Intrepid Classroom » Tools http://intrepidclassroom.edublogs.org What do you want to learn today? Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:55:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Trapped in a Ning http://intrepidclassroom.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/trapped-in-a-ning/ http://intrepidclassroom.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/trapped-in-a-ning/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:26:05 +0000 Intrepidteacher http://intrepidclassroom.edublogs.org/?p=37 I read a lot of material online. My RSS feeder is usually hovering with about one hundred unread posts and articles. In the spirit of opening up my network to you the students, I have decided to share some of the relevent and pertinent information I find with you.

I have recently discovered a blogger named Injenuity, and I find her posts to be easy to read, insightful, yet very  dense and full of valuable insight into the world of online communities. She recently wrote a post about her dissipating love of Nings. Seeing that Ning has become one of our most used tools, I was curious to hear what you think about what she has to say. Please feel free to comment on her blog, link back here, or to your own blog to let us know what you think. Use whichever tool you think best; the important thing is that you share what you say in other communities with this one here.

]]> http://intrepidclassroom.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/trapped-in-a-ning/feed/ 0 Future Tool http://intrepidclassroom.edublogs.org/2008/05/25/future-tool/ http://intrepidclassroom.edublogs.org/2008/05/25/future-tool/#comments Sun, 25 May 2008 08:47:05 +0000 Intrepidteacher http://intrepidclassroom.edublogs.org/?p=29 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 past that Intrepid Classroom is an experiment in learning, motivation, and action. I hope that together we can prove that young people, when given a platform can and will study, learn, and act for the sake of learning, not for some arbitray superficial grade that will get them into the “right” college thus triggering the “right” job and eternal happiness. But that is a whole other blog post, I am here right now to whet your appetite about a new tool, that was brought to my attention that may prove to be very useful for everything we are doing here at Intrepid Classroom.

I am in the process of exploring WizIQ. It seems to be a great platform for allowing us to have some real time live classroom sessions. I know timezones will prove challenging, but this way we can meet and have class hopefully once a month if not more often to discuss ideas, projects, and other points of information.

Watch this video and think of ways we can use this great new tool. I will sign up soon and send all members whatever you need to participate. In the meantime, there a few new discussion on the Ning that could use some input and the story has been on hold for a few days. Let’s not lose momentum.

Here is some information on WizIQ:

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