Despite my long summer absence, I have been very busy preparing new technology for this upcoming school year. My most recent project is developing math courses using Moodle. Four of us (3 teachers and our tech director) attended the MUG NW Summer Moodle Bootcamp in July and two us us are currently participating in an online Moodle course, Create Powerful Online Learning with Moodle. We are also working on developing our Moodle courses for this upcoming school year; you can view my courses (they are works in progress!) at Woodland School District Courses. I would appreciate your feedback!
In the midst of all that, I spent two weeks in Maui which was fantastic – I snorkeled with a shark and a barracuda (not purposely, believe me!) and learned to surf! Click on the pics below if you’d like to see more Hawaii pics on Facebook. 
Aloha!
For those who want to learn more about mathcasts, I’m pleased to announce that Tim Fahlberg along with a wonderful team of partners (including yours truly 
) will be conducting a session at NECC entitled Mathcast Spaces: Thinking, Doing, and Sharing Mathematics Out Loud.
Presenting at EduComm this year was a great experience but didn’t really allow time in my schedule to attend any sessions. Well, here is a page of 2007 EduComm Post-Event Conference Material with links to handouts and videos of sessions so now I can watch them. And so can you.
If you currently use blogs or are thinking of implementing them this year, here’s a great overview of blogging in the classroom at Remote Access.
Looking for ways to learn about or teach others about wikis, social networking, or RSS feeds? Scott McLeod at Dangerously Irrelevant has compiled a list of great “in Plain English” videos by Commoncraft that will explain these topics. I have only seen the wiki video in its entirety; it does a great job of explaining what a wiki is in terms that non-techies can easily understand. I’m looking forward to seeing the other videos and sharing them with staff!
Kathy Schrock posted a link to a great video that explains wikis in plain English.
