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TEDTalks as of 09.02.09 - 0 views

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    Spreadsheet with every Ted Talk ever given!
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    These are incredible videos and will give you inspiration and resources to quote in your topics.
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ALEX Lesson Plan: Cell Phones: Immoral, Illegal, or Just Plain Rude? - 0 views

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    Cell phone lesson plan from Beth Glasgow in Shelby County Alabama (courtesy of my new friend Dr. Frank Buck)
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25 Surprising Facts About China's Education System | Teaching Tips - 0 views

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    Julie Lindsay is in China and so I've been looking up information about their system. It is very different, but this is a fascinating listing of items about China and their system of education.
Vicki Davis

Mobile Vein Authentication Technology - 0 views

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    Looks like your veins may become your identification instead of your fingerprints. Interesting.
Vicki Davis

50 Useful Mind-Mapping Tools for College Students | Associate Degree - Facts and Inform... - 0 views

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    Fifty useful mind mapping tools has some cool software and sites I'll peruse. Have you used any of them that I should use? I've used MindMeister, and bubble.us as well as gliffy, but think I should try Mind42 and dabbleboard, perhaps.
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Dangerously Irrelevant: School mobile phone jammers and shoe organizers - 0 views

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    The schools in Iowa gave up their proposal to jam mobile phone signals (it is against the law.) Dr. Scott McLeod shares his communications with the interim superintendant.
Vicki Davis

St. Ansgar schools may jam cell phone signals | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines ... - 0 views

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    A school in Iowa wants to buy equipment to jam cell phone signals on campus. Ah, so misguided! Why not embrace them and use them for positive purposes?
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    This school wants to ban cell phones at school by using a signal blocker.
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The Energy Literacy Project - 0 views

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    "There is a problem with energy literacy" says Chevron CEO, David O'Reilly, in Thomas Friedman's Hot Flat and Crowded - Julie and I are working to incorporate this into our next Flat Classroom mini-conference in Februray and we turned up this energy literacy nonprofit. This is fascinating.
Vicki Davis

Diigo in Education Wiki Preso for NECC - 0 views

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    This is the wiki with the information from our session on Diigo in the Open Source Lab at NECC. It has current information on bookmarking.
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    Websites are no longer just information in themselves but are being mashed up and mixed up using tools like Diigo.
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Livestream - Broadcast LIVE streaming video - 0 views

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    This used to be mogulus - you can have a full tv channel here. My understanding is that you can stream from your cellphone here.
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Education 2.0 - Edmodo - Free Private Microblogging For Education - 0 views

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    Microblogging service built for students and teachers.
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QR Codes in the Classroom - 0 views

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    Mr. Robbo, the PE Geek, filmed this video on his cell phone about how he uses QR Codes in the classroom. He filmed it on his cellphone and uploaded it to qik -- he is in Australia!
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    This teacher is sharing what he does to use QR Codes to teach!
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60 Percent of Teens Text While Driving | LiveScience - 0 views

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    Percentage of teens who text while driving. This is a concern and one that you should alleviate.
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51 Percent of U.S. Mobile Phone Users Access Online Content | Kikabink News - Internet ... - 0 views

  • 51 percent of United States based mobile phone users access online content using their mobile phone on a weekly basis.
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    Online content is being accessed on a weekly basis from their cell phone.
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Survey: Teens' Cell Phones Indispensable - CBS News - 0 views

  • The wireless trade association CTIA and Harris Interactive surveyed some 2,000 teens across the country and learned that teens feel that cell phones have become a vital part of their identities.
  • Another recent survey conducted by Nielsen revealed that kids are getting cell phones even before they hit their teens. Nearly half of kids age 8 to 12 years old own cell phones in the U.S, according to the Nielsen report. And on average kids get their first cell phone between the ages of 10 and 11 years old.
  • Most of the teens on the panel agreed that Apple's href="http://www.cnet.com/apple-iphone.html" class="link" target="new">iPhone is the coolest phone on the market. But none of them owned one, largely because the devices are too expensive and so is the monthly service fee from AT&T.
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  • And 42 percent of those surveyed say they could text blindfolded.
  • third of teens surveyed say they regularly play games on their phones
  • 20 percent of them use their phones for social networking.
  • 36 percent of teens in the survey said they don't like buddy-tracking features that reveal their physical location to others
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    Research shows that cell phones are a vital part of student identities with four out of five students having a cell phone. Now, nearly half of kids aged 8-12 years own cell phones. Most kids get their first cell phone between 10 and 11.
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    Percentage of US teenagers who have cell phones.
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"Sexting" Shockingly Common Among Teens - CBS News - 0 views

  • three teenage girls who allegedly sent nude or semi-nude cell phone pictures of themselves, and three male classmates in a western Pennsylvania high school who received them, are charged with child pornography.
  • Roughly 20 percent of teens admit to participating in "sexting," according to a nationwide survey (pdf) by the National Campaign to Support Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
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    20% of Teens participate in sexting or sending nude pictures via text message.
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    This issue is a huge one for students and minors who have future implications for this practice.
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Google Mobile | SMS for your phone - 0 views

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    How you can use SMS from your cell phone. Additionally, those who do not have cell phones can use the cell phone simulator to practice these terms: define, etc.
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mobile9 - Free ringtones, free themes, free wallpapers, free videos, free software, fre... - 0 views

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    Tons of free content for your cell phone including ringtones.
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QR-Code Reader & Software - Mobile Barcodes - 0 views

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    This is the best information I've seen on QR Codes readers including links and instructions for how to do this.
Vicki Davis

Twenty Uses for QR Codes and Tags for Marketing « Digital Business by Will Ha... - 0 views

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    This is information on QR codes for Marketing but in this there is potential for schools - particularly ubiquitous "hardlinks" between educational experiences like museums.
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    As you think about QR codes, this list of 20 marketing uses of QR codes is a place to start.
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