I thought I’d share this article from Joanna Nikas at the NY Times which compiles some of the latest and best sources for free online class resources. Some of them you may be using already, but there are others you may not have heard of. The mentioned offerings are mainly geared toward upper high school [...]
Wow! I just came across a great resource via Free Technology for Teachers Blog: Google Advanced Books Search. Up to this point, if I’d wanted to find an online book, I’d just do a normal search for the book. Using Google’s Book Search is a much more powerful option. Instructions: Go to <books.google.com>. Click Advanced Search [...]
Dan Schawbel, writing for Mashable, suggests a myriad of strategies for effectively getting your message out on Twitter and, at the same time, introduces many Twitter tools I hadn’t heard of before nor tried. I’m just beginning to work my way through several of them, but I particularly liked the first one I tried: TwitterGrader. [...]
Larry Ferlazzo has apparently found the best educational sites for everything! Believe me, his list is not for the faint of heart (because of its magnitude), but if you’re looking for a comprehensive list of Larry’s “Best of” in education, you need to check him out. I’m beginning to trudge my way through categories of [...]
I came across this excellent guide to social media from BusinessWeek via Mashable. Among the included articles are: CEOs Who Use Twitter Keeping Momentum in Social Media Starting a Corporate Social Network. Don’t! and nine other links Great info. Check it out.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills serves up an informative and useful white paper about structuring schools for the challenges inherent in this century. Included in the paper is a discussion of these topics: Structures for learning Time for learning Tools for learning Communities for learning Policy in support of learning This paper should be required reading [...]
Tony Karrer investigates the Twitter phenomenon, particularly as it relates to learning and/or classroom application. I have to say, I’m finding it difficult to see how Twitter could be a major tool for learning in my classroom or personally, though it certainly can be a good tool for collaboration if used correctly. (As we cannot [...]
A serious concern for those of us who spend quite a lot of time working and networking on the www is identity theft.Leah Betancourt from Mashable provides some sage suggestions as to how we can protect ourselves online. Articles on this topic almost always suggest that users establish a central hub such as a blog [...]
Jane Hart at Jane’s E-Learning Tip of the Day lists her compilation below of the top 10 e-tools for learners and top 10 e-tools for professionals (hat tip: David Hopkins at eLearning Blog//Don’t Waste Your Time). Top 10 Tools for Learners The current Top 10 list of tools for learners, based on contribution of 47 [...]
Kevin Purdy at Lifehacker gives some sage advice on what to do when–insert prayer of your choice here–the internet is down. Among his suggestions are: Take a look at your lengthy to-do list. Organize pc files and folders. Do some old-fashioned work. Use your mobile unit. Clean out your workspace. As resourceful educators, it’s not [...]
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