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...In my opinion, all of the above are outdated ideas. I won't elaborate at the moment, as I'd rather have your input! Which ones do you agree with? Disagree? Challenge? Question?

"Within the decade, it will either become the norm to teach this course (high school Algebra I) in middle school or we'll have finally woken up to the fact that there's no reason to give algebra weight over statistics and IT in high school for non-math majors (and they will have all taken it in middle school anyway)." - Shelley Blake-Plock

RT @ransomtech: A good discussion starter: "21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020" http://bit.ly/dTqAxj

A new wordle-type website

This ebook has over 10,000 views and it is about movie making for kids with just simple pictures.

From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time.

It's marketing, but read it in terms of education.

This is an excellent resource area for administrators and teachers done by a superintendent of a small school district in NM.

A thought-provoking article on the reasons for the decay in education. Couldn't agree more.

Online games, resources and printables

interactive vocabulary tests for elementary

The www.spellingcity.com/dolch-words.html provides 15 different learning activities that you can use with the Dolch sight words, your own list, or any of the many other words lists available on Vocabulary SpellingCity. There's also a sister site: www.vocabulary.co.il - This quirky useful site has unique learning games and information for analogies, word roots, and compound words.

Great presentation on keeping our teaching presentations simply, appealing to our students, and to the point.

a handy reminder on visually presenting material

Excellent write up on the uses of technology integration information from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology. This is an incredible example of how a good blogger (like Richard Byrne) can take what looks very complex and help his readers understand what they will get out of it. Of course, I could have written my own take, but since Richard does such a good job, why should I. Which brings us to another point about blogging - we give credit and don't "snarf" blogposts from others as many of the trolls out there are doing.

how to create & embed

Thanks for the link

new flashcard site - looks pretty extensive already. may try it out this weekend for my students' revision.

This site lives up to its name. Find hundreds of really useful charts and diagrams that illustrate history, science, current events and more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

Add Voice to photos and embed in a site.

Multimedia Web 2.0 app that allows you to upload photos, video, audio and create a presentation with 3D effects. You can then embed it into many sites for sharing.

This is a fascinating tutorial about Web 2.0 tools using "jog the web" it is interesting how this is set up and is a take on a webquest, but the use of frames is really cool. Nice thing to share with beginners or anyone wanting to learn more about these tools.