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The following quote can be found on page 99 in Shirky's book:

"Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about. The conversation that forms around shared photos, videos, weblog posts, and the like is often about how to do it better next time---how to be a better photographer or a better writer or a better programmer. The goal of getting better at something is different from the goal of being good at it; there is a pleasure in improving your abilities even if that…

Merit Pay Gone Wrong

This week's #edchat, "How should successful & innovative teaching and teachers be rewarded?" was incredibly appropriate in light of Florida's controversial Senate Bill 6 this week that faced strong opposition and even…

Cracking the AIEEE 2010 and getting the best of AIEEE results is a task many students try to master every year. Every year a new batch comes in with a fresh set of notions about AIEEE. However, the crux of the AIEEE exams as the AIEEE 2010 is approaching remains the same – get your concepts clear. AIEEE 2010 as can be said from past years’ experience is not a conceptually tough paper but definitely is a bit tricky looking for a little presence…

Authentic Practice with the Writing Process

Scholastic's Kids are Authors Contest is an annual contest for grades K-8 designed to motivate young authors to use their reading, writing, and artistic skills to create and publish their own books. Students are encouraged to work in teams of three or more to write and illustrate their own fiction or…

Last week I wrote about how Etherpad was going shut down pads starting on the 14th. Since then I have learned of another new alternative. Actually, this one is Etherpad in a resurrected form. Apparently, in December of 2009, Google bought Etherpad with hopes of integrating it with Wave. However, according to Lifehacker.com, they quickly shut it down. This didn’t make Etherpad users happy, so Google put the collaboration platform back online as an open source app. To make a long story short,…

The Duggar family is a very well known family, largely due to their reality television show on TLC. I personally am a huge fan of their television show and have learned so much from watching them grow and learn, as a family, throughout the years. Their website can be seen by clicking here. The duggars are known for the slightly above average size of their family (Mr. and Mrs. Duggar have 19…

In today's classroom, it is not uncommon to have assignments online. In Educational Technology, it is natural for most of the course work to be through a computer, as computers are the most prevalent form of technology for Americans, though the cellphone is becoming it's rival.

Online or electronic assignments are great for teachers. They take away many excuses, have a clear submission time and date, and are easily compared with other…