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What Twitter can be to users . . . Broadcast medium, PLN builder, Professional Development, Edchat, Virtual conference attendance, Live blogging, Backchannel, Complaints dept., Tech support, Subscription service, Disaster and emergency tool, Share your tastes and activities, Real time search, News on demand, Broadcast the revolution, Journaling, Look at me, look at me!

"The Interesting Ways to Use series has been really successful. I measure their success in how useful they are to teachers and other educators in helping with professional development. They have been a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been great fun connecting with all of the people who have taken time to add an idea. It is remarkable what can be achieved and created together if you give people the right way to do it. Thanks for all the help so far. It all began with One Idea, One Slide and One Image as a premise for the IWB presentation and that has always remained. I hope we can all continue to create them - let me know if you have any other ideas for a presentation. I wanted to keep the family together in one place and give you one page to see them all, as so many of you have requested. Don't forget that if you want to contribute an idea just let me know and I will give you access to share your thoughts."

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Welcome to read me-a set of engaging resources for Key Stage 3 students created by the National Schools Partnership on behalf of Reading for Life. These resources have been designed to reach 11 to 14 year old boys in particular to excite them about reading in and outside of the classroom.

"A fun new educational and entertaining book EVERY day helps your child develop good reading habits. Each book teaches your child new concepts, new words and how to say them."

From the site: Does your school or district receive E-rate funding? This free toolkit will help you meet the educational requirements outlined in the Children's Internet Protection Act. Use the robust lessons and helpful documentation templates to demonstrate your commitment to teaching kids how to use technology safely. Your toolkit provides: * A short toolkit intro video * An implementation guide * Documents to track activity * Links to valuable E-rate info Thanks to Karen Sheely for sharing the link with me.

This recommendation came to me by way of the Diigo Math group.

Think of an avatar as a "mini me" or an "online version" of yourself.

I think placing a survey or poll on your classroom blog or website is a great way to get informal feedback from your students. I usually put a survey on my class blog a week or so before any formal assessment that my students are going to take. That feedback helps me identify the areas that my students need more help and or clarification on. - R M Byrne

"Learning new vocabulary can be quite daunting for most students. We just have to look at the literacy rates to see how much children struggle with vocabulary. Rote learning of vocabulary does not really work. Experience has taught me students remember what they use and explore. Students need to have fun, engage with the material, and explore how their new knowledge works. "

Compares climate change data in easy to read graphs.

I played the Blob (Music) and Cloud-Click (Math) games and they were fun! I didn't try the Algebra or periodic table games. It will take someone smarted than me! These four games are free. Whatever else they have needs MONEY!

This is a collaborative text synchronized as you type. This means that others with whom you are sharing the page can see what you are writing as you write it.

Show Me Great Lessons - Interactive Instructional Activities Using an Elmo Document Camera

What an appropriate time to celebrate the NSTA Conference with a tribute to an awesome collection of STEM resources! For those not familiar with STEM education, imagine the power in combining Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math into a program that brings cross curricular understanding with real world application. Those familiar with Daniel Pink even understand the importance of a fine arts contribution to STEM. Now combine the outstanding and first rate resources of Siemens Corporation and Discovery Education. Welcome to a posting that highlights a great web site based on STEM, PBL, and 21st Century education! Don't miss any part of this posting, including the conclusion which includes what may be the best free professional development opportunity for STEM educators this summer! As always feel free to follow me on twitter at (@mjgormans) and I will be sure to follow you back and we can learn from one another! You are also invited to visit my 21centuryedtech Wiki! Please enjoy and share this post with others! Have a great week! - Mike

"Voki is a wonderful little tool that allows you to make your own avatar that speaks your messages. It appeals to me for these reasons: * it's free * it's incredibly easy to use - so intuitive absolutely no training or reading is necessary * it's great fun * my students really like it * it has many cool uses * you can embed it in your blog or website or e-mail it to someone"

"Blogging and podcasting has allowed me to create a forum where my students discuss current events connected to our social studies curriculum while developing language arts skills like critical thinking and persuasive dialogue. It has also given my students the opportunity to be creators-rather than simply consumers-of online content. Finally, blogging and podcasting have given my students an audience for their ideas, which has increased levels of interest and motivation."