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Directory - list yourself, your class, or your school alphabetically by state. Want Ads - Have a project your class is working on and need some outside support via Skype? Post an advertisement for a class or school interested in a particular Skype sess

MIT Alumni Group is sponsoring a SAT Vocabulary video contest with prizes. Deadline for submissions is March 16, 2009. This is a great way to combine academic achievement, creativity, and technology.

Technology conference on February 21st at Heritage High School.

Make, export or embed thematic maps for presentations, geography classes, etc. Wow! A very impressive site!

So, educators, I am interested to know how you have used Wordle in your classrooms or as part of your work. I must favour visual learning, as I find visualisation tools such as Wordle, as well as SearchMe, Search Cube, Tag Galaxy and Many Eyes very useful. If they suit me as a learner, they must suit some of my students as well. I'll acknowledge the flipside of my argument and point you to Dy/Dan's post on Wordle as nothing more than eye-candy and time-filler. Maybe it is no more than engagement-on-the-cheap, but if it works, why discount it? You can decide for yourself. Here are some ways that I have utilised Wordle:

Very impressive presentation maker - must get invite (in beta stage).

Podstock 2009!\nSubmitted by johnessdack on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:51\n\nPodstock is a brand new conference designed to bring podcast creators and those who see the real value of podcasting as creators and consumers together. We'll have breakout sessions on podcasting for beginners, as well as sessions for and by seasoned pros. We'll explore podcasting as well as many other web 2.0 tools that can exhance learning and communication in your world. We invite you to join this site and add your thinking to the initial planning for this event. The conference will be held in Old Town Wichita, located in Wichita, Kansas and host participants from all over the country. It will be 2 days of education, learning & fun, so we hope you won't miss it!

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