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"Heidi Hayes Jacobs and I have been working on a curated Global Education site that will bring resources to educators to address global awareness, skills, literacies and competencies in their schools and classroom. The site hopes to facilitate connections between educators and established global projects and act as a clearinghouse for web 2.0 tools, links and books that facilitate, support and encourage global teaching and learning."

"Last week at CMI2010, I had the opportunity to talk to presenters, as well as many participants about Twitter. I had the feeling that the teachers, administrators, and superintendents, I spoke with, were genuinely interested in learning about Twitter."

"I wrote about the power of "The Network" in Personal Learning Network Thoughts. I would say that Twitter and my blog are the most important tools to the puzzle that make up my PLN. It takes time and effort to build, grow, maintain and nurture my PLN. I get out of it what I put in it. The PEOPLE who make up my network are "IT"."

"A teacher's heart smiles when students become creative, enthusiastic and take ownership of their work. This was the case with the 4th grade class at my school. Their classroom teacher asked me to introduce podcasts to her class, she and her students took it from there and RAN… with it…"

"I came across Docs That Teach this morning " It is divided int three parts: 1) Activities 2) Documents 3) Account ... I think this site has great potential in the Social Studies and History classroom. I especially liked the CREATE area, honoring the highest level in the Bloom's taxonomy (which the site acknowledged on their Bloom's Taxonomy resource link)."

"Teachers are worried that students simply "google" answers to a homework assignment or "copy and paste" entire paragraphs for research papers from the Internet. They are right. Nowadays, it is very easy, fast AND accessible to find answers. So, what do we do? * Do we punish students and fail them if they found the right answer online? * Do we spend our time and energy checking if they did not plagiarize by simply copying from another website into their papers? * Do we use services such as Plagiarism Checker or Turn It In to catch students? John Sowash, The Electric Educator, writes about Google-Proof Questioning"

"My teachers and students at my current school have heard me talk about Twitter more than once (well… more than a hundred times would be more accurate). I have been the "middle(wo)man" between the students and their classroom teachers to make connections (For Skype calls around the World), ask for advice, disseminate a project or request feedback (CSI Twitter) . How do I move from being that sole connector and disseminator to preparing students for that role?"

"I believe in sharing. Really I do… I would like to propose a Challenge to Share…for two reasons…"

"Many times, I see eyes glazing over, when I excitedly speak with parents or administrators about blogging, skyping or podcasting with students. Many of them, unfamiliar with the tools, will immediately feel uncomfortable. Some will automatically and immediately steer the conversation back to what they know: What about learning the basics, like reading, writing, math and science? I usually try to explain and emphasize, that these skills are precisely what are being taught. "

"This post title is "Teaching Information/Research Skills in Elementary School", but this post is as much for adults and older students. Many adults are overwhelmed with the quantity and new kind of media that is available and accessible through technology. Older students in High School and College might not feel overwhelmed, but have never been taught how to navigate, evaluate, save and retrieve the information that they are seeking."

"The school I work for alternates every year between a Science Fair and a Jewish History Fair exhibition. Students are to research and create a project for the respective subjects. This year the school prepared for the Jewish History Fair. The sixth graders wanted to explore the theme "Jewish Communities Around the World. "

"Steven Kimmi, on his blog Experiments in Technology posted Taught Versus Learn, A Distinguishing Factor Again, it was a small sentence that caught my eye and I was not able to let it go. Just as Kim Cofino's quote about " Using Technology Integration in the classroom is a Mindset, not a skill set", I am mulling over the meaning of Steven's idea of waiting to be taught versus being willing to learn."

"Via Kim Cofino on Google Buzz, I found the Google SearchStories Video Creator. I see some great possibilities in the classroom for it. * Pre-reading activities * Book summaries * Introduction /background knowledge * Discussion starters"

Instruction lesson where students are the teachers...

"I am honored to be able to cross-post Stephen Wilmarth's blog post below on Langwitches. If you are interested to read more about Steve's International Experimental program at the Number One Middle School in Wuhan, China take a look at: Take a Peek into China's First 1:1 iPad Class Learning…Young Chinese Perspective Bringing a 1:1 iPad Program to China"