The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 17, 2010

'I am very excited to be a part of a great group of educators who have an opportunity to present at South by SouthWest (SXSW) about using Social Media in Education. However, the event uses crowd voting to determine which proposals make the final cut and get accepted. In short, WE NEED YOUR HELP if we are going to make it to Austin next year. Here are the other educators on the panel, please support us by following the steps below: Richard Byrne who tweets under the name @rmbyrne Cory Plough who

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EdTechSandyK

AUGUST 14, 2010

'If you’ve been around education for very long or ever taken an educational psychology course, you’ve probably heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. His theory, in a nutshell, contends that human beings have levels of basic needs, and until the needs at the lower levels are met, we don’t even feel the needs at the next level. Teachers in my school district report back to duty for the new school year on Monday morning.

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SpeechTechie

AUGUST 17, 2010

'Building basic categories and subcategories is so critical to students'' functioning in the classroom. If they don''t build basic schema for describing items, as we know, it gets really difficult as vocabulary and concepts become more advanced. Toy Theater is a simple website that can be used as one way to build some basic categories (I also always liked Linguisystems'' Category Card Games), even if out of context.

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The Electric Educator

AUGUST 15, 2010

'This past week I had the opportunity to attend three events at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. The first was a search class by Daniel Russell which I blogged about previously. The second event was an educational summit for the newly formed Google Certified Trainer Program. Details about the program can be found here. For two days I enjoyed the company of 60 professionals from across the US.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 18, 2010

'Watch this video and I think you''ll change your mind! In 2007 I blogged on my MHMS Media blog about the amazing video "Did You Know" by Karl Fisch and Scott Mc Leod -- then last year ''09 I posted the updated version to my community. And as we watch the phenom of Social Media and the newly coined Socialnomics the video above. AND WOW! This has rocked my world - ALMOST as much as the Did You Know vid did in 2007~ I am even thinking of featuring this new video during my MASL keynote !

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SpeechTechie

AUGUST 18, 2010

'I have been interested in some time in the potential of "virtual pet" websites for language development. Like pet therapy, the need to attend to another being (and develop feelings vocabulary as you monitor it), feed it and provide other comfort measures seems to be a great context to elicit language. The thing is, many of these sites are too ad-ridden, complicated, or costly.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 15, 2010

'I admit it. I have an Etsy.com addiction. Last week I bought 3 big over the top gorgeous sem-precious stone rings from DazzleFinger and 2000 year old Roman/Bactrian Glass sterling necklace & earring set from HARDWEARART. Being on VaCa brings out the interweb shopper in me! I also admit, I have a bling and jewelry addiction problem. Admitting it is the first step.

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