Mr. Higgins’ Blog

Going into my third year of teaching, I would like to thank all of the avid blog readers for taking the time to discuss issues relating to Math, AP Computer, Education, and Web 2.0.  It is quite a motivating feeling when I know that others are reading the material and expanding on the ideas of [...]

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This blog entry is for TEC-950: Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom Think back on all the Web 2.0 tools that you explored and investigated throughout this course. Which one really stood out? Describe the tool and how you would like to engage your students with this technology. The tool that obviously blows my mind [...]

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This blog entry is for TEC-950: Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom Clearly, educators play a vital role ensuring that students are prepared to be productive in the 21st Century. Discuss the challenges educators will have in making sure their students have the literacies they will need to reach this goal. How will educators have [...]

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This blog entry is for TEC-950: Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom Summarize your experience exploring the photo-sharing sites on your Web 2.0 Technology Blog. Upload the photo that you selected and publish your thoughts on using Flickr or one of the other photo sites in the classroom. I chose the photo seen below about [...]

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This blog entry is for TEC-950: Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom Summarize your experience exploring the social bookmarking sites on your Web 2.0 Technology Blog. Add a linkroll to your blog to include your del.icio.us bookmarks. I not exactly add the del.icio.us widget correctly; however, I took websites from my bookmarks and manually added [...]

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This blog entry is for TEC-950: Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom Summarize your experience exploring RSS and setting up your feed reader on your Web 2.0 Technology Blog. I really enjoy using RSS Feeds to break up content and gain content from other sources.  I am just as interested in RSS Feeds as email; [...]

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This blog entry is for TEC-950: Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom Discuss your experience exploring the wiki sites and creating your wiki. I have enjoyed using wikis throughout my Web 2.0 reign on the internet.  I have used them for my own classes and often run into PBWiki and Wikispaces when dealing with professional [...]

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This blog entry is for TEC-950: Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom Do you feel you will use blogs with your students? How do you plan on using them? I have used blogging with my students for my entire school career (2 years).  I have used blogging in Web Development and Honors Algebra II to [...]

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