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By George Hillocks, Jr. Published in Rhetoric Review, Vol 7, Issue 2 Spring 1989, pages 257-272. This bookmark is to the citation within the publisher's database. Article is available for purchase or may be available through document delivery in your college's library.

Icebreakers, games, and other classroom tools for faculty. Developed by Skip Downing.

From YouTube, a video in which Raymond Wlodkowski makes suggestions on making your classroom more active.

From the New York Times, a debut column on math by Cornell professor Steven Strogatz features an introduction to numbers, from upsides (they're efficient) to down (they're ethereal).

By Laura Spencer, published in Freelance Folder, Jan 10, 2010. While targeted to freelancers, this article provides an excellent overview to Diigo features, and clear instructions for how to get started. It is current and all examples are for the current version of Diigo.

By David Pierce, published on Makeuseof.com, November 8, 2008. This post outlines the advantages of Diigo over Delicious (both social bookmarking tools).

Video posted to Mimeo that provides an overview of Diigo

contains bibliography

from evaluation proposal

Edited by Angela T. Ragusa, published by Information Science Reference, 2010. Ragusa is a sociologist at Charles Stuart University (Australia). With contributions from Europe, North America, and the South Pacific, the book "looks at how we communicate and interact in a computerised, connected and inter-connected world..."

By Megan Milani, Sternhouse Publishers (Australia), 2009. The book concentrates on teaching early readers (grades K-3), but there might be relevant information for teaching reading at other levels. The full text is available from this page, with an Adobe Flash player.

Youth culture and practice in relationship to the new media - how youth culture and practice is changing in the United States..

By Atul Gawande. Published by Metropolitan, 2007. This book, written by a doctor, looks at how doctors try to match their best intentions with best performance.

By Harold Pasher, Mark McDaniel, Doug Rohrer, and Robert Bjork. Published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest, vol 9 (3), Dec 2008, pp. 105-119. The authors looked at scientific evidence related to learning-style assessments in education. They concluded that evidence did not bear out the use of such assessments, but also point out that many versions of learning styles have not been tested at all (and thus there is no evidence).

By David Hayward and originally published in April 2009 Integrating Technology column of Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears; here it is part of the blog Expert Voices published by the National Sciences Digital Library. The post provides a great overview of Diigo, with advice on how middle school teachers can use it.

Produced by commoncraft, Aug 6 2007. This video describes social bookmarking in a fun and decidedly low-tech fashion. Runtime is just over 3 minutes. Please note that this video is for sale, though it is possible to watch an evaluation copy, for free, from this URL.

By Erika Lindemann, published by Oxford University Press 3E, 1995.

From PBS's Frontline, this documentary looks at how learning and work have changed with the advent of digital tools. Website includes full program as well as supplementary materials.

From WNYC, Feb 2, 2010. Includes link to MP3 and listener comments.

By Paco Martorell and Isaac McFarlin, Jr., Sept 2007. Evidence on the effectiveness of remediation from the state of Texas.