Happens Today: Reinventing the Classroom Conference

Reinventing the Classroom conference Happens Today tonight for two days "Wednesday April 30th and Thursday May 1st, 2014 (May 2nd in some time zones)". This online free world-wide conference is a unique chance to participate in a collaborative global conversation on innovative classroom uses of ed tech with presentations by your peers. 

To be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please join the Reinventing the Classroom network and conference website. Follow conference discussions on Twitter using #reinvent14.  

Conference strands include the following topics:  

How to Get your Visitors Comment on Google Sites!

Google Sites is a fantastic platform that helps you to create fabulous customized websites in a short time. It also enables you to invite other people to collaborate and leave comments. However, when it comes to viewers and visitors, it provides users nothing. Public can only view the website and leave without saying anything.

That is why I decided to find a way which can be integrated in Google Sites.The two resources below helped me a lot to embed a discussion forum easily and let the conversation go on my site:

WANT, but I have NOT

Sometimes, I feel I strongly want to write a story, but no words come out as powerful as my feelings and desire to express my inside. I am quite good at writing instructions and explanations to my students and colleagues, posts about my teaching experiences, or debates to explain my viewpoints with others. My problem arises when it comes to writing stories and descriptions.  

I know I have a great desire to start writing creatively. 

Want 2 Write Fiction! Why NOT Join FutureLearn FREE Course on April 28, 2014?

Derek Neale starts a new online course "Start Writing Fiction" on the FutureLearn platform on April 28, 2014 for 8 weeks. This hands-on course helps you to get started with your own fiction writing, focusing on the central skill of creating characters.