Saturday, January 1, 2011

History for Music Lovers

History for Music Lovers
http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers#g/u

Classroom ideas : Clever video parodies, great for history. Useful as introductions to units. Students could also create their own.

Reflections on being an Echo Chamber:  
I discovered this tool came from Joyce Valenza 's NeverEndingSearch http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch .  I get many great ideas from her and other tech and ed blog writers. In fact that is where I get all my tools.  It has surprised me how creative I feel in using and presenting to others these tools when I know I did not make or discover them.  At best I am a fourth or fifth level echo-er.  But I take heart in my echoes, because I hope they aid the teachers and students I work with every day,  And my small echoing  transforms these tools into new uses.  Maybe this is how being a grandparent feels :)

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