Michelle DeSilva (mdesilva)'s Public Profile in the Diigo Community

Middle School Social Studies Teacher. I teach ancient civilizations at BAK Middle School of the Arts.

I am interested in Travel,Wine,Reading,Cooking,Coffee,Thrift Stores,Boutiques,Cottages,Movies,Old Book Stores,Museums,Photography,Walking on the Beach,Marketplaces,Wineries,Festivals,Gardens,Tea Houses,Flea Markets and most importantly spending time with family and friends..

Member since Jun 10, 2009, follows 36 people, 10 public groups, 134 public bookmarks (148 total).

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Recent Bookmarks and Annotations

Seventeen lost pyramids among thousands of buried Egyptian settlements pinpointed by infrared satellite images | Mail Online on 2011-05-31
- Satellites have helped locate 17 pyramids and 3,000 ancient settlements hidden underground in Egypt.
How to Use Social-Networking Technology for Learning on 2011-05-29
Education Week: India Unveils Prototype of $35 Tablet Computer on 2010-08-13
- $35 Tablet Computer
Hotmail - m.desilva@live.com - Windows Live on 2010-07-30
Soulard Farmers Market, Information, Pictures and History on 2010-07-10
Frequently Asked Questions on 2010-07-09
Teacher Magazine: 10 To-Dos for New Teachers on 2010-05-19
- look over last year’s yearbook. It’s a great place to see the kinds of activities that are important to your new school community.
- Create a birthday list for each class
- 5 more annotation(s)...
- - capture students on the first day of school. Going over the rules or what they’ll be learning is not the way.
  - Design some method
  - for absent students.
  - meet with the library media specialist
  - find out who is going to clean your room and make sure to start building a close relationship with them
101 Great Sites for Social Studies Class on 2010-05-19
- Whether your class is named History, Government, Civics, Economics or Psychology, there is a great wealth of material available online that will engage your students.
Engineer Your Life - Homepage on 2010-03-31
The National World War II Museum Lesson Plans for Teachers on 2010-03-19

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Classroom 2.0

4580 members, 11654 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.
Clif's Notes on EdTech

981 members, 2626 items

Resources on Education, Technology and More.
Cool Tools & Ed Tech

1006 members, 2437 items

This group is for cool tools on the web as well as useful resources in education and technology. Go ahead...share.
Discovery Educator Network

1866 members, 5443 items

This group is for educators to aggregate content from Discovery Educator Network events, institutes, conference presentations, webinars, blogs, and workshops.
educators

2310 members, 11726 items

Educators sharing bookmarks and best practice. We have a set of standard tags to help us share things that you may use in addition to your tags. (You may subscribe to these tags via RSS feed by subject area, which makes it very useful.)