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some ideas about why teaching writing with short assignments (Twitter?) might be a good idea

Register and you can see the teachers and projects they are running or want to run - sort by language.  There is also a growing list of "resources" on just about anything. 

background articles and a list of lesson plans to deal with cyberbulling

Each of these links has a ppt wtih many slides of ideas for the particular tool.  The tools we talk about the most are the category at the bottom of the page.

the course syllabus from PBS TeacherLine - for those of you interested in teaching online, I thought it might be interesting for you to see what they teach

A new screencast tool - the "buzz" on their page says it's incredibly easy to use.  Mac or PC, it's online, nothing to install - you just need a webcam and go!  Plays on the web or mobile devices.   I don't know about editing tools

This is really cool - not sure what I'd use it for in teaching - maps of a country?   link to a graphic on the web and you can zoom in and move around in it.

It bothers me that they still talk about not having someone to talk with...  I really would like to see more of these online courses as cohort modeled courses and have synchronous voiced/video conversations as part of the curriculum.  Or if not a cohort, with other online voiced alternatives for practice.  

Niiiice.  Play YouTube videos without all the extra stuff that comes around the video - the "related" videos, the comments, etc.

a blog post about the usefulness of Twitter for educators

Very compelling reasons for educators to get on Twitter for sure.

So far in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese - in three levels.  The Beginner level has pull-downs so you just make a choice.

Awesome resource, thanks for sharing, I can use this for my weekend school. Middle school students would really enjoy it. :D

anyone try the karaoke? or, is there another karaoke site? i have a student trip to Mexico City coming up and my wouldn't that be a fabulous fundraiser!

Here is a great example of students using social networking to promote positive change in their world.

This looks like a great project. Thanks for sharing.

Have you ever read an NMC Horizon Report and thought, "I want to start implementing these technologies and learning approaches at my school...but where to begin?" Produced by the New Media Consortium (NMC), the Report details emerging technologies likely to have a significant impact on teaching and learning around the globe. The Toolkit is geared toward education leaders who wish to learn more about and further the dialogue on the emerging technologies identified in the Report and their potential to re-imagine K-12 education.

An English teacher in Iowa talks about how she parlayed Twitter interactions into a class trip halfway around the world.

An interesting article on blended learning and successful characteristics by Nicky Hockly 

What's a "tweet-up"? what's a "twitterwall"? Ideas for using Twitter at group meetings.

Downloadable educator's guide by Linda Fogg Phillips, written at Facebook's request.  The homepage says:   "Our commitment to you is to provide an easy way to stay updated as changes occur with Facebook.  We created this website to do just that, in addition to providing you with even more insights, guidance, and resources." but that still doesn't tell me much about what's in the guide...