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The website's main purpose is to help educators and schools around The world effectively integrate technology, including The wonderful tools on The vast World Wide Web, into The classroom.

I was taking a look at all the resources that I had collected during 2008 in my LearnTech Library as well as those that I had posted in the LearnTech News, to identify those that I particularly enjoyed, that inspired me, made me think and/or I just found useful. there were many, but I finally narrowed my list down to 100 (see below).  I then fed all the titles into Wordle to generate a word cloud and identify trends in this collection of my favourite resources.  Here it is -my review of 2008 - click on the image for the full-size image.

Story Starters - daily writing activities.

"Hundreds of creative combinations that take the writer's block out of creative writing. Set young writers loose with prompts that focus on character (who the story is about), plot (what happens in the story), and setting (where or when the story happens)." You can also pick the story format (notebook, letter, newspaper or postcard).

The Mobile Learning Institute's film series "A 21st Century Education" profiles individuals who embrace and defend fresh approaches to learning and who confront The urgent social challenges that are part of a 21st century experience. "A 21st Century Education" compiles, in short film format, The best ideas around school reform. The series is meant to start, extend, or nudge The conversation about how to make change in education happen.

The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use provides research and outreach services to address issues of The safe and responsible use of The Internet. We provide guidance to parents, educators, librarians, policy-makers, and oThers regarding effective strategies to assist young people in gaining The knowledge, skills, motivation, and self-control to use The Internet and oTher information technologies in a safe and responsible manner.

Microsoft investing millions to investigate innovative teaching practices using technology. "The primary focus of this research, which is being guided by outside advisors from The OECD, UNESCO, The World Bank, The International Society for Technology in Education and oTher organizations, is to assess teachers' adoption of innovative classroom teaching practices and The degree to which those practices provide students with personalized learning experiences."

Good grief. Should we also tell them to stay away from the road because of the dangerous cars? Sounds like another way to deny kids an increasingly important 21C literacy.

Apologies - I thought you were advocating for the bulleted section of the article.

Thanks. My general rule of thumb is to only advocate for continual improvement through on-going learning. I consider myself to be pretty tech-savvy and was SHOCKED to learn that GPS coordinates get auto-embedded in images. I'd never considered this before and don't consider the extra information (GPS coordinates that can easily be mapped to an exact location) something that "should be" (yet it is) made available to anyone who can view a picture. In other words, let's say, I'm super careful to not include identifying information in my photos (my name, school name, city landmarks, etc) and take a picture of say, my stereo system. I've now included with this image the exact coordinates for where my home (with stereo) is located. Now a potential thief has this information (w/Google Map directions). It's super hard to be intentional about all of our choices and actions (including using GPS data w/cell phone images). That said, the more we all know, the more each of us is able to make decisions that best align with our own views, values and understandings. It's one thing for an adult to make a decision or not make a decision about inclusion of GPS data in their cell phone taken images, it takes another level of consideration when it involves giving that capability to children. THANK YOU for helping me to capture and better articulate my thoughts in this area!

"Record and playback digital recordings up to 5 minutes long which can then be posted on" to your personal Audioboo profile page. You can record your "boos" by phone, with the iPhone app or through your web browser. AudioBoo is iTunes ready making it the easiest way to begin podcasting.

This is my new favorite way of incorporating the Internet in my classroom. the site allows you to voice record short memos. You could introduce a new topic this way in order to change up the routine of the classroom. Students could also use this site as a way to present a project or presentation.

Free online technologies are changing adult education by offering the ability to use free online tools to support collaboration and completing class work. the list is long in regards to the number of online programs which support adult students in their quest for learning in adult education. the sheer number of these online software programs continues to grow almost daily. A review of several of these programs has narrowed the list down to a few which are beneficial to adult students, because they ease their work load and collaboration efforts with fellow classmates.

The ZTE Quartz smartwatch is receiving a new software update in The United States, pushing its build number to "20F." The update is distributed over-The-ai

Brief of s study completed by the journal Nature about the accuracy of Wikipedia as compared to the accuracy of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

The medical billing and coding programs at These career colleges offer a glimpse into medical billing education across The US. Though The course curriculum varies slightly from school to school, each of These colleges offers a quality learning experience for students entering The field of medical billing.

Allows you to watch online videos without all the distractions. It removes the ads, discussion boards, etc. Works with Youtube, iPlayer, Viddler, Vimeo and more

Quietube is a bookmark button that removes comments, advertisements, and all of the other "noise" typically found on Youtube, Vimeo, and other video sharing sites. Just the video remains. Can also send the quietube video to others using a shortened URL. Very useful in removing possibly offensive comments, inappropriate advertisements, or other distracting content on a website.

Title I improvements with technology integration.

Use this resource to search the web and go back to items posted long ago that are no longer available.

Simple, easy, to the point study questions to help practice for the SAT one day at a time. Would be useful for flipping test prep by staying focused on authentic learning in the classroom, while students test prep for homework.

"My Interesting Ways to Use series has been really successful. I measure their success in how useful they are to teachers and other educators in helping with professional development. I say "My" in the loosest sense of ownership really, as with all of the presentations they belong to us all. I just kickstart them and point them off in the right direction."

British citizenshiptest is designed to help people prepare to take the Life in UK the Test 3rd Edition a mandatory test required by the Home office for those who wish to apply for their British Citizenship or a Settlement.

"Mexico City: A judge has denied US technology giant Apple an injunction that would have allowed it to continue selling iPhone-branded products in Mexico, ruling that the company iFone had the rights to that brand name earlier, an attorney for the Mexican firm told EFE."Read More...