Group items tagged

"Whyville is a virtual world geared for teen and pre-teen girls and boys. Whyville's millions of registered "citizens" come from all over to learn, create, and have fun together. Whyville is their world. Whyville has places to go, things to do, and of course, people to see. Whyville has its own newspaper, its own Senators, its own beach, museum, City Hall and town square, its own suburbia, and even its own economy - citizens earn "clams" by playing educational games. And much, much, much more!"

I'd been treating iCal as my "source of truth" calendar and then making it sync outwards to Google Calendar.  As it turns out, I now realise I was thinking about it all wrong. The trick is to make the Google Calendar the "source of truth" calendar and then have it sync out to everywhere else.

"Taking It Literally: Testing How the Body Processes Information"

Taking It Literally: Testing How the Body Processes Information

How would you flip a classroom with iPads? For fun, here's a quick exploration of 3 ways it might happen with iPad apps. If you're already doing it, please share a link in the comments area!

Grab an Utterli widget and put it on your page. It updates automatically with whatever utters you choose.

"Add this document to your Collections 4 p. Google Airways - Create a Tour in Google Earth How to Create a Tour in Google Earth * From: ConniM * Uploaded: 01 / 16 / 2009 * Reads: 1779 * Category:Homework Transparent Name: Description: Collection Type: public locked: only you can add to this collection, but others can view it public moderated: others can add to this collection, but you approve or reject additions private: only you can add to this collection, and only you will be able to view it Cancel * Loader_black_on_white Reading List private Finished? Back to Document Your download will begin shortly... But first, we need a bit more information. Import more of your profile information from Facebook to help use find more content that you'll be interested in and build your social network on and off Scribd. No, thanks Your download will begin shortly... But first, we need a bit more information. Import more of your profile information from Facebook to help use find more content that you'll be interested in and build your social network on and off Scribd. No, thanks "

Nice blog post from Powerful Learning Practice and Professional Development for 21st Century Educators. 

Infographic on social networking provides great insight. I like how it breaks it down by country too.

Welcome to Links for Educators! It is our goal to provide educators with the most up-to-date and latest websites available. It is created by teachers and edited by teachers for teachers.

This 2020 Forecast is a tool for thinking about, preparing for, and shaping the future. It outlines key forces of change that will shape the landscape of learning over the next decade. The forecast does not predict what will happen, but rather serves as a guide to the as-yet-unwritten future. It is designed to help you see connections among things that once seemed unrelated and to help you consider the changes and challenges that you are facing today within the context of wider patterns of change. Ultimately, the 2020 Forecast aims to provoke your own thinking about what role you want to play in creating the future of learning.

It is a free service that allows you to visually capture any part of a web page. As you collect items that you captured, you organize them in boxes. You can then share these items or boxes with friends, colleagues, ... the world. The result is: efficient and visual collaboration around content. We call it: "Content Networking".

And God said, "Trust not the tinyurl, for it is subtle and quick to abuse your trust." And it came to pass, that Robert did click the tinyurl and was assaulted from behind by gay pr0n popups. And God said, "wtf? I told you..." -The Book of Stein

Usable processes in Delicious social bookmarking resource.

The Graffiti Creator is a Flash application that allow you to make your own graffiti-styled logotypes and texts. Simply type in a word and hit Enter and out comes a designed font ready for you to convert into beautiful art. Use an array of various tools to enhance your logotype to make it really special and unique.

The Graffiti Creator is a Flash application that allow you to make your own graffiti-styled logotypes and texts. Simply type in a word and hit Enter and out comes a designed font ready for you to convert into beautiful art. Use an array of various tools to enhance your logotype to make it really special and unique.

Use this resource to search the web and go back to items posted long ago that are no longer available.

Vlog It creates video blogs faster and easier than traditional video editing software because there's no editing! In fact, it's more like an automatic TV newsroom right inside your computer.