Thing #23 -- Expand Your Mind

Where will your learning journey take you now? We have learned so much, yet there is so much "out there" for us to explore and add to our expanding repertoire of Read/Write web tools. Here's some great places to continue your learning in our own back yard! The professional development opportunities to learn about the Read/Write Web and Online Learning Tools continue to grow in our district -- try out a few!

Discovery Resources:

Atomic Learning -- Learn more about:

• Blogging Workshop
• del.icio.us
• GoogleDocs
• Moodle
• Introduction to Podcasting
• Web 2.0 Workshop
• PBWiki -- Wiki Workshop
• and so many more

St. Vrain Virtual Campus

Office of Professional Development

Discovery Exercise:

• Blog (your Thing #23 post) about some of the things you discovered in this exercise. What did you find that will be useful in your learning journey?
• Where will you go from here?

If you want more:

Continue your journey! Here's some great places to explore more available for you to learn, create, share, and use. Happy learning!

• Second Life -- try your hand in an alternate universe. Explore the learning opportunities, or just see what it is all about... to learn more about why Second Life's 12 million real life users are involved in this virtual life, check out this article: Second Life Sends Users on Virtual Vacations. What about Second Life in Education? Visit InfoIsland -- a virtual library from the Alliance Library System. Visit Cybrary -- a space for participating libraries from around the world to showcase their local resources. Skydive, visit a museum, an art gallery, listen to an author speak, take a class, attend a conference, or even visit an ancient culture. There are no limits in the Second Life! Sound interesting? ...read Getting Started with Second Life. What about for students? Try Teen Second Life.
• Go2Web2.0 -- the Complete Web 2.0 Directory. Here's enough tools to keep you busy for a long time!
• K12 Online Conference 2007 -- participate in conferences -- anytime.
• AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner