http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org Creating Classrooms Without Walls Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:15:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   The LetterPop free plan allows for 10 flyers to be produced which will be more than enough for most teachers and students. LetterPop has over 300 templates for quick and easy production. This means that newsletters and flyers can be produced very quickly. To start a plan for the number ... http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org/2009/07/03/online-flyers-and-newsletters/ If you are interested in a site where the most complete and current source of information about the Literacy 2.0 will be created the go to Tech N TuIt. This site provides a unified gateway to Web 2.0 resources as they are created through participating members of the Summer Institute ... http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org/2009/06/02/tech-n-tuit/ His eyes bulging with wondrous curiosity, Michael Marino was able to explore his creative side when he developed an integrated project about New York City using audio, video, satellite images, and other digital technologies. “I got to see things and do things I didn’t even know about,” said Marino, a ... http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org/2009/01/24/creating-digital-worlds-with-digital-tools/ Today more than ever before the world faces many difficult and complex problems where the development of broad and powerful thinking is needed. And with these complexities we should be developing ways to educate our students in the context of human intellectual development. We need to find ways to expand ... http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org/2008/12/30/137/ Co-Creating may become one of the most powerful engines of change and innovations that the education world will experience. Co-Creating with other educators across the nation is like tapping a knowledge pool of similar interest, a reservoir of creativity that may emerge through an enthusiastic wealth of talent producing warehouses ... http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/co-creating-with-web-20/ Co-Creating may become one of the most powerful engines of change and innovations that the education world will experience. Co-Creating with other educators across the nation is like tapping a knowledge pool of similar interest, a reservoir of creativity that may emerge through an enthusiastic wealth of talent producing warehouses ... http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/web-20-and-co-creations/ Luckily, the nation’s schools do not seem to be filled with cyber criminals although this does not mean that students will not be creative. To offset the negative impact of student creativity, teachers should make every effort to educate their students on the importance of cyber ethics and safety. As ... http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org/2008/04/17/lessons-on-cyber-ethics/ Since the invention of the printing press, there has been an ongoing debate on how copyright laws should protect individuals who produce, and wish to protect, their original work. Now, with emerging technology and the information highway, policy developers are finding it again necessary to reshape these laws to fit ... http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org/2008/04/15/copyright-and-remixing-digital-media/ Avatars can be used by classroom teachers when designing interactive lessons as a way of interacting with students. Most avatars are known as “bots” and are powered by Natural Language Processing. Some avatars like Crazy Talk allows users to record natural voice overs along with secondary sound recordingd like music. ... http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org/2008/04/07/avatars/ The Digital Sandbox is now sponsoring a new blog entitled Educational Leadership. Educational Leadership is designed to define the roles of leadership and how these roles affect organizational decision making. The primary focus will be to develop definitions around the essential elements of leadership within the dynamics of the school setting ... http://digitalsandbox.edublogs.org/2008/04/05/educational-leadership/