Month: July 2008

Slinkset

Posted by Larry Ferlazzo | Jul 28, 2008 | web 2.0 |

I’ve been reading about Slinkset in a number of tech blogs over the past couple of weeks. It sounded very intriguing to me from the first time I’ve heard it, but I’ve been grappling about how and if it could be...

Upcoming Student Technology Projects

Posted by Larry Ferlazzo | Jul 28, 2008 | technology |

I thought readers might find it interesting to see what student technology projects I’ll be working on this upcoming school year. Of course, we’ll be continuing the International Sister Classes Project (this time...

Oops!

Posted by Larry Ferlazzo | Jul 28, 2008 | Uncategorized |

I guess I should have looked a little closer at the Go Animate website I reviewed an hour ago. Kathy Shields took a little more time than I did to review the content of Go Animate, and found a fair amount of inappropriate...

What Is This Sport?

Posted by Larry Ferlazzo | Jul 28, 2008 | vocabulary |

What Is This Sport? is another excellent language-learning activity from the British Council. Players have to accurately name an Olympic sport demonstrated by a picture. If they get it correct, a Panda (?) successfully runs over...

Go Animate

Posted by Larry Ferlazzo | Jul 28, 2008 | web 2.0, writing |

(Editor’s Note:Kathy Shields took a little more time than I did to review the content of Go Animate, and found a fair amount of inappropriate content. So, even though it’s a great tool, I have to pull my...