Showing posts with label yahoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yahoo. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Why Web 2.0 Isn't Relevant for the (Education) Masses...Yet
Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li spends her time between two worlds: the early adopter Web 2.0 crowd and the broader business users who don't quite get them.
Here, she explains why all that Facebook-MySpace-Twitter-Digg excitement aside, most of the world just doesn't find Web 2.0 relevant and what entrepreneurs need to do to fix that.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Yahoo! For Teachers + Twitter
It appears that Earl, the Yahoo! For Teachers spokesowl, has discovered the joys of Twitter. And even though he would much rather "hoo" than "tweet"-- he still thinks Twitter is pretty slick.
He's agreed use Twitter as a way to keep everyone up-to-date with breaking community news, links to useful resources along a few random bits of information.
You can follow Earl by clicking here:
http://twitter.com/yahooteachers
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He's agreed use Twitter as a way to keep everyone up-to-date with breaking community news, links to useful resources along a few random bits of information.
You can follow Earl by clicking here:
http://twitter.com/yahooteachers
Related Resources
Monday, September 17, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Blog Buzz: Yahoo! For Teachers
I thought I'd share a couple great blog posts by some folks who got a sneak peak at Yahoo! For Teachers at the Adaptive Path UX Week conference in Washington D.C. a week or so ago.
We appreciate the positive feedback and credit the contributions of the teachers who partnered with us last summer to develop Yahoo! Teachers, as well as the many educators who had the opportunity to use Yahoo! For Teachers at our national summer workshops.
You can learn more about Yahoo! For Teachers, sign-up for an invite, and join your colleagues on the Peer Network map over on our website.
Official Yahoo! For Teachers GroupsTuesday, August 21, 2007
AT&T Education: Four Stars for Jumpcut!
Jumpcut, the free suite of video editing and remixing tools, was recently featured as the AT&T Education "Hot Site of the Week"!
Many thanks to our friends at AT&T Education for featuring Jumpcut. Come join the Jumpcut + Yahoo! For Teachers group and share your video project and clips with other educators.
Jumpcut is Yahoo! too, so if you already have a Yahoo! ID, you're all set to go!
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Many thanks to our friends at AT&T Education for featuring Jumpcut. Come join the Jumpcut + Yahoo! For Teachers group and share your video project and clips with other educators.
Jumpcut is Yahoo! too, so if you already have a Yahoo! ID, you're all set to go!
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Sunday, June 10, 2007
alpha (beta): customized search
Psssst. Hey. Want to try something cool? Check out Alpha. It's pretty slick.
It's powered by Yahoo! Search, so you can log in using your Yahoo! ID and create customized information source modules. This is a really handy way to search multiple sites with a single query from information sources you already know and trust in a single place.
When you use Alpha to search for, say, Yahoo! Teachers, you get your regular search results along with video from Jumpcut, pictures from Flickr, or Yahoo! Answers related to that query.
Best of all, you have the flexiblity to add or remove information sources until you get the mix just right.
Give it a try! And check out the alpha (beta) blog too for tips and tricks.
It's powered by Yahoo! Search, so you can log in using your Yahoo! ID and create customized information source modules. This is a really handy way to search multiple sites with a single query from information sources you already know and trust in a single place.
When you use Alpha to search for, say, Yahoo! Teachers, you get your regular search results along with video from Jumpcut, pictures from Flickr, or Yahoo! Answers related to that query.
Best of all, you have the flexiblity to add or remove information sources until you get the mix just right.
Give it a try! And check out the alpha (beta) blog too for tips and tricks.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
It's About Relationships: Yahoo! Teachers Groups
Yahoo! Teachers has set up a Yahoo! Group where you can connect with your colleagues, learn more about Yahoo! Teachers, and discover how other educators are using technology in the classroom.
They’ve even started a Yahoo! Teachers group on Flickr where you can meet other teachers who are using Flickr in their classroom. Yahoo! Teachers will also be posting photographs from all our events this summer on Flickr.
So please join the Yahoo! Teachers groups so you can contribute to the building of this new community for teachers.
