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theitclassroom: Magical Moments - 0 views

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theitclassroom connections googledocs collaborativewriting audience

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Look what Erica is up to; better yet, what her students have found in their collaborative work.

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Patrick Higgins on 26 Oct 08

Please read this. I love this stuff.

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Caveat Viewer: A Consumer's Guide to Drug Ads | Edutopia - 0 views

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edutopia literacy connections critique

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Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08

Can you use drug ads to enhance critical reading analysis.

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Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08

Drug ads and language. Deconstruct with your student.

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Laptops vs. Learning - 0 views

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William Cole's rationale on why laptops are not allowed in his law classes.

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Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08

This one might make for a good discussion.

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GOOD Sheet - It's the Economy, Stupid! - 0 views

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economy connections socialstudies definition economics

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Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08

An interesting graphic to aid in providing some historical perspective to the current economic crisis.

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Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08

Great for definitions of financial crisis

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Questioning techniques - 0 views

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questioning techniques learning change dialogue nti connections

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Patrick Higgins on 21 Oct 08

Interesting list of question types. I particularly like the "Columbo" style.

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Image Detective - 0 views

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history images criticalthinking visualization literacy

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Patrick Higgins on 21 Oct 08

This one from Erica Hartman's students. Very good stuff available for helping students "read" images.

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by xtranormal - 0 views

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animation

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someone check this one out.

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Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before - 0 views

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geography maps statistics visualization

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Maps that change shape depending on the data set you choose.

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Patrick Higgins on 17 Oct 08

This is some fantastic visualization. Allows you to reshape the world map according to certain data sets.

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Adopt and Adapt: Shaping Tech for the Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

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loti prensky techforumny08

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Patrick Higgins on 15 Oct 08

Utecht referenced this in an earlier post.

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memeorandum - 0 views

memeorandum.com

aggregator memeorandom news politics web2.0

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Patrick Higgins on 10 Oct 08

How great is this? Techmeme for politics! Plus, if you install the Greasemonkey script, it highlights conservative v. liberal articles.

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Patrick Higgins on 10 Oct 08

Anyone looking for bias in the media, try this great political source.

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EyeWitness To The Ancient World - 0 views

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If you are looking for primary source material to draw from for connections to ancient civilizations, here are some great ones.

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The Night I Wept for Humanity | Metanoia - 0 views

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americandream connections poverty socialchange

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Patrick Higgins on 09 Oct 08

Ryan's plea for action on the homeless front.

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Patrick Higgins on 09 Oct 08

Especially for sixth grade.

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YouTube - Rise of the Rest - 0 views

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asia china economics geography shift world

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Patrick Higgins on 09 Oct 08

Very compelling. If you have young children, or teach them, this is something you must see.

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Patrick Higgins on 09 Oct 08

Shift happens, but in economics.

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Thirst: A Student Research Challenge | innovation3 - 0 views

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Collaborative project opportunity.

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Discovery Education streaming - Atlas Interactive Map - 0 views

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great resource for global awareness and map skills from DE.

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All Things Marked » HOWTO: Send free text messages through email - 0 views

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Good to know in a pinch.

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Patrick Higgins on 08 Oct 08

how to send text messages via email.

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ClassroomBraids » home - 0 views

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classroombraids collaboration wiki

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Great opportunity for your students to participate in a global project.

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Top News - Wall Street crisis hits higher education - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...index.cfm

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Patrick Higgins on 06 Oct 08

For 8th grade Connections unit

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Link TV | Know the News - 0 views

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coverage literacy media news spin tv

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Patrick Higgins on 06 Oct 08

This has potential for all of those that are wondering about how to help students decipher media.

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Patrick Higgins on 06 Oct 08

check this out!

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Cognitive Research and Design » Blog Archive » Ikea directions and nonverbal ... - 0 views

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connections directions ikea quickwrite visual

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Patrick Higgins on 06 Oct 08

Can we take something like this and make it a writing assignment, only sans words?

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