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Social Bookmarking - 0 views

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    Published in ChemPaths, the Chemical Education Digital Library on Aug 11 2009. An overview of social bookmarking.
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Integrating Technology: The Power of Diigo - 0 views

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    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.
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Organize Your Information with Diigo - 0 views

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    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.
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7 Reasons Diigo Tastes Better Than Delicious - 0 views

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    By David Pierce, published on Makeuseof.com, November 8, 2008. This post outlines the advantages of Diigo over Delicious (both social bookmarking tools).
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Annotate, Archive, Organize - 0 views

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    Video posted to Mimeo that provides an overview of Diigo
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www.danielwillingham.com - 0 views

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    Website of Daniel T. Willingham, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. In 2009, Willingham authored Why Students Don't Like School and writes extensively on applications of cognitive psychology to K-12 education.
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Why Don't Students Like School: Because the Mind Is Not Designed for Thinking - 0 views

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    By Daniel T. Willingham, in American Educator, spring 2009, pp 4-13. Excerpted from his book, Why Don't Students Like School, published by John Wiley & Sons, 2009. This article was one of the assigned readings for MCNC's Principals and Directors meeting, Feb 2010.
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2009 Did You Know video - 0 views

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    By Chris Rawlinson, posted on his website. An alternate version of the Did You Know video.
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YouTube - Brad Paisley - Welcome To The Future (Lyrics) - 0 views

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    Performance by Brad Paisley, posted on YouTube. Another look at ideas about the future.
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Blue Ribbon Schools program - 0 views

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    Overview of the federal government's Blue Ribbon Schools program, this site includes the application and an outline of the application process, as well as information about last year's winning schools.
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Madeline Hunter's ITIP model - 0 views

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    Educator Madeline Hunter developed the Instructional Theory into Practice, or ITIP model for teaching. This web page, from the education department of Hope College (MI) outlines the model.
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"Habits and Will" (excerpt from Human Nature and Conduct) - 0 views

  • To bear the end in mind signifies that we should not stop thinking about our next act until we form some reasonably clear idea of the course of action to which it commits us.
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    By John Dewey, published in 1921.
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    Ed Ingman posted that Dewey's idea of "the end in mind" is relevant to Conley's work on college readiness.
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The tipping point : how little things can make a big difference - 0 views

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    By Malcolm Gladwell, published Little Brown, 2000. Gladwell looks at why major changes seem to happen so suddenly. His "tipping point" is the moment when "social epidemics... take off, when they reach their critical mass...."
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    Rick Maupin quoted: "The nature of modern culture is such that many new ideas are constantly being introduced from a wide variety of sources, ranging from trend-setting teens and twenty-somethings in the nation's metropolitan centers to new product offerings from established corporations. Some of these achieve a measure of steady, consistent success, some fail, and some take off on an upward trajectory of exponential popularity and influence."
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WUW / sixthsense - a wearable gestural interface - 0 views

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    By Pranav Mistry. Posted on YouTube. This tool, a "wearable gestural interface" connects the physical world with the digital world of information. For more, see http://pranavmistry.misutori.com/projects/sixthsense/
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Bloom's Taxonomy - 0 views

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    Definition from Wikipedia. Bloom's taxonomy is essentially the classification of learning objectives that educators set for students.
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Did You Know? "We are living in exponential times" - 0 views

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    On YouTube, another version of the Did You Know video.
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Social bookmarking (definition) - 0 views

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    From Wikipedia.
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Collaborative Technology: Using Web 2.0 to Advance Staff Development - 0 views

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    By Cecelia Cunningham & Susan Restler. Published in Education Week, Nov 2008. The full article is available by subscription, only. Details are available on this web page. The article may also be available through your local library.
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Evaluating Professional Development, according to Guskey (2006) - 0 views

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    a short and clear explanation of evaluating PD
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homethemovie.com - homethemovie_t1big.html - 0 views

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    film about the earth and climate change
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