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If Facebook can make Scrabble (Scrabulous) cool, why not keyboarding? I’ve discovered that 2 of my favorite keyboarding activities can be added as Facebook apps……………one step forward for the cool factor of business ed, right? Well, probably not, but this geeky teacher can dream, right?
Check out Fingerjig and Typing Master for some [...]
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Ok, this is really only breaking news because I want to take credit for convincing James to do this :-) All you need to do is follow @edublogs to get all the latest and greatest news on our favorite edublogger platform! So, play along and let’s show the power of the edublogger/twitter network………………..
On a side note, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Here are some posts that I came across today that are must-reads for anyone interested in education and technology.
Good Teaching + Low Tech = High Achievement (Patrick Woessner)
This post discusses student achievement in Finland and how high tech doesn’t necessarily improve teaching. It also includes an interesting video from the Wall Street Journal. It’s an excellent follow-up [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
Photo: bartimaeus on Flickr CC
I was actually tagged by 2 bloggers for this meme: Diane Cordell and Cindy Seibel.
The rules are simple.
1. Think about what you are passionate about teaching your students.
2. Post a picture from a source like FlickrCC or Flickr Creative Commons or make/take your own that captures what YOU are most passionate [...]
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TIME Magazine — U.S. Edition via kwout
I sat down with my newest issue of TIME magazine (U.S. Edition) this afternoon with great anticipation - the cover reads “How to Make Better Teachers” - of COURSE I needed to read this! The cover article is interesting and focuses on how to attract and keep good teachers, and [...]
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I’m writing this on my 3rd day at home with a sick baby this week……….not the best place to be for a teacher. This is EXACTLY why I was extremely hesitant to re-enter the workforce after having my children and staying home with them for 2 years. I knew too well how fragile every single [...]
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My daily “why doesn’t this exist?” thought - if it does exist and I missed it, please fill me in!
After reading a Classroom 2.0 Forum discussion yesterday on networking on Twitter, I realized that Twitter is sorely missing something - networks. On Facebook you have the capability to join a particular network based on location, interests, [...]
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Posted in Tools, Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2008 1 Comment »
In my previous post on del.icio.us, I expressed my dismay that it was really difficult to bookmark anything if you weren’t able to download the del.icio.us buttons to your school computer. Well, readers came to my rescue and provided tips that should help me and other teachers who are unable to download at school. Patrick shared his [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2008 1 Comment »
Just want to clear something up after my post yesterday - I am NOT bashing the challenge in any way shape or form. I fully support my friends who are working on it and will continue to read the blogs and help in any way that I can. I just felt that I could no [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2008 4 Comments »
I learn so many new things every day from my network (and Lucy, I know you didn’t coin PLN, but your blog is where I saw it first!), it just blows me away. Yesterday was one of the spectacular ones where I was hit from all sides with ideas, resources, advice, and yes, a little [...]
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