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I'm not sure whether to be impressed, scared, blown-away - what?? Be sure to click the different buttons in the top right of the stats block.

The writer of the "Cool Cat Teacher" Blog was very impressed by a tech integration specialist who won an award - and tells us all to take a minute to thank our "Bob"s, whoever they may be!

From Richard Byrne's blog: "Own Your Space is a free, sixteen chapter ebook designed to educate tweens and teens about protecting themselves and their stuff online. This ebook isn't a fluffy, general overview book. Each chapter goes into great detail explaining the technical threats that students' computers face online as well as the personal threats to data that students can face online." It's free, downloadable, and it looks to me like it should be read by any student with internet access - and their parents and teachers!!!

Wow!! 150+ iPod/iPhone apps charted by price, grade level and subject. There are only a couple that mention language learning (Spanish), but I think a number of them could be adapted.

A description of one teacher's exploration of online communities and social networking in class - she visits another teacher's class to see how she uses techonlogy.

National EducationTechnology Plan 2010 Nov. 2010 report by the US Dept of Education

Now that I posted this, I should learn how to use the Diigo toolbar to annotate!

Take note! How are you using your whiteboard? For those of you who don't have one, would the type of whiteboard mentioned in this article be useful for language learning? How would you use one? For those of you who DO have a digital whiteboard, how do your STUDENTS use it? Let us know! add your ideas here in a reply!

Are you ready to receive and make the best use of an interactive whiteboard?

A look at the videos from YouTube that this teachers uses. Five years ago YouTube officially launched?? Doesn't it seem like it's been around forever?

Some recorded presentations from the LARC 2010 summer seminar. Topics include social media tools (PrimaryPad, VoiceThread), PhotoStory 3, blogs, Skype, Twitter, and more!

online tutorial for savvy web searching created by the center for teaching and learning at the U of M

for teachers who would like to build a digital portfolio - LinguaFolio is a good online app to do this - and here is set of free, online modules to teach you how to do it.

Free and open source alternative to Adobe Connect and / or Wimba

Helen Barrett is the "portfolio" guru from many years back. This is an interesting view and comparison of various Google docs - to think about ways you might use these apps for a portfolio system for your students.

"the easiest way to communicate and work in groups" - might be good for classes? - communicate via group email, text, and voice messages - host web meetings, conference calls, chatrooms - keep shared calendar - store and edit files in one common folder -poll group in real-time - keep track of group's task, resources

A virtual learning platform that looks very simple to use and can create an environment much like Facebook without the security issues or Twitter exposure

For those of you who have SMARTboards - this looks fun

Might be a useful tool for a class/lecture where students need a place to ask questions that they either can't or won't ask in class.

"CourseSites is an online platform that enables faculty members in K-12 and higher education to set up Web-based class sites where they can post course materials, communicate with students, encourage collaboration, monitor performance, and manage grades."