I had the absolute pleasure of speaking to and training teachers in Decatur ISD for the second consecutive year. I spoke with them on Tuesday about 21st century skills, characteristics of effective classrooms, and Web 2.0 tools. I encouraged them to respond with comments and questions, and they did not disappoint, leading to some great [...]
Until August 2nd, you can obtain a free download of the audiobook for Thomas Friedman’s best-seller The World Is Flat at his official site. If you haven’t read or listened to the book before, it is an interesting and influential piece on the changes that have occurred in how we live and work, and the [...]
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Firefox is continuing to grow in user numbers, with over 8 million users downloading the 3rd version of the browser on its June 18th release day, a world record for a software download. The worldwide market share of Firefox topped 19% by the end of June (story). One of the biggest appeals of Firefox for [...]
Thanks to Chris Lehmann for sharing Wordle, a very interesting tool for creating a tag cloud from Del.icio.us bookmarks or a visual representation of any site. Mine is below (Click to see in its full-sized glory.):
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I finally was successful at uploading a video of some interviews I conducted this spring with students who published their writing to a class blog this year. In just six months, the students’ blog had over 1,000 visitors from six continents! What an effective way to motivate our students to write! The blog also includes [...]
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