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"Two weeks ago I wrote a post about my students using TodaysMeet for back-channeling while we discussed a slideshow that I had created for the class. This week, as I shared earlier on Twitter, I tried using TodaysMeet for a back-channel while my students watched the film Glory. It worked great!"

"# Study vocabulary or almost anything # Create your own flashcards - sign up free # Share flashcards with your friends # View the quick guide or watch the video tour"

"NBC News Archives on Demand K-12 Edition Bring the World into Your Classroom! NBC News Archives on Demand (K-12) is a collection of NBC News videos, primary source documents, images, and resources specifically designed for use in the K-12 classroom. * Thousands of searchable and downloadable resources (1600s to Today) * Video content aligned to State Standards * Current Events updated regularly * Sciences, Social Studies, Language Arts, Health and Business * Personalized playlists for teachers and students * Revolutionary flippable media player"

"Summary The family's role is increasingly acknowledged as critical for children's learning both in and out of school, giving rise to requirements for secondary schools to report to parents online by 2010, and the Children's Plan identifying 'parental engagement' as a high priority for 2009. However, little is known about the learner's role in mediating relationships between parents and teachers, and between home and school. Young people may actively facilitate or resist their parents' involvement with their education, and without recognising their active role, strategies that aim to enhance communication between home and school may become a missed opportunity that makes little difference to children's learning."

"Oregon's 540,000 public school students will be able to get teacher feedback on classroom projects in real time and create web sites and online videos, after the state school system announced April 28 that it will be the first to use Google Apps for Education in K-12 schools statewide."

"After the iPod revolutionized how society listened to music and the iPhone pushed the boundaries of smartphone technology, the iPad stands poised to alter the face of mobile computing. Many have praised its potential to make personal and professional lives that much easier - and that certainly includes the education industry! Teachers with a love of technology and a passion for nurturing the minds of their students can easily discover creative ways to incorporate the iPad into the daily routine, and some of these great educational and organizational applications are bound to help them get started. "

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"Have you checked out Google Labs lately? If not, it's worth a peek. The area, reserved for application and tool prototypes not yet ready for prime-time, houses some cool (and crazy) ideas. Past alumni include Google Alerts, the Google Docs suite and Google Reader. Check out these nine Google Labs experiments. Which ones are on your radar? Can you imagine how some of these applications might enrich curriculum?"

On Saturday, I had the privilege of watching the middle and high school interns from the WNY Young Writers' Studio guide small groups of writers through the next phase of our collaborative digital storytelling project. "