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Digitally Speaking / Social Bookmarking and Annotating
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Many of today's teachers make a critical mistake when introducing digital tools by assuming that armed with a username and a password, students will automatically find meaningful ways to learn together. The results can be disastrous. Motivation wanes when groups using new services fail to meet reasonable standards of performance. "Why did I bother to plug my students in for this project?" teachers wonder. "They could have done better work with a piece of paper and a pencil!"
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With shared annotation services like Diigo, powerful learning depends on much more than understanding the technical details behind adding highlights and comments for other members of a group to see. Instead, powerful learning depends on the quality of the conversation that develops around the content being studied together. That means teachers must systematically introduce students to a set of collaborative dialogue behaviors that can be easily implemented online.
The Fischbowl: Diigo Ideas: Results from my Earlier Post
Results from folks responding to Karl's request to share how teachers use Diigo instructionally.
Finding Places and Directions - Google Earth User Guide
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Searching for Community Maps
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Searching for Community Maps
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.Lit Trip Tips
Jerome Burg's tips on using Google Earth to create literature trips
Google Maps Mania: The Ultimate Google Maps Guide to Lisbon
An example of how you can map a city to share its sights and sounds with others.
Google Earth for the Elementary Teacher: TCEA 2008 - Susan F. Reeves
Wonderful set of resources that are clear, focused and supportive of teachers interested in using google earth to enhance their curriculum. While geared towards K-5, I think these resources can be useful for any level of instruction.
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Google Earth Overview Packet
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Packet with instructional information for K-5 Teachers -
Landform FlipBook PowerPoint Template
(ppt file - 727kb)
Students use this template to locate, take screen shots and find examples of major landforms. (Grades 2 - 4)
TCEA 2009 Google Earth Literature Trips - Susan F. Reeves
A fabulous guided exploration of what Google Lit Trips are and how to use them with your students.
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It is CRUCIAL to download, preview, plan, and practice using the Lit Trip within Google Earth before using with a class!
Google Earth is our Paper – Part 1: Find a location, Begin a journey | ICT in my Classroom
Tom Barrett's 5 part series on using Google Earth with his students.
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