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Introductory lessons on how to teach students to use Diigo for collaborative research

store active expressions so they can be passed out quickly a table at a time, label caddy by table, label expressions by seat

store active expressions so they can be passed out quickly a table at a time, label caddy by table, label expressions by seat

Teach students how to make advanced searchs by understanding boolean logic

Trailblazer pages with links to many recommended apps by subject area. The links are curated by the author of the ebook An Educators iPad.

Trailblazer page to sample Acceptable use policies

If you want to see exactly how a LiveScribe pen works, this is an excellent tutorial video. It isn't super fast but it shows you how it really works from beginning to end. This demo is how to create a pencast. Although some of you may be doing this on your ipad using some of the new apps, the Livescribe pen is a sub $100 pen that is very powerful. If you prefer to take notes you can record everything on the pen. I've had one and really enjoy it.

I was rereading this old post for some writing I'm doing about filtering and it struck me that although this post was written in 2008 it reads like it was written this morning. I think there are some very valid arguments to share as you discuss content filtering in your school. When asked about how to help kids with allergies, researchers have made the bold statement , "Let them eat dirt! " As I read these articles, I was struck with the parallel to the content filtration debate that rages in education today.

Solution for not being able to play Youtube videos inside of Facebook on a Power PC chip Mac computer. It is so easy and it works.