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Voice recording, vocaroo - record voice and embed on blog.

Great Ideas for celebrating and preparing for Chinese New Year:

Nic Bishop: Snakes are tricky creatures, both to photograph and to handle. Their long, thin bodies and surface-hugging habits create challenges for photographers, and their nervous natures don't permit easy interaction, especially for those of us carrying cameras. Even a medium-sized creature will win at wrestling.

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There are ways you can bring the idea of Twitter into your classroom.  *Debbie note: this reminds me of a wonder wall! I would love to create a Twitter book review wall in the library. Shall investigate!

Think I will be creating Bradbury Library's site with this source. Shall see!

I am forever promoting the app "Apps Gone Free," the daily feed of apps that for a limited time only, are free. The aim for the developers is that it draws people in to try the app with the view to build a bigger fan base.

Mash up your social media and stuff from the Web. Share fun mash ups with friends and family through Twitter, Facebook and Google+. Channel professional mash ups through blogs and networks like LinkedIn, and channel your learning through the new Yahki education channel.

Video Playlist: Understanding Copyright and Fair Use

All of us - adults, teens, and children - enjoy a scary chill:  the anticipation of a creaking door opening in slow motion, waiting for someone - or something - to walk through, and then a wind gust slamming that door shut.  BANG!  What better time of year to indulge in stories that make our spines tingle than Halloween?  So bring them on - ghosts and ghouls, wizards and witches, haunted houses and black magic.

Panels of 11-year-olds in schools around the country and the world selected the best answer from the explanations chosen as finalists from the more than 800 contest entries. The winning video is below.

Now like Kondi in the book who sat under the shade of a tree in Malawi and built his Galimoto,  Mr. Ntubanga has set up a welding shop under a tree in Dar es Salaam.  And like Kondi he has followed his dream with determination and perseverance and has created a real working car from scaps of metal and other findings.

Educreations is one of the top contenders, teachers say, mostly because of its simple user interface and multi-functionality. "I use it when I need to make quick videos in class," said Ramsey Musallam, a high school chemistry teacher in San Francisco. Other features that teachers seem to love: the app offers more than one page for recording; the user can import images from other places and format them easily within the video; there's a text feature so students don't have to contend with messy teacher handwriting, and perhaps best of all, it can be used on desktop computers, not just an iPad.

Great article on student led conferences and the connection to PYP.

Here are this year's posts on reading- great ideas from amazing experienced individuals.

Writing instruction ideas:

Interesting article: As educators we need to be thoughtful of what we implement in our schools.  Innovation should not just be "new", but it should also be "better".

Well worth a read: Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners: An Updated Digital Differentiation Model.

How to increase the levels of complexity both technically and linguistically in web-based storytelling by using tools that ask more of your students at each stage.

There are many free digital tools available to help students efficiently sift through an overwhelming abundance of web content to find the relevant and reliable information they need. This post will explore some digital resources to provide educators with tools to help all students become savvy searchers and independent learners.