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Graphic organizers, webpages, reproducibles, lesson plans and other resources for use to explain, teach, and implement Big6 research skills.

I found this article in the NYSUT magazine and thought about the possibilities for developing critical thinking skills.

this is blocked at school :(

Previous research has shown that disfluency - the subjective experience of difficulty asso- ciated with cognitive operations - leads to deeper processing. Two studies explore the extent to which this deeper processing engendered by disfluency interventions can lead to improved memory performance. Study 1 found that information in hard-to-read fonts was better remembered than easier to read information in a controlled laboratory setting. Study 2 extended this finding to high school classrooms. The results suggest that superficial changes to learning materials could yield significant improvements in educational outcomes.

Very interesting use for Flip Cams in the elementary classrooms.

Hmmm....

Thought this site would some insights into how IPads were being used in the classroom. Sure enough- Includes things like a list of 100 ed apps, high school 4 core subjects apps, webprojection apps, actual instructional lessons, classroom management, even iPad carts. This is actually a link on Diigo Hot sites.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators offers teacher resources, including categorized lists of sites that are useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.

Awesome site David!

Any idea what "folksonomy" is? Where did the term come from? Why would it be important to this group?

I tend to use the tags that are provided when I tag in Diigo. Is there something I am missing by not evolving our own tags?

"I tend to use the tags that are provided when I tag in Diigo. Is there something I am missing by not evolving our own tags?" Oh, no not at all. I was thinking down the road when we get teachers hooked on Diigo. Let's say Teacher A wanted to search through his schools' group for ELA content. If the group added ELA_ or Gr8_ as a prefix that might simplify his search. So, in this scenario the provided tags would serve as a base and the prefixes would allow for faster more refined or focused searches.

I used AirSet cloud computing in the past with the staffs of Schools #65 and #95. The primary reason was to create a shared calendar. It worked really well in both locations mostly because they were only asked to use the calendar feature. More advance/adventurous users took advantage of the other apps including text messaging, file storage and sharing, committee to do lists, and iCal integration. It has changed quite a bit since then.