I am not sure how technologically comfortable everyone is, so it is a good idea to occasionally stop and make sure that everyone is able to do some very useful and necessary things on the Internet. As you become more and more involved with this class and start reading more blogs by its members, it [...]
Posted in Films, Globalization, Raising Awareness, YouTube on May 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Life and Debt is the first entry in the film section of our blog. Film like music can be a powerful artform to help raise awareness and bring about change. Film is a wonderful medium to merge visual images, music, as well as narrated text. This stunning film by Stephanie Black is a [...]
Posted in Networking, Ning, Procedures on May 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
Hello members of Intrepid Classroom and first time readers. We are up to twenty-six members, and while I am waiting for school to end to present a few big project ideas, many of you are already getting started by doing a variety of exciting things. I have been receiving some questions lately, so I think [...]
Posted in We Are One, Wiki, Writing on May 14th, 2008 12 Comments »
A few weeks ago Lindsea wrote a post about non-linear thinking. One line in her post grabbed my attention, “I am just one continuous story.” It immediately made me think about how we are all one continuous story. We enter and leave each other’s narratives, sometimes leaving our mark, while sometime we are forgotten. We [...]
Posted in Music on May 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
Now did you want to see me broken,
bowed head and lowered eyes,
shoulders fallen down like teardrops,
weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my confidence upset you?
Don’t you take it awful hard cause I walk,
like I’ve got a diamond mine breakin’ up in my front yard.
So you may shoot me with your words,
you may cut me with your [...]
Posted in Power Point, Raising Awareness on May 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
Have you ever seen or created a Powerpoint presentation that you really liked? Well there is a simple way to share presentations with larger audience than your “real” classroom. It is a site called SlideShare. You need to create an account, but once you do Slideshare allows you to upload presentations and then share them [...]
Posted in Networking, Ning on May 12th, 2008 6 Comments »
As we begin to use more and more web tools to share our work, collaborate with each other, raise awareness, it is a good idea to stop every once in a while to recap which tool is best for each job. Some people may be experts with these tools, while others may still be [...]
