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One Location For All "Best Websites..." Lists

I just wanted to make sure that everyone knew that links to all of the different "Best Websites..." lists I've been posting about can be found in one place:

Websites Of The Year

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/about/websites-of-the-year/

There are now twenty-two different ranked lists,…

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Added by Larry Ferlazzo on February 2, 2008 at 11:08pm — No Comments

Edubloggercon East (PETE-C)

Why, pray tell, was it cancelled? Any informal gatherings that day?

Added by Durff on February 2, 2008 at 4:35pm — No Comments

Your Day in A Sentence -- Feb 08

Greetings

I want to invite you to join a collaborative project in which you boil a day of the week, or your entire week, into a single sentence and share it through a community of writers.

This week, we are using VoiceThread.

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Added by Kevin H. on February 2, 2008 at 4:12am — No Comments

The history of therealsanta of the internet.

Interview with Sean

How did you choose the Internet to reach

the public?>I was standing in Best Buys and saw a wall of wed cams. Listening for about a half hour to all the questions being asked and the volume by which people, young and old, were buying them. The light bulb went off! As an actor for twenty-five years. I know the camera doesn’t lie. I know how commented I am t obeying Santa, and of course how fast the internet is growing, I new I could get Santa to people and…

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Added by Santa on February 2, 2008 at 1:17am — No Comments

Quick Wiimote - Kindlelab - Edusim Demo (showing all hardware used)

Added by Rich White on February 1, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Its not about the hardware

If you havent seen the "Its not about the shoes" commercial its worth a look Here - Watch the comercial on Youtube here

It also reminds me that interactive surfaces are "not about the hardware" (As Smartech's David Martin rightfully points out).

Touch based surface devices (Interactive Whiteboards or IWBs for those in the classroom) are in fact not about the hardware at all .. Johnny Lee proved the point with the $50… Continue

Added by Rich White on February 1, 2008 at 8:11am — No Comments

Feedback on feedback: Classroom 2.0 and Vid Snacks

Let me tell you just one of the values of the Classroom 2.0 and Vid Snacks community here on Ning. Not long ago I posted a blog, “The World is Watching”. My point was that students needed to understand what they were creating with video would be seen outside the school or the local community. As usual in the classroom setting, the explanation of TEAM received the usual head nods or stares, but when students actually began getting responses from the global community, immediately change occurred.… Continue

Added by Paul Hardt on February 1, 2008 at 7:36am — No Comments

Spring08: Storybook brainstorming - Phase 1 done

Today I finished reading and responding to the last of the Storybook brainstorming assignments that students turned in for my three classes this week. In all three classes, the students do a Storybook project, and this first brainstorming assignment is basically the same for all three classes, with slight variations - the students propose four possible Storybook topics, and I give them feedback on each one (if you are curious the specific assignments are here:… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on January 31, 2008 at 9:13pm — No Comments

IOC Conference - Social Networking

Just finishing up my presentation for the IOC conference. If anyone else is planning to attend, stop by to say hello or let me know if you are presenting and I will visit your session etc.

I'm talking about why we should teach with social networking tools....

Also coming up is the TCC Online Conference as well...anyone planning to attend?

It's too bad we couldn't set up a classroom 2.0 lounge at all these conferences.

Added by Mary Hricko on January 31, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

300 members on NanoScience Network

The first Hungarian virtual social network of

NanoScience started in November 2007. Today

have 300 members, and is a meeting point for researchers, industrial partners,

students from more than 50 country (Hungary,

India, USA, Germany,…). 20 thematic groups

(nanotoxicity, nanoeducation,…), forum topics, chat, videos and photos are available

for the network members. Everybody can create „My page" to find new contacts,

partners… Continue

Added by Andras Paszternak on January 31, 2008 at 1:12pm — No Comments

New to this

Today i received the classroom 2.0 from an Asociation of teachers from Portugal called ANPRI.

I decided to join to see what's this is all about..!

