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Edublogs has begun embedded context sensitive ads into the blog posts of its authors. I agree with Christopher Sessums, the ethics of this is very questionable, particularly if people aren't asked or given a chance to turn it off.

Paul Hamilton writes a great review of Shmoop and why he likes it for early learners.

Information about Thursday's presentation -- there will also be streams that you can listen to if you don't make it into Second Life. This is a cool free PD opportunity and you'll get to see me learn something VERY new!

PD opportunity - new tools in the classroom for this year.

Call for those to particpiation in the Second Life Community Convention Education

Those doing educational work in Second Life are invited to submit for a poster session in SL. Call for Participation in the Second Life Community Convention Education Track (SLEDcc) Poster Sessions

A great presentation by Kim Cofino

Cool site that takes a long URL and makes it smaller and more manageable for weblinks or social networks

Is there such a thing as the Google Generation? Yes, actually, but some of the characteristics of that group are spreading throughout all age groups. Libraries and governments need to work out how to react and adapt to this and some of the weaknesses of the Google Generation, and quickly.

Susan Etteneheim uses Google Sites for her school and set up a customized start page for students in her school using google sites. Very nice work.

Susan Ettenheim's start page for students at her school. They customize it with their google site ID from their school.

A great grading program.

A nice presentation on the water crisis. Nice design & use of text and images.

A tutorial that explains web 2.0 tools and how they might be used in educational settings.

this is a wiki that considers the power of digital story telling

In October and November, WestEd's SchoolsMovingUp will host a series of nine free webinars presenting the latest research and practice on the instruction of English learners. Hear from national experts including Aida Walqui, Diane August, Claude Goldenberg, and Jana Echevarria -- all without leaving your home or office. All webinars will also be archived for free access any time, anywhere.

Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow - Today (ACOT2) is a collaborative project to help high schools get closer to creating the kind of learning environment this generation of students needs, wants, and expects so they will stay in school.

Imosaic is a set of tools for producing mosaics of images. Currently we are developing 2 tools that achieve this task:

Add subtitles to video.

Overstream is a video sharing website that lets you add subtitles.

I can see using Twitter as a means for students to do the same: to organize ideas, reflect, send notes, and manage meet-ups.

Celestia is a free and open source space simulator that allows you to explore space right from your computer. Celestia is available for download on Windows, Mac OS X, and even Linux. Celestia has many very cool features, including an eclipse finder. Not only does the eclipse finder allow you to find solar and lunar eclipses on Earth, but you can seek eclipses on other planets as well. I found out something really cool when checking out eclipses on Jupiter - because Jupiter is very large and has many moons, solar eclipses are very common.