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The Young and The Digital - 0 views
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A number of organizations have made studying and understanding young people's engagement with digital media a full time endeavor. One outfit studying young people's use of digital media is Ypulse, a youth insights group operating in San Francisco and New York. In this interview Ypulse discusses, among other things, how youth culture and lifestyles have changed; the evolving role of games in our lives; a wired classroom for third graders; and kids, social media, and privacy.
Shakespeare's Words - 2 views
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The site integrates the full text of the plays and poems with the entire Glossary database, allowing you to search for any word or phrase in Shakespeare's works, and in particular to find all instances of all words that can pose a difficulty to the modern reader.
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The site integrates the full text of the plays and poems with the entire Glossary database, allowing you to search for any word or phrase in Shakespeare's works, and in particular to find all instances of all words that can pose a difficulty to the modern reader.
Web Strategy: Getting Google Scholar Alerts - 0 views
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It appears that Google Scholar is not yet part of the Google Alerts application. However, you can create your own alert using two free, simple to use online tools.
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It appears that Google Scholar is not yet part of the Google Alerts application. However, you can create your own alert using two free, simple to use online tools.
Unique Notions: The following Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified T... - 0 views
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Multiple Intelligence Inventory Test -- It will help you know which technological tools each of them can benefit from the most, as well as give you ideas about different activities you should incorporate into your curriculum to reach ALL of your students. Below are a few tools that may help you to deliver content to each of these types of learners.
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Multiple Intelligence Inventory Test -- It will help you know which technological tools each of them can benefit from the most, as well as give you ideas about different activities you should incorporate into your curriculum to reach ALL of your students. Below are a few tools that may help you to deliver content to each of these types of learners.
Google For Educators - Web Search - 0 views
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The Google Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions.
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The Google Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions.
Online Textbooks Increasingly Popular Among Students and Teachers - ABC News - 0 views
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Digital Textbooks, Online Learning Increasingly Popular
Lugging Around a Backpack Full of Books May Soon Become a Thing of the Past -
Digital Textbooks, Online Learning Increasingly Popular
Lugging Around a Backpack Full of Books May Soon Become a Thing of the Past
iPods, Laptops Replacing School Textbooks - ABC News - 0 views
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Schools Dump Textbooks for iPods, Laptops
Teachers Say Students Learn Better From the Devices, Even Eultitasking -
Schools Dump Textbooks for iPods, Laptops
Teachers Say Students Learn Better From the Devices, Even Eultitasking
Annenberg Media - 0 views
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Check out this list of Annenberg Video resources.
Recommended Link from Russel Tarr at www.activehistory.co.uk - 0 views
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So you want to study history?! OK, here's how! Writing, Research, Resources, Links, etc.
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So you want to study history?! OK, here's how! Writing, Research, Resources, Links, etc.
7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave | EDUCAUSE - 0 views
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7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave -- PDF
Google Wave is a web-based application that represents a rethinking of electronic communication. Users create online spaces called "waves," which include multiple discrete messages and components that constitute a running, conversational document. Users access waves through the web, resulting in a model of communication in which rather than sending separate copies of multiple messages to different people, the content resides in a single space. -
7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave
Digitally Speaking / Wikis - 0 views
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Wikis in the Classroom - overview, examples, how-to
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Wikis in the Classroom - overview, examples, how-to
LacusCurtius * Greek and Latin Texts - 1 views
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A thorough collection of Greek and Latin authors with some helpful biographical information on them as well. Has some quite obscure texts.
Left vs Right (World) | David McCandless & Stefanie Posavec | Information Is Beautiful - 1 views
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Nicely spelled out, but still makes me unclear about what I would call myself.
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That diagram is amazing! I'll definitely be putting that up in the classroom. Thanks heaps.
National Novel Writing Month - 0 views
British Academy | PORTAL - Classical Antiquity - 2 views
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Classical Antiquity - extended list of links to Classical online resources.
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Classical Antiquity - extended list of links to Classical online resources.
Recommendation 6 | The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democ... - 0 views
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Recommendation: Integrate digital and media literacy as critical elements of education at all levels through collaboration among federal, state, and local education officials.
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Recommendation: Integrate digital and media literacy as critical elements of education at all levels through collaboration among federal, state, and local education officials.
FREE PowerPoint Twitter Tools | SAP Web 2.0 - 1 views
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"A beta version of PowerPoint Twitter Tools is now available for testing. Based on SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius technology, the twitter tools allow PowerPoint presenters to see and react to tweets in real-time, embedded directly within their presentations, either as a ticker or refreshable comment page. There are currently three tools:
* PowerPoint Twitter ticker bar
* PowerPoint Twitter feedback slide
* PowerPoint Twitter voting
You can download a PowerPoint presentation containing the tools and instructions at the bottom of this page. Please note that these are prototypes that you use at your own risk." -
"A beta version of PowerPoint Twitter Tools is now available for testing. Based on SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius technology, the twitter tools allow PowerPoint presenters to see and react to tweets in real-time, embedded directly within their presentations, either as a ticker or refreshable comment page. There are currently three tools:
* PowerPoint Twitter ticker bar
* PowerPoint Twitter feedback slide
* PowerPoint Twitter voting
You can download a PowerPoint presentation containing the tools and instructions at the bottom of this page. Please note that these are prototypes that you use at your own risk."
copyrightfriendly - home - 1 views
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Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft Images and Sound (Mostly!)
for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages, Blogs, Wikis, etc. -
Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft Images and Sound (Mostly!)
for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages, Blogs, Wikis, etc.
Early Humans Social Studies - 4 views
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Extensive list of link to websites on Archaeology and the Study of Early Humans from a school library in British Columbia.
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Extensive list of link to websites on Archaeology and the Study of Early Humans from a school library in British Columbia.
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