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John Medina, from the UW, talks about the effect of exercise, stress and multitasking on the brain. Best idea:

A network to talk about the tools we use

Very cool site that talks about how to get authors in your classrooms via skype. There is a list of skype authors that you can choose from.

Gilmar - I just realized that you are the same Adviser Gilmar. We are doubly brothers/sisters. Good job, by the way; you have a lot to teach us. Hugs, Judy

Short (about 1 minute) talks on varied topics. Creates a more natural way to make students respond to ideas. Can be used mostly with older learners who would have more to share and contribute

Have fun with this 3-minute video!

What I am going to share here will probably be the most personal thing I have ever shared on my blog. Only 3 other people know of this and some who are skeptics will dismiss me right away. But - I promise if you stick with me to the very end, it will make sense AND it will be woven into Tech. A long time ago, a pastor I trusted was into meditation and he was leading several people through them. Being the skeptic (yes, even though my faith is strong, I still have doubts at times) I decided to give it a try. What I am sharing next was what I saw. I was sitting on a fountain and there was a gentle man sitting next to me and we began to talk about what I was afraid of. He asked me if I was ready to conquer some of my fears and I said "Yes". He advised me to look up - and there floating above me were planks with words on them….words with the fears that I indeed was dealing with. And the closest one said "Dogs". I was able to easily reach up and grab it. As I gave the gentle man the plank, I said "But I am not really afraid of dogs" and his response was "sometimes you have to go for the easy before you can go for the hard." He then asked me if I wanted to fly and I said yes and suddenly we were flying through the sky…….yet, I continually looked toward the fountain, toward the ground, toward the certain. He finally asked if I wanted to return and we returned to the fountain. He laid his head in his hands and began to cry. When I asked him why, his response was "Jennifer, I want you to fly, yet you always wish to return to where it is safe." What I am sharing with you is true - and I still deal with my fears and my wanting to be safe - but today - I want to take those 2 stories and weave them, if I may, into what our teachers are dealing with in regards to being open to tech. In the last few weeks, I have had several conversations with tech coordinators, integratrators, evangelists, ambassadors - whatever you want to call

Very interesting reading. I feel that many of you are with wings and flying high, even if sometimes we question things and just want to go back to the ground. This is totally natural, questioning, trying, feeling on the verge of giving up, giving another chance, trying a different approach...

Listen to Luli Radfaher talking about education in the 21st century. Inspiring! Couldn't stop watching it! If you watch it, I'd love to hear from you. How about a post at http://webtools.ning.com ? Waiting for your views and what he said that really ticked you.

Great ost Really food for thought. Unfortunately it's so easy to do such things.

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A collecting of interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy. Here are 70+ videos organized into various sub-categories. These videos are of varying quality, cross several genres, and are of varied suitability for classroom use.

This is an amazing compilation of fantastic videos and I´m a huge fan of Alec Couros with whom I´ve talked a bit in twitter.

Today, June 13th, at 13:00 I'll join Classroom 2.0 to talk about professional development. It would be great to see you there, or you can listen to the recording later on.