Let's see.

Added by Wolfman on January 31, 2008 at 8:02am — No Comments

Spring08: Happy Fat Thursday, everybody!

Fat Thursday 2008. Today, January 31, marks the

holiday of "Fat Thursday" in 2008. You have probably heard of "Mardi

Gras" ("Fat Tuesday") which is a holiday celebrated the day before Ash

Wednesday (that will be next week). Well, "Fat Thursday" is a similar

holiday, marking the last Thursday before Lent; you can read more at wikipedia.

The Fat Thursday holiday is especially celebrated in Germany… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on January 30, 2008 at 10:14pm — 2 Comments

The Savvy Teacher’s Digital Toolbox:<br/>Downloading YouTube

By Alix E. Peshette

Cross-posted from EdTech Gold Rush

There is nothing like getting ready to present at an upcoming conference to bring on a frenzy of online research, re-examination and synthesis of information. What tools and strategies might be included in a digital toolbox for both PC and Mac…

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Added by Alix E. Peshette on January 30, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Bring it on!

Today was a fantastic day. Ten teachers from one of our campuses came to visit with me about inclusion. While the talk of inclusion gets my juices flowing, we crossed over into the discussion of using iPods in the classroom. They had millions of questions and were certainly interested in using those little devices in their classrooms. Of course they want someone to come and teach them how to do it, and naturally I volunteered.

After that conversation, my principal stopped me in the…

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Added by David James on January 30, 2008 at 9:28pm — 1 Comment

This is a test!

I haven't created a blog entry yet, so I'm giving this a try.

Added by Jerry Talandis Jr. on January 30, 2008 at 9:20pm — 1 Comment

On Terror and Twitter

Last Thursday evening I was at home with my wife in our small kibbutz apartment when my cell phone gave a loud ring. The incoming number was from the Tel Aviv area – not an expected call. The…

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Added by Reuven Werber on January 30, 2008 at 11:45am — 1 Comment

Why Blog in Science Class

(cross-posted from my blog)

The lab bench, beakers, liquids, a balance, data in a notebook these are the makings of the class lab. Now add in the lab report. Follow the way of writing science, abstract,

introduction, methods, results, discussion…Now turn it in, and move

forward to the next assignment.

Now consider this: The lab bench, beakers, liquids, a balance, data in a notebook these…

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Added by Rick Biche on January 30, 2008 at 8:18am — 2 Comments

Online Educational Comics Helping Students Write, Read, Tell Stories in Many Languages

Dear reader,

I am an author of books that are used in many educational programs to

encourage students to express themselves through writing. I have launched a free new web site -- http://www.makebeliefscomix.com -- where students can create their own comic strips. The site offers fun animal and human characters with different moods, thought and talk balloons to fill in with words, and story prompts. It's a wonderful resource to spur children and adults to write, read and communicate… Continue

Added by Bill Zimmerman on January 30, 2008 at 5:48am — No Comments

I have an e-dream 2.0

The web 2.0 and the

so-called e-learning 2.0 have placed a new, huge world full of

information and state-of-the-art, free educational resources at out

fingertips. However, all this enormous stream of knowledge is sometimes

overwhelming and our capacity to sail across that ocean of information

is limited. RSS and other tools help to some extent, but we still need

to be guided.

I have an e-dream 2.0: a world-wide,…

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Added by Carlos Guerrero on January 30, 2008 at 1:24am — 1 Comment

The chaos begins (NOT) - jumping into the deep end with my ESL students

Well we're taking the journey further into the world of Ning in my class.

Today we went through some different features of our class Ning and we

jointly composed a response to a Forum topic and a Blog post (before I

deleted it when I accidentally pressed backspace - Memo to self - teach

students about saving drafts). The shared writing gave them a much

needed foundation. It seemed to help them when they were in the

computer… Continue

Added by Greg Oz on January 29, 2008 at 11:07pm — No Comments