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See the tweets of your followers or of those you follow on a google earth map. Google Earth plugin required.

See thte tweets of your followers on a google earth map. Google Earth plugin required.

Are your science teachers following this mission? Follow more here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html You can even follow Kepler on Twitter! There's an RSS feed, as well. What a great way of showing science in action.

The story of a NASA mission to discover more 'Earths.'

From Ian McCoog on Twitter

We "mash up" top-notch researchers with experienced educators to generate new insights and uncommon sense about education. By taking rigorous research and blending it together with professional wisdom from experts, we create something more meaningful and reliable than either would be alone.

nice site for checking for plagiarism

Shared by @almarow on Twitter. This looks very it could be a very handy tool for a LOT of teachers!

This should be bookmarked on every geography teacher's computer, I think. Great data.

This should be bookmarked on every geography teacher's computer, I think. Great data. Was shared recently on Twitter.

This should be bookmarked on every geography teacher's computer, I think. Great data. Shared today on the listserv

"A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."

"A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."

I don't know why I'm bookmarking this. I STILL don't like Prezi. But, for those who do, an Education license to be able to create private Prezi's. (Now we can get motion sickness in private?) :)

Shared in Twitter today

"Beyond educational computing and technology foundations for teachers, ISTE has established Technology Facilitation Standards for teacher education programs or professional development that prepare candidates to serve as building/campus-level technology facilitators. Candidates completing this program will exhibit knowledge, skills, and dispositions equipping them to teach technology applications; demonstrate effective use of technology to support student learning of content; and provide professional development, mentoring, and basic technical assistance for other teachers."

Shared by @altapp on another list. She got it from @kjaretts on twitter. See what a PLN can do for you?

"Mr. Kohn talks about his book, The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards", published by Houghton Mifflin. The book challenges the current state of education, and proposes multi-age, interdisciplinary classrooms. After his remarks he answered questions from the audience. "

THis was shared on Twitter this AM. It's an 80 minute video but worth a listen if you get a chance.

Note the date of this recording!

Isn't this a great video to help explain the power of social networks, and in particular the power of a PLN? Thanks to Sue Sheffer for sharing that with me. It was in her RSS reader.

"Your tool for compiling, sharing, and enjoying Tweets. Click "Create Story" to get started! "

"Call it brainstorming, concept mapping or mindmapping, collecting and organizing thoughts using web 2.0 is a snap. Let's take a peek at several free options. To see these sites in action, visit http://h30411.www3.hp.com/posts/1018306 and watch the video."

"To reduce the time and increase the accuracy Google cheatsheets came into existence. Here we are with 12 Highly Useful Google cheatsheets."

Interesting idea. What do you think? Kids directing their own education.

Shared today by @Kyle_simon on Twitter.