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good post on a recent Pew report on teens & social media usage. Well worth reading.

Given I too have taken a break from teaching to attend grad school, I wanted to share this blog. Although it may not be exactly the experience everyone is having in this class, there is a lot of here to consider in terms of personal growth, development, and learning.

Her 30 day challenge to find inspiration in teaching is really interesting. Kinda makes me think back to the basics for why I went into teaching.

We had a black lab too for about 12 awesome years (Smoki). Unfortunately, he passed away from liver cancer.

What an amazing site. I can see this would be helpful for classroom teachers on so many levels. Not only does it close the gap between students around the world but it deepens their understanding and strengthens their connects to the world around them.

"space2cre8"

Outside of Edmodo, I am struggling to think of ways social networking is used in classrooms here locally in Whispering Pines, NC. Stornaiuolo's comment in the video that students are watching but not commenting may be what I am seeing here locally but further comments made by her may also have revealed the solution. "How do you talk to people" may hold the key, at least in theory, as I talk to my daughter about why she doesn't comment more on Edmodo. My daughter stated that she was concerned about making a mistake since "it would be on the internet like forever. Mom, there is no such thing as a mistake on the internet, just regrets you have to live with forever that everyone knows about and no one forgets or will let you forget about." Interesting...thought provoking...