Here’s a preview (via Anne) about an upcoming series at Intel Innovation Odyssey on some in our circle of Web loggers. And it even has a picture of some of my students hard at work! Anne highlights this excerpt too:

In addition, in the coming months Intel Innovation in Education will be creating new online resources for teachers who want to learn more about using weblogs. Educators interested in this emerging technology can watch for resources that will address how to use weblogs effectively in the classroom, where to find free space for hosting a site, and how to gain access to other useful resources.

Hopefully some of that will spring from our discussions with Intel at NECC.

And somewhat related is that it looks like the mini-blogvention with Joe and Tim will actually occur tomorrow and Friday. I’m really looking forward to meeting Joe, seeing Tim again, and making a visit to Brooklyn to see Web logging kids at work.
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From Phil Windley:

Among the problems cited by educators in teaching critical thinking skills to students are the lack of access to primary sources of information, the inability of students to experiment with thoughts and concepts before committing to them (on a test for example), and the difficulty students have getting multiple, valid outside reviews of what they are thinking. Weblogs are a solution to these problems. Weblogs allow teachers to guide informal classroom activity and to see student’s work before its time for the test or final paper. Students gain a vehicle for creatively experimenting with thoughts and concepts and easily accessing, cataloging and storing outside information related to their interests.

This kind of speaks to this private/public debate and echoes Greg’s desire for the privacy of drafting and experimentation. The more I think about this, the more I’m tending to agree that the messy stuff should probably go on behind closed doors while the public part of the Web log is reserved for finished (for now) products. I think with the incorporation of such access levels in the new Frontier, I am starting to put together a pretty coherent picture of what that will look like. Too bad I won’t be able to implement it until next fall…
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(Via elearningpost) A really comprehensive article on how to build a Web site using a CMS (like Manila). An excerpt that especially resonates:

Previously, JISC web content was produced by a small number of staff, using a centralised model to mount content and make changes. This approach often resulted in internal delays and frustration. The site lacked any automated features to maintain time-limited content such as news and events and, as such, this type of content could not easily be managed.

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