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Tons of information from emerging technologies to trends in education! This is definitely one worth subscribing to!

This is an awesome site. I got three cool resources right off the bat that I bookmarked for coming up teaching year.

This blog is done by a friend of mine. He has some great ideas for integrating technology in the classroom, and most of his entries are "good" reads. I have had the privilege to work on projects with him and this is where he highlights his ideas. Enjoy!

This is my updated page, with all current assignments posted and viewable. Remember as a tip that the COMET 1's and 2's said the most important thing you can do regarding your portfolio page is to stay on top of it throughout the program and not wait until the end!

This is something that we use at my school often as a means of backing up important documents and (mainly) for students to turn in assignments from home. It helps cut down on paper use as well. I think it's gaining popularity at the college level, in one form or another (like Blackboard).

I've had this as a main bookmark for a couple years now. This is arguably the most convenient page ever made. I put the link for the education section so that all the links that come up will be educatio-related. Be sure to check out the other tabs on the top of the page though!

This site builds on the PLN that Cathy has helped all of us to start developing. It has a wealth of videos and resources that explore the application of social media in education. It is a place where educators can contribute and learn about effective uses of SM in education.

Great site, Christine. I found a video by Alan November, one of the true gurus and prophets regarding technology. Every Cometeer should watch his video about the emerging classroom. I also found a link here to a great site with documentary videos about 21st Century Learning -- http://newlearninginstitute.org/21stcenturyeducation/ There are some fascinating videos here about what is going on at schools around the country.

This is one of my all time favorite blogs discovered during Karl's class last semester. I've shared it with a few other Cometeers, who have reaped the benefits of the blog's great resources for online teaching and learning. This was the blog that inspired my groups JING project and I just keep getting great ideas from this feed every day about how to provide a more efficient learning environment for my students.

Table of Bloom's Taxonomy indicating sample verbs, question stems and potential activities and products. Great concrete examples!

This is a useful site! Thank you for sharing.

Facebook video:  Facebook for educators.  Great 8 minute video introducing FB to educators and showing important tips and best practices.  Easy view. Available from within FB.

This is a great video! Although facebook is blocked at our schools, among other amazing web resources, students can still access material from home. I'm thinking that if a teacher creates enough buzz about a class facebook, students will get involved with it at home. Teachers can even give participation points for students who post. This brings up a question of equity. .. What about students who don't have computers or internet access at home? My answer to that is for students to network with family and friends, and find someone who will let them use the internet. Many public libraries have internet access. Of course this is coming from a high school teacher point of view. Love the video! But I still need to get familiar with all of the settings and privacy controls on there before I use it in class. :)

Here is the entire blog on Twitter for Dummies. Interesting section in Parts 5 and 6.

Learn more about Twitter-talk here. Wondering about the @, #, and retweeting? This page explains it in an entertaining way. It's called Twitter for Dummies part 4. There are other parts as well.

This session will help you extend and add value to your Twitter experience by demonstrating a variety of new Twitter tools that can serve to create a more comprehensive and capable platform for learning.  Leave the session with an understanding of how to enlarge the affordances of Twitter and how to make it an essential part of your practice.

According to Google, this resource is so easy to use that kids can create their own Apps, though limited to Google's Android OS. Google borrowed some code from a teacher education program at MIT as their building blocks. They hope young people (and teachers) will be inspired to become serious App creators. Critics say it will only add to the hundreds of low-quality, useless Apps that are already out there. What do you think?