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Parent letter regarding science journal

Unit of work for Second Classroom Project. Students undertake a PBL task using Skoolaborate (http://www.skoolaborate.com) as thier presentation tool. Uses Group Ning for journal and student blog, Group FlickR to document progress. Project could also work using Google Sketch Up and Voice Thread. Final project solutions will be rezzed in Second Life on the Island of Jokadia for external viewing by PBL teachers. Time frame 6 weeks. See the Ning at http://secondclassroom.ning.com for project progress and contact information. Project first delivered April 2008.

Edmodo - micro bloging - ideal starter blogging for junior high school - learning to use courseware effectively - and also for journal entries in PBL. In Alpha testing.

a video on the use of Edmodo.

This is very very cool for students to use to reseach. More than Diigo - also searches journals and periodicals. It actually reviews the links with the relevant seach terms.

This is a fantastic start page option for teachers and students. It has everything teachers want (widgets, privacy controls, booksmarks, calendar, RSS, mini blog(journal), notes, to-do, video, and more). The file upload is a big bonus. Students and teachers can personalize the designs and add/share tabs. You can make each tab public or private and grant specific privileges for the tools (widgets).invitIe students individually or bulk upload from a file.

See also poster of reflection comments: http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el201811_takeaways.pdf

School students are one of the groups served by the Library. Today's young people are exposed to more information than any previous generation. The sheer quantity of information students are now expected to process and manipulate makes critical thinking and information literacy skills more important than ever. To this end the Library has recently developed the ergo website, a learning and teaching tool for secondary teachers and students that supports the instruction of information literacy and critical thinking skills in the classroom. ergo provides not only online resources but also a conceptual framework for the development of the skills students need to evaluate information.

This is an interesting (well interesting for Microsoft) article about turning the biss ass table on it's side. It also refused to work during Gates' keynote. What is more interesting is the back channel of comments. This is a great example to show kids about writing a report - Reports are not longer closed texts.