They’ve even started a Yahoo! Teachers group on Flickr where you can meet other teachers who are using Flickr in their classroom. Yahoo! Teachers will also be posting photographs from all our events this summer on Flickr.
So please join the Yahoo! Teachers groups so you can contribute to the building of this new community for teachers.
- Yahoo Groups + Yahoo! Teachers:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yteachers_community/
- Flickr + Yahoo! Teachers:
http://flickr.com/groups/yahoo-teachers/
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Monday, June 04, 2007
Yahoo! Teachers Workshops 2007
Today Yahoo! Teachers announced the dates and locations for their 2007 Yahoo! Teachers workshops! You can learn more about the workshops and get an application by clicking here.
Come join your colleagues and learn how to use Yahoo! Teachers and the Gobbler in your classroom. This is an excellent opportunity to learn how to use social media tools to support student learning as well as connect and meet other passionate educators like you!
We had a great time at our 2006 Yahoo! Teachers workshop and expect this year to be even better! So this summer, come spend a day with Yahoo! Teachers.
Come join your colleagues and learn how to use Yahoo! Teachers and the Gobbler in your classroom. This is an excellent opportunity to learn how to use social media tools to support student learning as well as connect and meet other passionate educators like you!
We had a great time at our 2006 Yahoo! Teachers workshop and expect this year to be even better! So this summer, come spend a day with Yahoo! Teachers.
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Are You a Totally Wired Teacher?
This July at the 2007 Y Pulse Mashup in San Francisco, Yahoo! Teachers and the George Lucas Educational Foundation will honor a teacher who has "successfully pioneered the innovative and educational use of social media (blogs, wikis, social networking, photo/video sharing or audio groups) in the classroom.
The award-winner likely had to overcome challenges from parents and administrators in order to use the technology, but because they understand how students use social media outside of school, they persevered with their initiative and worked collaboratively with students, ultimately sharing their insight and knowledge with the larger teaching community." (via)
If you, or a teacher you know is Totally Wired, you can nominate them by sending and email along with why you feel they are deserving to : jdaly@edutopia.org.
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The award-winner likely had to overcome challenges from parents and administrators in order to use the technology, but because they understand how students use social media outside of school, they persevered with their initiative and worked collaboratively with students, ultimately sharing their insight and knowledge with the larger teaching community." (via)
If you, or a teacher you know is Totally Wired, you can nominate them by sending and email along with why you feel they are deserving to : jdaly@edutopia.org.
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Monday, May 21, 2007
Yahoo! Teachers Documentary: By Teachers, for Teachers
Excerpt from a documentary made during the Yahoo! Teachers, Summer Session 2006 camp held on the Yahoo! campus. Check out http://teachers.yahoo.com to see what educators and Yahoo! created together!
Be sure to check the Yahoo! Teachers site for information about upcoming workshops in a city near you!
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Yahoo! Teachers Open House @ Tapped In
On Wednesday May 16th there will be a 1 hour Yahoo! Teachers open house in our Tapped In Group Office (Yahoo!Teachers_Grp) at 4pm & 6:30pm Pacific Time.
Tapped In (TI) is free, but if you don't have a TI login and password you'll need to get registered in order to attend the open house. My TI handle is DerekB, so look for me!
Learn How Yahoo! Worked With Educators to Create Yahoo! For Teachers.
I'll be answering questions about Yahoo! Teachers and other Yahoo! tools you can use in your classroom. It's also a great opportunity for you to get ideas, support and connect with other teachers. It's going to be pretty casual, so drop by and say hello!
If you haven't already, check out Yahoo! For Teachers, an exciting new community built by teachers, for teachers.
You can watch the Sneak Peek video and see how Sue Wright, one of the teachers we've been working with to help develop this new service, has been using Yahoo! For Teachers and the Gobbler in her classroom.
Tapped In (TI) is free, but if you don't have a TI login and password you'll need to get registered in order to attend the open house. My TI handle is DerekB, so look for me!
Learn How Yahoo! Worked With Educators to Create Yahoo! For Teachers.
