Posted on September 30th, 2008 by mkrill
gigapan
GigaPan is the newest development of the Global Connection Project, which aims to help us meet our neighbors across the globe, and learn about our planet itself. GigaPan will help bring distant communities and peoples together through images that have so much detail that they are, themselves, the objects of exploration, discovery and wonde
tags: images, [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2008 by mkrill
One Laptop One Child
How about having kids bring their own?
tags: 1:1, reform, 21st
Scribblar – simple, effective, online collaboration
* Real-time multi-user whiteboard
* Image upload and sharing
* Userlist and text chat
* Live audio communications
* No downloads required, [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2008 by mkrill
A cross post from my ITS coursework blog.
The readings for class this week should be required reading for all teachers and parents!
The Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace article by Danah Boyd provided great information about why students engage in the use of online social networking sites. The phrase “identity production” [...]
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Posted on September 27th, 2008 by mkrill
How to Clean Stuff
tags: useful, household, cleaning
Flowgram
Create interactive guided presentations by combining web pages, photos, PowerPoint and more with your voice, notes and highlights.
tags: web2.0, presentation, screencast, web2tool
Cyberbullying – digizen.org
tags: cyberbullying, internetsafety
Put to the Test: Confronting Concerns About Project Learning | Edutopia
Questions abound about the inquiry-based teaching approach. Here are answers, from how to meet [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2008 by mkrill
HighSchoolJournalism.org
The ASNE High School Journalism Initiative helps scholastic journalism develop and flourish. Our efforts are growing a diverse generation of fledgling journalists and imparting a deeper appreciation of the First Amendment among all teens.
tags: journalism, newspaper, writing, news
Tikatok
Tikatok™ is where kids channel their imagination into stories – and publish those stories into books for you [...]
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Posted on September 25th, 2008 by mkrill
Teaching kids to make video games. – Jun. 6, 2008
Educators are realizing that teaching students to create computer games also teaches them about creative writing, storytelling, math and science.
tags: programming, gaming, storytelling, creative, alice, scratch
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Posted on September 24th, 2008 by mkrill
York County School of Technology – Classrooms for the Future
tags: iu12, cff, ycstech
Calendars.Net: Free Interactive Web Calendar Hosting
Display and edit your own calendar of events. Let others post and view events . . . or not. Link your calendar to your web site. View and print out calendars by the day, week, month, or year.
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by mkrill
LaTeX Equation Editor – SITMO
tags: math, equations, latex, web2tool, formulas
Open Source Mac – Free Mac software, all open-source, all OS X.
Free and open-source software is good for you and good for the world. This is the best free Mac software that we know of.
tags: opensource, mac, mactips, macapps
Problem Based Learning Activities
Problem and Project Based Learning [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by mkrill
The K12 Online Conference is a wonderful opportunity for online professional development when you are available to tune in. Keep your eyes open, it’s coming up. Spread the word by downloading and sharing the pdf flyer.
My ‘attendance’ at the K12 Online Conference 2006 was really a new beginning for me. If you’re ready for a [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by mkrill
CentralPAcff » Document Conversion
tags: converter, convert, office
Edublogs.tv
the video hosting site dedicated to education
tags: video, hosting, edublogs
Steve Hargadon: Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education
tags: hargadon, web2.0, e-learning, school2.0
Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education
tags: web2.0, education, slideshare, hargadon
krillworkshops » Personal Learning Network
tags: pln, krill, wikispaces
karlfisch » pln
tags: pln, fisch
I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You
Clive [...]
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