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Patrick Higgins

Again But Slower Dot Com - 0 views

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    This is a wonderful addition to any teacher's tool box.
Patrick Higgins

Debategraph home - 0 views

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    A great argument visualization tool for students and teachers alike.
Patrick Higgins

IDEA: International Debate Education Association - Debate Resources & Debate Tools - 0 views

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    I used this site when I taught English in Ramsey to provide students with sound basis for arguments in class. At the very least it can provide you with a host of topics for students to write about and discuss.
Patrick Higgins

Read The Words - 0 views

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    How useful is this? Can you imagine the possiblities with this? Struggling readers rejoice! Students who spend so much time in the car going from this practice to that one? Get your book on iPod!
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    This is fantastic! We get inundated with loads of tools, but this one really stands out. What can you do with this?
Patrick Higgins

Zero-Thumb Game: How to Tame Texting | Edutopia - 0 views

  • guiding exercises in text translation: pulling up a MySpace page or a lingo-drenched school paper and asking students to translate the writing into standard English. Or they ask students to translate passages from classic literature into texting speak to demonstrate their comprehension of the writing and to create a form of multilingual focus, similar to how learning a foreign language tends to enhance a student's understanding of his or her native tongue.
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      This is a great example of how to take a typical assignment and give it an atypical outcome.
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    Another good reason to address the texting issue.
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    Check out how this teacher is viewing the use of text message lingo in her classroom. Very forward-thinking stuff here.
Patrick Higgins

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Time for Education to Think Bigger - 0 views

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    Are you focusing on building the house or just fondling the hammer?
Erica Hartman

Google Moderator - 0 views

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    want to do something with this but what?
Patrick Higgins

Diigo Blog ยป Announcing "Diigo Educator Accounts" - 0 views

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    This is interesting. Diigo accounts for students to share resources.
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    Student accounts for Diigo.
Patrick Higgins

From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning: Rocketron...Listen To News On Your Phone...O... - 0 views

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    This would be great for students who took in information better in auditory form.
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    Current events and news via your cell phone. Just dial this number and get updates: 408-907-2323
Patrick Higgins

QuarkBase : Everything about a Website - 0 views

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    Interrogate internet sources
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    A different version of easywhois.net
Patrick Higgins

Steli Efti : Throw Down the Gauntlet: Break the Chains of Bad Practice, Build Our Future - 0 views

  • Consider letting students create teacher PD as part of their technology education program.
  • Move towards a model of embedded professional development.  Binge professional development that happens in one day rarely creates sustainable, system wide change.  Move toward embedded programs like the 23 things that involve teachers in their own pd and requires them to research, reflect, and use the tools.
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    Give this a read. What do you think?
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    Great article at Supercool School.
Patrick Higgins

New Document - 0 views

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    I like this one.
Erica Hartman

Education Podcast Signup - 0 views

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    great podcasting tool for middle school
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