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A showcase of interactive utilities that assist with multiple intelligences, various learning styles and anytime learning.

The importance of focusing on "Why technology should be used?" instead of only "How to use technology?" is emphasized - indeed an important aspect teachers should not overlook.

I agree that we need to really access why we want to use technology. Is it really the best option all of the time? I love the checklist of questions one should ask him/herself before deciding to use the technology. I, especially, thought the question "Will students control the technology?. Sometimes, I need to remember that spending hours creating a great powerpoint presentation isn't as great as finding a way for students to engage in an interaction rather than passively listen to a lecture.

A short presentation about Voxopop

Directions for using Posterous - lots of possibilities where you can have students post things by attaching and sending to an email, and it collects them all so all can see/hear.

Google makes it easy to build and grade quizzes using Google Forms and an add-on script called Flubaroo. Flubaroo will also graph your scores for easy analysis, itemize questions, and email students with their scores.

Alyssa, could you please tell me how did you manage to bookmark a PDF ? I've been trying to figure it out, but without success.

This was that article from this week and I just book marked it with the browser tool. I was not, however able to highlight on it. I didn't try sticky notes...

Wetoku + 9 more!

We need to get all of the "Boot Camp" pages in here, I think!  This one is on Storybird

Thought you might be interested in watching what happens with this for K-12!

Online classes and iPads are helping some students.

Are you familiar with all of these??  =)

EU multilingualism portal

From the article:  The new teachers site is part one of two big initiatives on the part of YouTube geared towards educators. In the next couple of weeks, a bigger announcement will be made about huge changes that will address many of the concerns teachers have had about using YouTube videos (you know what they are). Stay tuned for more news in two weeks.

Upgrade to Flash Player 10 for improved playback performance. Upgrade Now or More Info. close 79,634 LikeAdd toShare Loading... Sign In or Sign Up now! Uploaded by PBS on Aug 16, 2011 For decades now, people have joined together online to communicate and collaborate around interesting imagery. In recent years, the pace and intensity of this activity has reached a fever pitch. With countless communities engaging in a constant exchange, building on each others' work, and producing a prodigious flow of material, we may be experiencing the early stages of a new type of artistic and cultural collaboration. In this episode of Off Book, we'll speak with a number of Internet experts and artists who'll give us an introductory look into this intriguing new world.

Gilly Salmon's 5-stage model of online learning

Some videos to help those of you who are, or will be, teaching online.

I really want to go to this! 

Transcript of live chat with 2 experts

wiki description of Social Constructivism from University of Georgia