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A free online Talking Dictionary of English Pronunciation

Jim Gates recommends this site as a thought about writing prompts - I agree! Do science classes ever use writing prompts? Now there is a question.

a whole new way to talk online

A list of TED Talks videos with location, speaker, Name, summary, time and date published. A wonderful resource.

Animation of Daniel Pink talk. What would this do for Tech?

You might find something of interest to you here! When I first set out to create this site, I wanted it, above anything else, to be something practical. I wanted it to be something real teachers could use. I want to offer support to new teachers who were hired the day before school started, and were talked into taking two extra preps, and have gang problems inside their classrooms. And I want it to be a place where you could find like-minded colleagues who are dedicated to improving our society through education, as hard as the reality of that may be for those of us in the classroom.

I think this is a great way to talk to kids who are not able to attend class today, or to have a group session visually to work on a collaborative project.

Some of these slides are "OLD" and "stupid" but some are quite insightful!

Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.