I'll be answering questions about Yahoo! Teachers and other Yahoo! tools you can use in your classroom. It's also a great opportunity for you to get ideas, support and connect with other teachers. It's going to be pretty casual, so drop by and say hello!
If you haven't already, check out Yahoo! For Teachers, an exciting new community built by teachers, for teachers.
You can watch the Sneak Peek video and see how Sue Wright, one of the teachers we've been working with to help develop this new service, has been using Yahoo! For Teachers and the Gobbler in her classroom.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Yahoo! Teachers Impresses Singapore PM
On Monday, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spent some time here on the Yahoo! campus to learn more about our innovation process and to take a look at some of the newest products being developed here at Yahoo!
In addition to the new Yahoo! oneSearch mobile service, the prime minister also got a sneak peak at Yahoo! Teachers. Karon Weber, our principal designer, showed him how teachers can use the Gobbler and Yahoo! Teachers to create, collaborate and connect with each other.
The entire Yahoo! Teachers team is honored to have the opportunity to share Yahoo! Teachers with Prime Minister Lee and look forward to sharing this new service with the rest of the teaching community this summer.
If you haven't seen our Yahoo! Teachers preview site, go check it out. Be sure to sign up for an invite and get connected on our Peer Network Map.
In addition to the new Yahoo! oneSearch mobile service, the prime minister also got a sneak peak at Yahoo! Teachers. Karon Weber, our principal designer, showed him how teachers can use the Gobbler and Yahoo! Teachers to create, collaborate and connect with each other.
The entire Yahoo! Teachers team is honored to have the opportunity to share Yahoo! Teachers with Prime Minister Lee and look forward to sharing this new service with the rest of the teaching community this summer.
If you haven't seen our Yahoo! Teachers preview site, go check it out. Be sure to sign up for an invite and get connected on our Peer Network Map.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Look Ma! No Downloads: Yahoo! Messenger for the Web
Last November at our second Yahoo! Teachers Workshop, we had the Yahoo! Messenger team pop over and share some tips, tricks and features of Yahoo! Messenger with our cadre of teachers.
Needless to say, our group of teachers were pretty impressed and quickly saw how Yahoo! Messenger can be used to collaborate with parents, students, and each other.
In fact, they were so happy to learn that Yahoo! Messenger had been mashed into Yahoo! Teachers, they could barley contain their urge to yodel.
Watch this short video to learn more about Yahoo! Messenger for Web
One of the really cool features of the soon-to-be-launched Yahoo! Teachers tool is that we've integrated Yahoo! Messenger to make it even easier for you to collaborate with members of the Yahoo! Teachers community.
Using Yahoo! Messenger, teachers will have real-time access to colleagues and their curriculum so they can ask questions and discuss ideas via Yahoo! Messenger right from Yahoo! Teachers . Think of it as a virtual teachers lounge!
Last week our friends over on the Yahoo! Messenger team released a new web-based version of Yahoo! Messenger that requires no downloads! Yes, you heard that correctly--no downloads. Here's the skinny from the Yahoo! Messenger blog:
Pretty cool eh? So why not give Yahoo! Messenger for the Web a whirl? And if you haven't signed up for a Yahoo! Teachers invite, do that too!"Ever wish you could use Yahoo! Messenger without having to download or install anything? Well, today is your lucky day: please give a big Yahoo! welcome to the all-new Yahoo! Messenger for the Web .
Now you can sign in from any web browser (PC or Mac!) and immediately start IM’ing with friends. This is great for when you’re on someone else’s computer or traveling and need to stop in an internet café.
Plus, time at work just got a lot more fun. If you or a friend is prevented from IM’ing at the office due to firewalls or other IT restrictions, you’ll love this new version. Because Yahoo! Messenger for the Web runs in a regular web browser window, it sidesteps these obstacles and lets you connect easily with your friends."
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Yahoo! Safely: Net Safety Resources for Teachers & Parents
How does Yahoo! help keep kids safe online? Find out on the recently launched Yahoo! Safely site! As the most trafficked internet destination in the world, Yahoo! is committed to ensuring that the 30 million children on the internet in the US are exploring it safely.
