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Facebook and educators, a must read

Need animal or nature themed learning games? well you might? ok, maybe not but at least you now know where to go to find them!

"A school leader is always on the go. She needs to stay connected, have access to existing digital media, create new media, collaborate, and communicate. An iPad is a great tool that allows users to have their email, calendar, communication tools, newsfeeds, presentations, teacher/student interaction documentation, and notes all on one small device! The number of apps can be overwhelming, so I always suggest having your main productivity apps on the first screen. Move your secondary, less important, and entertainment apps to a separate screen. Let's create a digital backpack with your iPad."

for those ipad teachers out there

Today i am going to share with you some tips about how to better use Gmail. There are many features and services that Gmail offers for free yet only few people know about them and use them. Being educators, we do need to be aware of these freebies

Projeqt is a very new application - you still need an invite to use it- that lets you create what you could call interactive slideshows. In some ways, I might describe it as a more sophisticated Prezi that's easier to create and less confusing to watch.

Like Prezi? but less confusing? sounds intriguing

Popplet is a new web app that is like Wallwisher on steroids. You can make an online "bulletin-board" with virtual "post-its" (called "popplets), just like in Wallwisher. And, except for the fact you have to register to use it, Popplet is just as easy and, in some ways, easier to use with a lot more functionality. With Popplet, you search for images and videos on the Web directly within the "popplet" instead of copying and pasting the url address (as you need to do in Wallwisher). You can draw within the "popplet" and it doesn't appear to have an limit on the number of characters you can use. You can connect the "popplets." You can also embed the whole thing.

Definitely looking further into this one!

If your need isn't met here, then its not online

If you have an epson printer this will make your life so much better. No more printers dying or asking for a service when they do not really need it!

A definite must read. Might need to edit his 5 literacies for kid consumption.

iF Poems is new poetry app for the iPad, described as 'a poetry app for school-age children and for adults of any age'. It's the first great poetry app I've seen for the iPad - apologies for the spoiler but I needed to mention that right off the bat.

From the first week of school, the six-year-olds in my classroom begin to create an online presence in the form of a blog and digital portfolio. We use a blogging platform to do this, and include artifacts that show their progress in writing, reading, math, social studies, and science. I am frequently asked why I do this. Even more frequently, I can see in a colleague's eyes that they are thinking "why," even if they don't verbalize their question. The way that those educators have always done portfolios has worked well for them. Their students are learning the things they need to learn and are building a paper portfolio as they do so. Why do I take the extra time to upload those artifacts?

NISC needs this! or is there something else to use?

About as clear a piece as i have read on why we need to make our l;earning spaces alive and vibrant. LOVE IT

Runners, walkers, riders, drunks who need to find where they went last night? This could be for you.