Vicki Davis's Public Library

Kevin and I had a great discussion Wednesday about global collaboration, the evolution of teaching, and what schools should look like to be 21st Century Schools -- a good conversation between friends.

This is the re-launch of Kevin's podcast since he lost his hard drive! So, subscribe - I just love his work!

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An add on for Google Calendar called Better Gcal that enhances Google Calendar. (Note though that I'm looking for another one b/c the comments say this update isn't working.)

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This wiki page is one of the most definitive Google Calendar how-to guides that I've ever see. They did a great job of organizing things! Awesome! I especially like the features on how to print in custom ways at the bottom of this!

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Current update and overview on ISTE keynoting process as it stands today.

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Attention, Librarians who want to laugh or presenters looking for good material, the awful library book bloggers are perfect for you!

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This is an older post but really resonates with me. (Isn't it funny how you can read something from a while back and re-learn all over again some really cool things.) I had to laugh and remember - this was during my first year of blogging and everything is STILL TRUE about blogging. Gotta love this amazing blogging thing that lets us re-invent and re-learn about ourselves over time.

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Some really cool links to neat tools on this website including a Google map distance calculator (geography teachers imagine what you can do with that!)

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I blogged on this yesterday, but this is a post to read and share with college level and higher who are following Web 2.0 and specifically the use of backchannels.

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Some places to find science projects for kids.

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There are grants for creating gardens at your school. We put in an elementary school garden several years a go and it has been GREAT! See if you can apply or get some interest - it is an online form.

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For those who love the Matrix, for the 10th anniversary of the Matrix, someone has reenacted the rooftop scene with legos! ;-) Great for a laugh if you like the movie.

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This is really so much fun and one of the highlights of last season. Join in the PLN madness and sign up on the Third Annual Holiday gift exchange - you sign up on this page and elfster "draws names" the end of this week - you send something to your person - usually things local to your area. It is a lot of fun. Thanks to Steve Dembo for doing this!

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Edublog award nominations are now open - you write about the blog and link to it and share it with them. Pretty simple.

Nominations close Tuesday December 8
Voting Ends Wednesday December 16
Awards Ceremony is Friday December 18

Get a blog and nominate some good ones!

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I just love this handy tool for organizing your desktop - it is GREAT!

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To me, this example is over the line but anything that takes away from your ability to teach is considered a problem and reason to fire you. I think this is no acceptable when the teacher had everything marked as private and did not allow parents nor admins on her facebook page - again, facebook is not secure.

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A dark version of the icons.

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Lots of other wallpapers that let you organize your icons - this can make your desktop "prettier" and help you be more organized.

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For those who like the getting things done method and would like to have it in front of them, here is GTD Wallpaper.

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An excellent article to make the case for digital citizenship education, I love the quote at the end that the law "can't take the place of good manners, social norms, and etiquette." Do we think that students just develop good manners on their own? Perhaps manners, norms, and etiquette would much better evolve with multiple generations and ages working together as we discuss and grapple with such issues.

This is another excellent article about the changing state of the law and the Internet and includes the precedent that anonymous doesn't really mean anonymous any more - particularly if the anonymous person breaks the law.

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Yes, you can use wikis to organize your sports teams like my friend Brandt Schneider from Seymour High School does on this wiki.

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