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"Report from EduBloggerCon at ISTE10: Trends and Tools " - includes some tools from the smackdown

"5 Great #ISTE10 Blog Posts"

SecretBuilders is a virtual world for children 5 to 14 years old powered by a web 2.0 community of children, parents, educators, writers, artists and game developers. On SecretBuilders, children will explore virtual lands, undertake quests, play games, maintain a home, nurture a pet, and interact with their friends. Three features which form the backdrop for SecretBuilders distinguish it from other online worlds: * Children learn through immersing themselves in the stories, themes, and concepts from the best in literature, arts and humanities. They will interact with famous historical and fictional figures and be introduced to content and characters from world civilization and the great thoughts and ideas of human creativity. * Children will create this site, not just consume it. They are directly involved in creating this world with their ideas, critiques and contributions on virtually every aspect of the site and many of their ideas will be implemented! * Children publish their works - writings, art, videos - making SecretBuilders their own personal store of creativity. They can invite friends and family to view their works, and comment upon them. Seeing their works published and enjoyed by others instills tremendous for self-confidence as well as motivation to do more.

Unblock the Web to Unlock Learning - Joyce Valenza

"How should and do our contemporary classrooms mirror the use of learning technologies our students use outside of school, and how can we best use contemporary tools to support student learning?"

"This is a virtual place for folks interested in learning to "operationalize TPACK" (Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge) via curriculum-based learning activity types ('ATs') to get up-to-date information, and (more importantly) participate in the vetting and refining of the activity types in each of the curriculum areas in which activity type development is happening."

"Let's Do It! Planning for Tech In Early Childhood Classrooms"

"Welcome to the original Learning 2.0 Program. This site was created to support PLCMC's Learning 2.0 Program; a discovery learning program designed to encourage staff to explore new technologies and reward them for doing 23 Things. "

Social Bookmarking using Diigo. Presentation by Julie Lindsay, Lisette Casey and Honor Moorman (inspired by Vicki Davis) and joined via Skype by Maggie Tsai

e-book livebinder