casey mayfield (ku_alum)'s Public Profile in the Diigo Community

I teach 11th and 12th grade English Language Arts. We are a 1:1 tablet pc school. I am a tech leader in my school. I groove on finding new ways to use technology in my classroom. I'm married with no children (except we consider our 2 dogs our furry children!) http://edutechiegal.wordpress.com

I am interested in the future of my students,teaching with technology,my dogs,reading,fishing,biking,disc golf,yoga. My favorite music are Van Morrison,The Waterboys,Cake. TV: Mad Men,Family Guy,The Office,30 Rock,Reno 911,Top Chef. Books: The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver),I Know this Much is True (Wally Lamb),The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. My Heros are Boe (my grandfather).

Member since Aug 08, 2008, follows 194 people, 32 public groups, 1310 public bookmarks (1318 total).

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Top Tags:	Teacher Tools(186), Student Tools(146), Tech in Ed(108), ATB(103), List(93), Blog(91), Twitter(69), Writing(69), Collaboration(56), Web2.0(56)

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Recent Bookmarks and Annotations

Google Image Result for http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/assets/images/2008/10/081021gatsby_187.jpg about 8 hours ago
http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/ about 8 hours ago
Google Guide Teen Cheatsheet about 9 hours ago
Ed Tech Steve: Let's Build the Ideal 21st Century School on 2009-11-04
Ed Tech Steve: Show off the Power of Twitter on 2009-11-04
How To Use An Apostrophe - The Oatmeal on 2009-11-03
How to Create an Active Social Network: Nice Graphic for use as classroom display (via activehistory.co.uk / classtools.net) on 2009-11-03
Carbonmade : Your online portfolio. on 2009-11-03
10 Twitter Tips for Teachers | PlanbookEdu Blog on 2009-11-03
Education Week: An Ala. High School Makes Literacy a Schoolwide Job on 2009-11-03

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Groups

1:1 laptop

54 members, 158 items
Cell Phones in Education

91 members, 92 items

This group will explore the use of cell phones in the classroom.
CFF Coaches

148 members, 3326 items

This group is a common place for Classrooms for the Future to pool links for use with/by their teachers.
Classroom 2.0

1535 members, 4500 items

A place for members of www.Classroom20.com to share links, Classroom 2.0 is social networking site devoted to those interested in the practical application of computer technology (especially Web 2.0) in the classroom and in their own professional development.
Classroom Instruction that Works

78 members, 272 items

Specific teaching strategies have positive effects on student learning. Decades of research indicates which strategies make the biggest difference. Each of these strategies can be used by any teacher at any time.