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Jonathan Trenn writes an article on the "fallacy of community" that many of the vendors at NECC should read. Edubloggers / educators/ educational groups of people emerge because we want to. We create a community when we need to and have the passionate desire for a common purpose. However, the word community and social network was so overused at NECC this year as to become a curse word. Used by people told it was important but who may not understand it themselves. This is a great article and strikes a cord with me.
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Twitter Status - Updated follower/following counts
Twitter counts of following and followers may change as they "fix" things in twitter. Just part of the growth.
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From Age of Empires to Zork: Using Games in the Classroom | Academic Commons
Very nice article about using Games in the Classroom from Todd Bryant. (Hat tip to Jo McLeay's plurk about this one.)
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Australia's Culture Portal
Australia's culture portal with tons of information about the culture of australia. Great for those living in Australia or studying about Australia. From Jo McLeay
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Using Blogs and Wikis in the Classroom | Teacher Resources
A sample listing of resources for blogging in the classroom from Teacher resources.
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Virsona: Talking History contest
Virsona is sponsoring a talking history contest in which you create a virtual person that answers questions like the person in history would answer. This could be a great excercise for a history class if you have characters that you investigate deeply. This would be fascinating.
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Personalized Start Page
Susan Etteneheim uses Google Sites for her school and set up a customized start page for students in her school using google sites. Very nice work.
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Under Eleven? - Flat Classrooms
Another group of teachers is forming to talk about flattening the classrooms w/ their students who are under age 11. This discussion is open to anyone who joins in. Feel free to join and discuss here. Grassroots movements to connect such as these are cropping up everywhere in many places, not just here. But this is a model example of how it is happening. These are "teacherpreneurs" in action!
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Thing 7C: RSS News! | Reflecting Pools
"I’ve always valued problem-solving, decision-making, and higher critical thinking skills in my classes. I know that 7th graders are a bit wobbly in their emerging abstract thinking skills, but I also know that a little scaffolding and creative empowerment helps those new skills flourish! Learning how to learn and learning how to think are two of my top goals for each of my students." I love this quote from Amy Dean about what she wants for her 7th grade students. Amy has a very nice blog, reflecting pools.
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Gone "Digital" Native: The Apathy of Youth / The Economy of Youth
"The currency of youth is time..." I enjoyed the reality that James Gill shares his experience teaching summer schoool. From the tremendous investment of time (and advice from his father, a retired science teacher), to the kids who just tune out and move on. THIS is what teachers who teach summer school deal with. I admire James for his tenacity and positive attitude in the midst of struggle.
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Plurk enhancements from yesterday
Still finding this handy tool a nice augmentation to the growing micro-blogging networks. Fast ways to connect -- this tool helps it happen in addition to twitter. If you had to pick one, I'd say twitter, however plurk is very intimate with friends gathering around a little conversation like buddies around a summer campfire.
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Podcasts - New York Times
New York Times Podcasts -- many of your favorite papers have podcasts -- subscribe over itunes. This is how I listen to the WSJ -- adding a few New York times podcasts too.
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TPCK - Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - TPCK
The Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Educators (TPCK) is now available via wiki. Looks like some excellent resources and research articles here.
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Google Docs Templates for Students and Teachers
Google docs just launched templates which includes a whole section for students and teachers. Some very cool things here, although still not MLA paper.
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Official Google Docs Blog: Templates bring Docs to life
Google Docs just launched templates. This will be very useful.
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cine de la gente
Marco Torres' student presentations and videos. Excellent digital storytelling examples to review.
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torres21 » Torres21
Marco Torres' wiki page with media and information on his student projects. He teaches in LA.
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Michael Torres presented a fascinating Session at BLC today about how he engages students using multimedia. This is his page and it has some great work on it. He used music to introduce algebra. It was very cool.
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Plurk Firefox Sidebar | Blog on a Stick
For those who are plurking out there, this plurk mobile sidebar makes it easier to have a conversation. I find it interesting that some are just getting used to twitter, however, plurk has the benefit of microconversations. Twitter is just one huge conversation! I enjoy both for different reasons. Somehow plurk feels a little more intimate!
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Edubloggers Group on Linked In
If you are on linked in, we now have an edubloggers group. This allows you to contact other edubloggers directly. Right now, I'm moderating those who want to join, but could use some help. Please join in!
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