http://www.edtechtalk.com/taxonomy/term/1080 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.edtechtalk.com/node/3060 <h2 class="date-header"><span style="font-size: small">Listen to this podcast of 8th grade students from Maryland and Virginia talking about Darfur.</span></h2> <h2 class="date-header"><span style="font-size: small">Then go to <a href="http://manyvoicesdarfur.blogspot.com/" target="blank">Many Voices for Darfur</a> with you students and have them add their thoughts.</span></h2> <h2 class="date-header"><span style="font-size: small">Thursday and Friday, March 6 and 7, 2008</span></h2> <p> <img src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_bZAOLCZrNL4/R6YFmTlvoUI/AAAAAAAAAAk/TGAu4set4SQ/S700/DarfurNavBar.jpg" height="100" width="594" /> </p> <p align="center"> <b><br /> </b> </p> <h3 style="margin-left: 40px" class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://stopgenocide.wikispaces.com/">Many Voices for Darfur</a> </h3> <div style="margin-left: 40px" class="post-body entry-content"> <p> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #663333">For 48 hours, starting at midnight Eastern standard time on March 6, 2008, many student voices will be collected in the name of those suffering in Darfur. Be sure that your voice is among them.</span> Men, women, and children in the <a href="http://z.about.com/d/worldnews/1/0/T/1/-/-/Darfur_map.png">Darfur region of Sudan</a> are dying. The Sudan militia and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janjeweed">Janjaweed</a> are responsible for as many as 500,000 deaths and 2,500,000 displaced refugees. You can learn more about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide">genocide</a> taking place in Darfur by visiting the <a href="http://stopgenocide.wikispaces.com/">Many Voices for Darfur Wiki</a>. Once you have had a chance to learn more about Darfur, please post your comment to one or more of the following prompts below: </p> <ol> <li>If you could visit the camps in <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cd.html">Chad</a> and sit down one-on-one with a refugee who is your age, how would you explain what you or others are doing in your country to spread awareness and make a difference? </li> <li> Write an open letter to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_al-Bashir">Omar al-Bashir</a> pleading your case for the Darfur region of Sudan. </li> <li>Write an open letter to leaders in your country to make a case for government support of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_the_War_in_Darfur">international efforts</a> in Darfur.</li> </ol> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px" class="post-body entry-content"> <span style="font-weight: bold">Please read these <a href="http://stopgenocide.wikispaces.com/comments">RULES and GUIDELINES</a> before posting your comment.</span> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px" class="post-body entry-content"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px" class="post-body entry-content"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px" class="post-body entry-content"> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> <a href="/node/3061" class="node" target="blank"><b> Chat Log</b></a> </div> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p align="center"> <b><br /> </b> </p> <p><a href="http://www.edtechtalk.com/node/3060">read more</a></p> http://www.edtechtalk.com/node/3060#comments Teachers Teaching Teachers Bill Ferriter Darfur George Mayo Lee_Baber Paul_Allison students Wendy Drexler 37:40 no Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:02:00 -0600 Paul Allison 3060 at http://www.edtechtalk.com http://www.edtechtalk.com/node/3023 <p> Some educators, including some of us who meet regularly on Teachers Teaching Teachers, have begun to find places in our curriculum for microblogging. </p> <div style="margin-left: 40px"> “Compared to regular blogging, microblogging fulfills a need for an even faster mode of communication. By <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/85666927@N00/1921842131" title="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/1921842131_c2c7a5b20e.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/2188/1921842131_c2c7a5b20e.jpg" title="David Karp" alt="http://www.flickr.com/photos/85666927@N00/1921842131" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right" align="right" height="181" hspace="10" vspace="15" width="278" /></a>encouraging shorter posts, it lowers users’ requirement of time and thought investment for content generation. This is also one of its main differentiating factors from blogging in general. The second important difference is the frequency of update. On average, a prolific blogger may update her blog once every few days; on the other hand a microblogger may post several updates in a single day.” (Java Akshay, Tim Finin, Xaiodan Song, Bell Tseng, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2geq48" target="_blank">Why We Twitter: U</a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8788342@N08/949798984" title="Demobilize child soldiers in the Central African Republic"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1409/949798984_cbb9142547.jpg" style="margin: 10px 10px 0pt 0pt; float: left" align="left" height="248" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="168" /></a><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2geq48" target="_blank">nderstanding Microblogging Usage and Communitites</a>. August 12, 2007) </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px">   </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px"> </div> <div> </div> <div> At the beginning of this podcast we explore microblogging with <a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/would-you-take-tumblr-man" target="_blank"><span class="nfakPe">David</span> <span class="nfakPe">Karp</span>, the 21-year-old fou</a><a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/would-you-take-tumblr-man" target="_blank">nder of Tumblr</a>, an interesting new blogging platform that some of us have begun to use. VoiceThread founders, Ben Pappel and Steve Muth join us in this conversation as well. (Read more about microblogging below.) </div> <div>   </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> In the last 15 or 20 minutes, (beginning at 31:14) we are joined by George Mayo, an 8th grade teacher in Maryland, and Wendy Dexler, a 3rd grade teacher in Florida, who joined each other at <a href="http://educon20.wikispaces.com/">Educon 2.0</a> to create a Global Darfur Awareness Event which will take place on March 6th. (Read more about this project below.) </div> <div>   </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <center><a href="/node/3024" class="node"><b><span style="font-size: medium">Chat Log</span></b></a></center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center><center> </center> </div> <p><a href="http://www.edtechtalk.com/node/3023">read more</a></p> http://www.edtechtalk.com/node/3023#comments Teachers Teaching Teachers Ben Papell Darfur David Karp Ed.VoiceThread George Mayo microblogging Paul_Allison Steve Muth Susan_Ettenheim tumblr Wendy Dexler Youth Twitter 49:00 no Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:07:42 -0600 Paul Allison 3023 at http://www.edtechtalk.com