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hash tag collection for twitter

A Ning site with a collection of educators and great resources

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Collection of twitter links and people to follow

Schedule tweets

This tool will allow you to visualize tweets based on search strings. Great for presentations

Teachers, administrators, researchers, reformers, government leaders, parents, and others have long extolled the benefits that computer-based learning could have in schools: Educational video games, often referred to as "edutainment" or "serious" games, could make learning fun and motivating, especially for today's students. Computers offer a way to customize instruction and allow students to learn in the way they are best wired to process information, in the style that conforms to them, and at a pace that matches their own.

This is a tool that will allow you to visualize tweets based on a search string. This would be great for presentations.

A great collection of links to virtual field trips. There is a lot here to explore.

Interesting LMS that looks like it has a lot of promise.

"Virtual worlds technology, like the Internet in general, is changing the way we access and experience information and the way we can access and connect with each other. Few college/university presidents or CIOs are currently prioritizing the exploration of virtual worlds, but it seems safe to predict that within the next three to five years, a higher education institution without a virtual worlds presence will be like an institution without a web presence today."

Interesting time line tool.

Interactive time line of the Haiti earthquake

Talk given at Stanford by Robert Sapolsky about the uniqueness of humans. Draws heavily from biology and sociology of the great ape family and compares with humanity.

Talk given at Stanford by Robert Sapolsky about the uniqueness of humans. Draws heavily from biology and sociology of the great ape family and compares with humanity.

"The standards selected are based on the results of a research review and survey of online course quality criteria. These quality standards were evaluated and assembled into an easy to use document for evaluating online courses with common benchmarks. "

"Educators and educational institutions need to understand that virtual worlds, like other social media, are here to stay and that these exciting forms of media are not a threat to formal education. The genuine conversation and participation that virtual worlds encourage is a step toward more authentic learning for all students."

"# John Dewey's ideas on progressive education have become newly relevant with the advent of online learning. # Collaborative online learning is an important example of Dewey's intellectual legacy. # Virtual teams move instructors off center stage while increasing their students' - and their own - engagement. # Most campuses already have all the software required to support virtual teamwork."