Literature Mapping

The Literature Mapping site is really cool! At first glance it might seem bland, but go ahead and give it a try. I think you will quickly see that the literature mapping site could be really useful in class. Enter an author name and click the continue button. An author cloud will appear and authors [...]

Weekly Diigo Feed ~ 4.28.2008

Here’s hoping you find some of these useful:)

Edheads – Activate Your Mind!
Edheads helps students learn through educational games and activities designed to meet state and national standards. We partner with various school systems in the United States, which help us research, design and test our activities every step of the way!
tags: science, weather, physics, interactive, [...]

Weekly Diigo Feed ~4.19.2008

Enjoy the links! I hope you find them useful:)

National Education Network GalleryAll the resources in this Gallery have been provided freely for Educational use only.
Animals Public Domain Pictures, Free Photos, Royalty Free Stock ImagesRoyalty free stock photos. All images are free for commercial and personal use.
Tools for facilitating PBL? » Moving at the Speed of [...]

Speak Up 2007 Findings Released

The results from the Speak Up 2007 survey (formerly Net Day) have been compiled and released in a seven page pdf file. The following notes are my annotations from Diigo. Many of the findings are interesting, these are the ones that struck me as I read through the press release today. I have the pdf [...]

Weekly Diigo Feed ~ 04/12/2008

dogtrax – Animation-Claymation Camp Overview

tags: stopmotion, claymation, animation

Top News – States struggle with assessing tech literacy At CoSN’s annual conference, representatives from two states discussed how they are meeting this challenge

tags: techplan, digLiteracy, assessment

Research: Students Actually Use the Internet for Education : August 2007 : THE Journal It turns out kids are actually [...]

Have your say in the PA Primary!

If you’re a teacher and you haven’t checked out DonorsChoose, you should! Here’s the story and mission from the site:

What if there were a simple way to provide students with the books, technology, and supplies that they need to learn?

What if people from all walks of life could connect directly with public schools, learn about [...]

Weekly Diigo Feed (04/05/2008)

Top News – ‘Hybrid’ courses show promise
tags: 21st, eschool, hybrid
One educator demonstrates that blending face-to-face and online instruction can lead to better student grades and understanding
Kirk Douglas hits cyberspace for another facet of his legacy – Los Angeles Times
tags: article, myspace
4 high schools to show off new technology – Lebanon Daily News
tags: flipswitch
eduwikius » How [...]

Where are you?

After reading a recent post, The Thinking Stick » Stages of PLN adoption, from Jeff Utecht, I’ve determined that I’m in Stage 3. It’s my hope to begin to define my top goals and priorities to move on to Stage 4 in the very near future. I assess myself on the Internet Addiction test [...]