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Why A PLN?

The Web20Classroom

'Later this week I will be presenting at the North Carolina Technology In Education Society (NCTIES) Annual Conference. For one of my sessions I will focus on how I discovered the power of the Personal Learning Network (PLN), how I built mine and how other educators can do the same. Whenever I do sessions like this I always get the question, why? Why a PLN?

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10 Interactive Whiteboard Tools

The Electric Educator

'Over the last two years I have been using and perfecting the Wii Interactive Whiteboard in my classroom. I am preparing for a presentation on the setup and use of the WIWB at the 2010 MACUL conference on March 13 and put together a list of my top 10 favorite uses for aninteractive whiteboard. All ten of these products are free and easy to use. 1. Review Games 2.

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Toshiba Netbook: New Toy Oh ay Oh!

The Daring Librarian

'"I want a New Toy (oh ay oh), to keep my head expanding. I want a New Toy (oh ay oh), nothing too demanding. Then when everything is in roses everything is static" - Lene Lovich Dear MacBook. I still love you. I just need a more portable friend to take with me to meetings, conferences, and on the space shuttle. Really. That''s All. ~Gwyneth So, I pinged my peeps out there in my PLN: Trying to find a Netbook for #ISTE10 that has a USB & Video out under $500 and 5lbs: Any Suggestions?

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Common Sense Tech

EdTechSandyK

'Ken Royal of Scholastic Administrator Magazine recently wrote a blog post which resonated with me. As much as I love the world of social media and all of the benefits it has to offer education, I, too, worry about educators who run headlong into using free web resources with K-12 students. Are they really thinking about all of the possible implications of what they are doing?

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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New Posted Resources 03/03/2010

The Web20Classroom

'List of PDF software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia tags : PDF , favorite PBL: Exemplary Project List tags : pbl , favorite Media Literacy Clearinghouse: Resources for K-12 Educators tags : medialiteracy , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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New Posted Resources 03/02/2010

The Web20Classroom

'algebasics™ Algebra Tutorials tags : algebra , favorite Biology Animations tags : biology , favorite Blooms Taxonomy Tutorial FLASH - CCCS Faculty Wiki tags : BloomsTaxonomy , favorite Apple Learning Interchange - iPod touch. Touching student lives in the classroom. tags : ipod , ipodtouch , favorite Welcome to MOSEP - More Self-Esteem with my E-Portfolio tags : e-portfolio , favorite Banish the PowerPoint Curriculum | Quisitivity tags : powerpoint , favorite Show Me the Strategies tags : teach

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What's Your Web Presence?

The Daring Librarian

'Can''t see the movie above? Try the YouTube Version below! -- Because Joyce writes better than me in her sleep and i should be asleep right now. i''m re-posting what she wrote from her AWEsome #1 Edublog Award Winning Never Ending Search Blog ! (ok, so i''m lazy! :P) "Tomorrow is the second of our first-Monday TL Virtual Cafés! Please plan to attend and take away some brilliant ideas to incorporate into your own virtual practice.

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Morale.Get Some!

The Web20Classroom

'In my second year of teaching I dreaded going to work.every single day. Hated it. Wanted to be somewhere else each of those 180 days. It wasn''t my classes. I had some of the best kids that year. It wasn''t my responsibilities or grading or anything even remotely related to my teaching. It was a teacher. A teacher in my grade. She was on my team, right next door to me.

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