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Teaching and Learning using concept mapping

This is up my alley. Thanks

Good introduction but doesn't cover what I need explained - "how to pick the text / terms / action words" on the diagrams". Doesn't say why it's different from mindmap.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus quits Twitter. "Last weekend, I sent my last Twitter message: "Dear Twitter - Adios. Free at last. Free at last, Great God almighty I'm free at last."

I have the feeling that despite what he says now, Charlie will be back on Twitter. Maybe using an Avatar? Hard for a Twitter addict with plenty to say on the issues of the day to go cold turkey I would think?

I agree, and expand on it, avatars are an interesting twist on leading a double life or triple or quadruple... hard to maintain integrity with the multiple personalities. I opted out of twitter because of the research on addictiveness to it, even though it was one of the course venues. Same reason I don't have a cel.! call me at home if I am out I am unreachable and living my life elsewhere.

free download for scholarly books, instantly cant read the language -Sanskrit?? but the books are in English This is a blog from the middle east- what is good is that the ebooks for language (just a few) are instantly downloadable as PDF's- I got my Longman's dictionary for TESL here!

This seems to be an intersting text to learn more about teachers´ perception of Twitter.

Muammar Ghaddafi. Saddam Hussain. Barak Obama. Fukishima. Sub-Prime Lending. What do these topics have in common? They are all important subjects that our students should be learning about, yet they probably don't appear in most textbooks in our classrooms. The moment a textbook rolls off the printing press, it begins to morph into a useless paperweight.

Great article. E-books have so much potential - for increased accessibility, lower costs, portability, currency, etc. etc.

I tried to leave this on the site , not intended for the group.....In order to reach our students, we need to think like "Digital Natives", not "Digital Immigrants" (thank you Marc Prensky). ...i think you have valid points and this can be a useful tool but why use these terms, Natives and Immigrants. I often find these terms can be used negatively and could be percieved as such. Although this may not be your intention saying you are now a Digital Native vs a Digital Immigrant to me sounds , negative. Its just a thought , but i do appreciate your take on text books and the usefulness of utilizing this tool to keep up to date.

Sorry, I posted text into the URL line instead of the URL. Sorry! I've been trying to edit this or delete it for the past half hour with no success. I really HATE Diigo, it is not at all user-friendly.