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Nice collection of tools, sites, and information about Creative Commons.

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Chris Lehmann challenges schools to rethink the way they deal with learning.

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Instructions for how to request an ad-free Ning for education purposes. Debating whether to use a Ning w/ my classes this year. Has a lot of potential positives.

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Kohn lays out his argument for abandoning grades and some suggestions for those interested in doing so.

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Kohn describing why rubrics can hurt student learning.

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Describes why AUPs are only acceptable if internet use is extra-curricular. If its expected the guidelines should just be a part of the discipline code.

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Gary Stager's links to articles & resources by Papert.

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For summer reading. Get started.

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List of educators available for Skype chats.

www.skypeforeducators.com/educators.htm - Preview

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Good overview of tagging styles, benefits, down-sides, and uses of delicious.com in education.

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An introduction and How-To on using Google Docs in the classroom. Definitely a good resource for the beginner.

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Classroom activities using Google Tools. Includes many links to potentially useful resources.

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Gives tips and ideas for using Google Docs with students. Geared toward elementary students, but the ideas might get the juices flowing.

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Ideas on how to use Google Docs in the classroom. From the Google Docs Help site.

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An example of a school district happy with their implementation of Google Apps. Includes links to a couple videos of teachers explaining their use of the tools.

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Prof. Wesch describes how he runs his digital ethnography classes. Some good ideas here for running project-based courses in general.

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Wes' insight into copyright for educators:
1. Make it yourself
2. Use Creative Commons
3. Fair use of copyrighted material

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Lots of information and links to information on Constructivist learning theory and Constructivist theorists/researchers.

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There are about 25 great quotes in this article. You should read this. Really. Like, now.

"Just because youth are using social media doesn't mean that it can fit well into the classroom. It needs to be thought through pedagogically and y'all need to understand how it's being used in everyday life before bringing it into the classroom."

www.danah.org/...PennState2009.html - Preview

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More on the questionable nature of Williard Daggett's presentations.

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