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Not sure why you sent that link as a email instead of posting it Jaime, but it is very interesting. This is really interesting as a tech development. Will this idea catch on, do people want things not "with them" what if Google goes under what happens to that data? For us I think it is a problem because it would mean so much of students work is stored out of the country, out of the district (this is an advantage to Moodle). Personally I am intrigued but cautious, I don't like subscription service for something as key as my data. While it may protect me from my hard drive crashing and not having a back up it doesn't protect me from Google jacking up my subscription fee.

I think I emailed it because I have to constantly redownload the diigo bookmark app (due to deep freeze) and couldn't be bothered that day. i find the migration to cloud-based storage interesting...i ditched my usb drive over a year ago to store everything online. i have some documents on google docs, and some in dropbox....but (knock on wood), it hasn't been a problem so far to actually get to my items. the only problem is relying on school-based networks. but then again, schools that implement ipads would have the same problems, and i think more can be created/done with a laptop, so maybe google is on to something. my ipad2 arrived yesterday, and i got a bit tired of holding it at a nice viewing angle (i know, i have weak arms), so this morning, i am doing my online stuff from laptop. i think i'll have to buy a nice stand for it before i can start to use it as much as my laptop.

voting is cool, question texting possibly useful, scavenger hunt thing definitely given the right topic, this might be fun to make one

Lots of little tips on how to use google apps in school settings. i didn't know there was a flashcard gadget on google-spreadsheets. and their ideas on different ways to use Forms would be great once there's enough access to laptops/devices.

this is totally unrelated... just thought i'd throw it into the pile for fun.

Facebook's official statement on why we should use FB as teachers.

Edublogs' reasons for using facebook

didn't listen to the TED talk so maybe as a group? Liked the idea of flipping the classroom a lot and trying to figure out how to use wireless for generating questions. We should talk about that, it is primarily a question of getting the right app (I think). I also like the text book node thing but I don't totally get it.

i listened to the TED talk a while back. apparently this idea of flipping classrooms is more of a north american idea. yeah, i didn't totally get the textbook node thing either... sounds like a gigantic mind map that everyone just shares??

The superintendent of W. Van gives out his cell phone number, twitter and email address to everyone;

This is the first chapter of a book that is mentioned in the NASSP post

An introduction to twitter for educators; ways to use twitter as a personal learning network;