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DIY Chart Builder - Free online create and design charts and graphs

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:02:33 -0000

create your own charts, graphs, etc. may be useful for kids who find excel charts a pain.

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create your own charts, graphs, etc. may be useful for kids who find excel charts a pain. - Kelly Faulkner

Tags: chart, graph, create, templates

by: Kelly Faulkner

David Jakes Presentation Resources

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:22:32 -0000

A serious look at learning spaces and how the new ways of learning demand a different perspective of learning spaces and what they look like. Very rich.

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A serious look at learning spaces and how the new ways of learning demand a different perspective of learning spaces and what they look like. Very rich. - Janice Stearns

Tags: learningspaces, augmentedreality, ar, learning2.0, collaboration

by: Janice Stearns

YouTube - MSA 2009 Slam Poetry

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:30:54 -0000

Tags: taylorphillips, msa, poetyslam, gifted, giftedlearners, nagc09, poetry, youtube

by: Ginger TPLC

Computer Literacy

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:24:18 -0000

Tags: computer, literacy, internetliteracy, Media Literacy

by: Bret Willhoit

Google Wave 101 - Wave - Lifehacker

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:09:18 -0000

Tags: googlewave

by: Pat Hensley

Edge In Frankfurt: THE AGE OF THE INFORMAVORE— A Talk with Frank Schirrmacher

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:23:49 -0000

thinking itself somehow leaves the brain and uses a platform outside of the human body. And that, of course, is the Internet and it's the cloud. Very soon we will have the brain in the cloud. And the raises the question about the importance of thoughts. For centuries, what was important for me was decided in my brain. But now, apparently, it will be decided somewhere else.

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thinking itself somehow leaves the brain and uses a platform outside of the human body. And that, of course, is the Internet and it's the cloud. Very soon we will have the brain in the cloud. And the raises the question about the importance of thoughts. For centuries, what was important for me was decided in my brain. But now, apparently, it will be decided somewhere else. - Dave Truss

Tags: future, philosophy, connectivism

by: Dave Truss

Miniature Earth and World on Fire Videos for Download/Viewing

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:05:33 -0000

Caring Across the Curriculim : The videos you find in this drop.io were put here to accompany this blog post. Not all schools can access YouTube.
http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/caring-across-the-curriculum/

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Caring Across the Curriculim : The videos you find in this drop.io were put here to accompany this blog post. Not all schools can access YouTube.
http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/caring-across-the-curriculum/ - Dave Truss

Tags: 1-1Teacher, caring, filter

by: Dave Truss

SpeEdChange: The Colonialism of Michelle Rhee or TFA v BoA

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:37:10 -0000

Tags: education, opinion, colonialism, race

by: Ed Webb

Kerpoof® How To Play

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:52:47 -0000

Tags: DigitalStorytelling, animation, education, kerpoof®, video

by: Jennifer Garcia

Storytelling Alice

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:48:36 -0000

Tags: education, programming, animation, learning, software, alice, Storytelling, DigitalStorytelling

by: Jennifer Garcia

ACLU lawsuit: Palm Beach County's woeful graduation rates show failure of Florida's education policies

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:46:36 -0000

This could be a very important case. What are YOUR graduation rates?

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This could be a very important case. What are YOUR graduation rates? - James Gates
This, after how many years of NCLB? - James Gates

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

About a quarter of Palm Beach County seniors do not earn a diploma or GED after four years, according to the school district's own calculations. That number creeps up to 40 percent among black students. And the lawsuit alleges that the district is being generous with its math.

Tags: aclu, lawsuit

by: James Gates

Learning Tools Directory : Over 3,000 tools listed

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:13:57 -0000

wow! if you can't find it here, they haven't invented it yet! nicely compacted list of tools geared towards learning

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wow! if you can't find it here, they haven't invented it yet! nicely compacted list of tools geared towards learning - Kelly Faulkner

Tags: tools, teaching, resources, list, c4l, c4lpt

by: Kelly Faulkner

WAI Resources on Introducing Web Accessibility

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:15:52 -0000

resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities

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resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities - Jackie Gerstein
resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities - Jackie Gerstein

Tags: accessibility, resources

by: Jackie Gerstein

Innovative Learning - Free Newsletter Fall 2009

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:17:36 -0000

This phenomenal special interest group of ISTE has a great quarterly newsletter which is really the best of innovative learning in all of education. On pages 15-17 there are three pages of an article from two of my students and I about teaching in a virtual world including my "quick tricks for teaching in a virtual world." Print this, share it, and learn - so many great things in this newsletter!

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This phenomenal special interest group of ISTE has a great quarterly newsletter which is really the best of innovative learning in all of education. On pages 15-17 there are three pages of an article from two of my students and I about teaching in a virtual world including my "quick tricks for teaching in a virtual world." Print this, share it, and learn - so many great things in this newsletter! - Vicki Davis

Tags: education, opensim, reactiongrid, ipod, iphone, iste, learning, edu_news, edu_trends

by: Vicki Davis

Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 2 | Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:35:43 -0000

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

Sicuti palma aequalis (hoc est, stat effigies illa aequalis tanquam palma, id est, assurgit in rectitudinem;) et non loquuntur; et tollendo tolluntur, quia non ambulabunt (hoc est, non possunt ambulare:) ne timeatis ab illis; quia non male faciunt, atque etiam bene facere non penes ipsos.

it's been too long since latin class - Jim Miller

Tags: no_tag

by: Jim Miller

Information Fluency w/ Web 2.0 Tools

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:09 -0000

Tags: information, fluency, web2.0, pedagogy, online

by: Jackie Gerstein

TeachingWithContests.com

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:53:49 -0000

This blog shares contests to use and share with your classroom.

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blog that lists all the current & upcoming contests for students - Kelly Faulkner
This blog shares contests to use and share with your classroom. - Vicki Davis
It is great to engage students with contests. I've added this to my rss reader. - Vicki Davis

Tags: education, learning, contests

by: Vicki Davis

The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:53:37 -0000

Tags: GoogleWave, google, wave, guide, howto, tutorial

by: Michael Walker

Op-Ed Columnist - The New Untouchables - NYTimes.com

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:38:13 -0000

Great article telling why we need to change our schools.

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Great article telling why we need to change our schools. - Toby Fischer

Tags: 21stcenturyskills, article, nytimes, untouchables, Global Economy, friedman, pink, 21c grad class

by: Toby Fischer

Educause: Lessig's It Is About Time: Getting Our Values Around Copyright Right

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:20 -0000

Tags: all_teachers, edu_news, edu_trends

by: Jackie Gerstein