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The 5 Best Free Annotation Tools For Teachers - 3 views

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shared by seth_mitchell on 20 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Markup.io 
    • Susan Inman
      Susan Inman on 20 Feb 14
       
      I'm really interested in this--want to see if it works with Google Maps.  I love to screenshot a map and circle or highlight details for whomever I am sending it to.  I tried to sign up, but their website says they are preparing an updated version for 2014.  I'm on the mailing list if they get round to publishing it!  I'll let y'all know.
    • seth_mitchell
      seth_mitchell on 22 Feb 14
       
      Please do!  Outside of Diigo, this tool is the most interesting on the list.
  • lets you bookmark and tag web pages
  • attach sticky notes to it
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  • tags, titles, URLs and even your own comments and highlights
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digitalwritingworkshop - Websites_And_Apps - 2 views

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  • seth_mitchell on 24 Feb 14
     
    Digital tools for writing. Comprehensive list.
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I Just Can't Do It All: The Connected Educator Letdown | Ditch That Textbook - 2 views

ditchthattextbook.com/...the-connected-educator-letdown connected educator technology tech integration
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  • seth_mitchell on 25 Feb 14
     
    Great reminder for teachers in our institutes who feel overwhelmed by too many options... We say this all the time, but it doesn't hurt to hear it from someone else.
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Digital Student Portfolios - #principalcast - 3 views

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  • seth_mitchell on 07 Mar 14
     
    Interesting use of Evernote to discuss Evernote.
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Your Digital Dad - YouTube - 1 views

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  • seth_mitchell on 05 Apr 14
     
    Kevin Honeycutt is awesome.
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Choose What Happens Next - YouTube - 1 views

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  • seth_mitchell on 05 Apr 14
     
    Great resource for the digital citizenship group
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What Should Children Read? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/...what-should-children-read non-fiction CommonCore reading nytimes
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  • careful reading can advance great writing.
  • Common Core dictates that by fourth grade, public school students devote half of their reading time in class to historical documents, scientific tracts, maps and other “informational texts” — like recipes and train schedules
  • What schools really need isn’t more nonfiction but better nonfiction,
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  • Most students could use greater familiarity with what newspaper, magazine and book editors call “narrative nonfiction”: writing that tells a factual story, sometimes even a personal one, but also makes an argument and conveys information in vivid, effective ways.
  • Web sites, which have begun providing online lesson plans using articles for younger readers, and on ProPublica.org.
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Why K-12 schools are failing by not teaching SEARCH | The Thinking Stick - 3 views

www.thethinkingstick.com/failing-by-not-teaching-search technology research digital literacy
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  • Susan Inman on 26 Nov 12
     
    Interesting article about teaching students how to search on the web...with k-12 lesson plans for teaching search techniques
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How Teens Do Research in the Digital World | Pew Research Center's Internet & American ... - 2 views

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  • Some 77% of advanced placement (AP) and National Writing Project (NWP) teachers surveyed say that the internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive” impact on their students’ research work.
    • seth_mitchell
      seth_mitchell on 26 Nov 12
       
      Something to say.
  • seth_mitchell on 26 Nov 12
     
    Interesting study about students and research.
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Education Week Teacher: How Blogging Can Improve Student Writing - 2 views

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  • Rebecca Redlon on 29 Nov 12
     
    affirmation of what we already know -- good fodder
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