Insight on how the Kindle changes one authors reading habits.

Fascinating viewpoint on how use of the Kindle changes the author's reading methodology. I find this fascinating.

Technorati Tag Generator

Cool little page that helps add techorati tags to one's blog. I may have to use this until the firefox 3 plug in is fixed. Just type in the words, generate the code and copy it to the bottom of your blog.

Amazing student created math resources.

Mathtrain.tv brought to you by Mr. Marcos and his 6th grade class in Santa Monica, CA. Let your students find answers about what they are doing here. This is amazing! This is an excellent example of WHY students should be creating and sharing with other students.

Mr. Marcos in California is doing amazing work with his sixth grade students and their mathtrain tv and podcast projects. Wow!

Wow!

Cool way to use Google Docs to teach charts and spreadsheets.

Cool survey results gadgets from Lucy Gray -- very very cool for use with children and to demonstrate spreadsheets and charts. I like the little worms she used on her favorite colors chart.

Digital citizenship resources pulled together.

This is the RSS page on netvibes that pulls together all of the most recent resources for advocates. If you have netvibes, this is a great tab to add to your group.

Excellent diigo group about digital citizenship that is being created by educators.

The advocates for digital citizenship, safety, and success diigo group has over 400 bookmarks categorized by the 9 aspects of digital citizenship that we are using to organize. Join in and share your bookmarks. This is becoming a great resource.

The information at the advocates for digital citizenship, safety, and success about the I read blocked blogs week. This loosely joined group of educators has created a central clearinghouse for activities such as this. Create activities that fit within digital citizenship and join and post. We have a blog, wiki, and more information -- everything is linked at http://www.netvibes.com/coolcatteacher#Ad4dcss -- Join in.

I strongly encourage you to join in the growing international group advocates for digital citizenship, safety, and success just to see information that we have and to add to it.

I like WiziQ, but remember, Mark, that this is a place where we share bookmarks for purposes of education -- I don't really think that this entire posting is appropriate -- just a link and suggestion would have been appropriate. The forums are really for everyone to discuss things and ask questions.

If you represent WiziQ - it would have been more appropriate to share information and then use the forum to ask people to give you feedback. However, if you're not going to interact here and check in, maybe the link would suffice.

Vicki

Mark Cruthers wrote:
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> I recommend the educators in this group take a look at WiZiQ's free virtual classroom platform.
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> Link to March 17 Demo Replay.
> http://www.wiziq.com/Replay_Session.aspx?key=t&id=73125
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> WiZiQ is an online teaching platform, which provides a free virtual classroom environment for teachers to interact online and teach students in real time. Teachers can also build a profile, keep an availability schedule, and maintain a content library, which is associated with their profiles, by uploading PowerPoint presentations and PDF Files.
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> Works in Flash format and needs no downloads
> 2-way live audio/video delivery
> Whiteboard with Math tools
> Synchronous Content sharing such as PowerPoint (retains animations and transitions), PDF, Flash, MS Word, MS Excel files and videos
> Records all sessions to be played back in Flash format (needs no downloads)
> Share PowerPoint presentations asynchronously even with narrated audio in slides
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> WiZiQ's Blog http://wiziq.typepad.com/
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> Feedback from Nellie, English Teacher
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7sJ-RsWMI4
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> http://wiziq.typepad.com/wiziqcom/2007/12/collaborating-o.html
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> Wiziq YouTube Presentations:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yty0cPzlcU
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> Free Online Virtual Classroom
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> WiZiQ's free Virtual Classroom is an online internet mediated classroom where the teacher and the students are connected to share a common workspace. In this online session, they make use of audio-video conferencing, text chat, whiteboard, and content sharing capabilities. There are no costs for using the virtual classroom. The sessions are recorded and are available online on WiZiQ, which can be accessed for later review or reference.
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> Attendees can join a session with privileges to converse verbally with others; draw and write on whiteboard; and share Presentations, PDFs, Flash and Images. The teacher may withdraw or re-assign these privileges to the attendees. A Teacher can withdraw privileges from the attendee in terms that the attendee can not converse, or upload anything to share on whiteboard; in this case, the attendee is a spectator. An attendee can also request for rights, in which case, the teacher can click on the attendee's name to transfer control.
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> Offers a complete online teaching management system to its registered teachers without installing any software.
> Teachers get their own virtual classroom at no costs.
> Provides the ability to schedule a session online through a calendar at teachers' convenience.
> Teachers can interact with students through an online whiteboard to share text or documents, and through a two-way audio and text chat.
> Teachers can build their profile.
> Provides the ability to conduct one-on-one or group sessions online.
> Payments from learners can be accepted.
> Teachers can maintain a learners' corner.
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> Students can find teachers
> Learn from home, live through the Internet through an easy-to-use and interactive browser based interface, without installing anything.
> Access tutorials shared by subject matter experts
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We would love to be featured, just let us know when you do this, so I will be extra vigilant.

I wish there was a way to request people to send me a comment about why they want to join -- or when I am approving their membership that some basic profile would show. Or when I put my mouse over their name, that their profile popped up in a box. Moderating does take a bit of time!


Maggie Tsai wrote:
> Vicki,
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> Good resources here. Would you like us to feature your group? (Note: if a group is being featured, while it gets great exposure and attracts more like-minded folks, there is also the potential downside to attract some spam as well.) Just let us know if you're interested or not. Either way is fine.
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> Keep up the great work.

Super cool add in for the new Firefox. Piclens gives you a 3 d way to browse videos and pictures on the web and is very very cool. Just remember that if you upgrade to firefox3 that some add ins won't work at the beginning. Firefox 3 has just entered public release which is usually about the time it has enough stability and support to make me happy.

New add in for firefox 3 for browsing public photos and videos. Very cool.

Firefox 3 is available for download now and is in public preview mode. I'm downloading it tonight and by the time this posts on my blog in the morning, I'll have some thoughts to share. What do you think?

Firefox 3 is ready for public preview.

Information on the issue between the AP and the Drudge Retort.

Awaiting ap guidelines on proper linking in the blogosphere. I blogged about this yesterday on my blog.

Been watching this group blog of students and want to share it with you. At over 1000 readers strong, this is an educational blog to watch -- students are speaking out. Who is listening? Of course, teachers IN the classroom had better be listening. I hear my students thoughts in person and on our class blog, but how many teachers truly ask and how many listen? Even more so, how many administrators or curriculum directors listen and are involved. Good teachers listen to students and know when to say yes and when to say no. However, it is great that now students can speak out!

A student website that starts on Monday launched by Artus. Cool

Cool website that turns real photos into cartoons uvatar (looks more like you than a random avatar) and video cartoonizer (cool) which takes video and turns it into a cartoon. This should be another cool website to enjoy w/ your digital photography and eventually videos.

Cool website for cartoonizing photographs and eventually videos.

top 100 management and leadership blogs for administrators.

This lost of the top 100 Management and Leadership blogs may have some great blogs for administrators and headmasters to read.

OK, Pluto is now a "plutoid" as are many other asteroids that are the size of pluto -- pay attention science teachers -- plutoid should now be in your book. (It is in Wikipedia -- but again, your book is outdated.)

Pluto is now a class of very large asteroid called a "plutoid."

Website that allows teachers, researchers, and students to save and share research easily. Has anyone tested this from Michigan State University.

New site for sharing research.

Another growing network for educators.

Microsoft's Innovative teacher's network. Another network for teachers.