The new Yahoo! Safely site collects resources, knowledge and expertise from across the Web for children, parents, and educators to raise awareness about the importance of safety, ethics and piracy.
Check out some of the interactive features on Yahoo! Safely that help kids form safe and smart Internet habits early in life:
The new Yahoo! Safely site collects resources, knowledge and expertise from across the Web for children, parents, and educators to raise awareness about the importance of safety, ethics and piracy.
Check out some of the interactive features on Yahoo! Safely that help kids form safe and smart Internet habits early in life:
- Games and Activities – Play cyber-safety games online
- Clips and Videos – Watch educational videos that help kids become good cyber-citizens
- Weekly Poll – Vote on opinions about safe practices
- Avatar ID Card – Submit Avatars to be featured in the gallery
- Online Safety Forum for Parents – Join in the discussion about online child safety
- Tech Advisor Articles – Get expert advice from Yahoo! Tech bloggers
Related Resources
- Media Awareness Network (MNet)
- Be Web Aware (en)(fr)
- eSchool News: "Programs Aim to Stop "cyberbullying"
- New York Times: Cyberbullies
- GetNetWise.org
- BBC > Safe Surfing
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Yahoo! Teachers: Your Passion, Our Technology
Yahoo! Teachers was launched today at the 2007 National Science Teacher Association conference in St. Louis. Check it out!
Don't forget to put yourself on the Yahoo! Teacher Network map and join teachers from around the country (and the world) in this new community!
Come join Yahoo! Teachers.....we're just getting started!
Monday, March 12, 2007
Innovation: Yahoo! Research Berkeley
What do you get when you combine the brain power at Yahoo! and UC Berkeley? Big time innovation! Watch this video to get a tour inside Yahoo! Research Berkeley--a world-class research organization that focuses on creating the next big thing on the web.
But if you think it's all work and no play---you'd be wrong! Take a peek at this video and discover how "hard fun" is an integral part of the Yahoo! culture.
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Do you wiki?
Do you use a wiki in your classroom? Has it changed the way you teach? Share your thoughts on this topic or see what your peers have to say about it over on Yahoo! Answers.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Teaching Toolbox: del.icio.us Tutorial
Video originally uploaded on YouTube by jutecht on March 8, 2006.
This is a fantastic video tutorial on using del.icio.us in the classroom! Social bookmarking tools like del.icio.us are a great and easy way to find those hidden threads of community knowledge.
Give it a try--soon you'll wonder how you lived on the web with out it!
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Digital History + Yahoo! Time Capsule Project
Looking for a way to get your students interested in history?
Well, Yahoo! and the Smithsonian may have just the project that provides a way for students to get actively involved in history and use all those digital Web 2.0 tools they love so much!
From now through November 8th, your students can contribute a digital artifact to the Yahoo! Time Capsule by submitting a photograph, social studies movie, video, audio podcast, classroom blog, or other classroom project.
This is a great way for students to share their work, be involved in living history, and connect with the larger world outside their classroom.
The Yahoo! Time Capsule Project is a joint partnership with the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in Washington D.C. But hurry! You only have until November 8th to share your contribution.
Here's some more information about the Yahoo! Time Capsule + Smithsonian Folkways Project:
"For 30 days, from October 10 until November 8, Yahoo! users worldwide can contribute photos, writings, videos, audio — even drawings — to this electronic anthropology project.
This is the first time that digital data will be gathered and preserved for historical purposes. And by November 8, a mosaic of revealing snapshots will be sealed and entrusted to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings based in Washington D.C., officially taking its place in history.
Finally, to thank you for your contribution to the Time Capsule, you’ll be asked to help us select how Yahoo! will donate $100,000 to seven global charitable organizations. Learn more about these seven organizations.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Y! 360 Toolbox: Stevenson Library Blog
Yahoo! Teachers of Merit, Summer 2006 alumnus Kay Hones has a fantastic Y! 360 blog showcasing education programs at Stevenson Library and weekly updates of programs, events, and literacy happenings!
Kay has a seemingly endless trove of resources and it's great to see her have a forum to share these resources with other librarians, educators, and students.
Great work Kay!
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