Using KML for thematic mapping. Great use of a web 2.0 tool for educational purposes that you can't do without the technology. Making precise connections between images/text/geolocation/and even time is a powerful tool.

Shanghai American School's blogs. The school seems to have adopted the blogging platform and you can see how different teachers are using the platform to accomplish different goals/objectives. Interesting site to visit and create a conversation about how you might use the tool/extend what they are doing/adapt what you are doing/want to do.

A collection of 279 Math Applets designed by International Education Software. Apps show individual concepts from multiple perspectives, usually conceptually from a diagram and graphically. Not very dynamic in that students wouldn't be able to manipulate multiple variables, but great to use with an interactive white board to show connections between representations and to confirm calculations/predictions.

Links between math and art, current research, worth reading.

Not a research article itself, but more evidence that supports the approach of activating prior knowledge, having students anticipate answers before reading a piece of text.

Blog that I'm using with Striving Readers technology training.

An attempt to address communication between researchers and dissemination of content. Research happens, how do we stay in contact, share results, ask questions, COLLABORATE! We use the latest research tool available to the public to share, that's how! Models the wikiway approach, not radical, just smart.

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