Using video as a classroom resource can be a powerful tool, but can sometimes be risky if you are looking at a YouTube video. YouTube videos can be dangerous because you never know what offensive comments might be featured below the video or what related videos might be suggested to the right of the video. [...]

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Today our team was examining the new SONY E.Reader and we were discussing all the logistical issues related to bringing such devices into schools….for example, how to legally purchase and manage content…..how to determine if the content can be on a host server and made available on-demand…..and so on.
In doing my homework for this I [...]

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With the winter Olympics going on, I’m sure that many of you have mentioned the events in your class. But why not take it a step further and use Olympic resources in your class? Why not look at the Google medal map for the total medal count while secretly learning some geography skills? Or look [...]

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I was catching up on my reading this week and in the ISTE publication Learning & Leading with Technology Nov. 2009 issue I was drawn to the section on new multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs). I have long felt very strongly that these settings held enormous potential for advancing student learning. It was three [...]

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Have you heard of the Doodle 4 Google contest? The contest is for K-12 students to redesign the Google logo. Each school can submit up to six entries for this year’s theme “If I could do anything, I Would . . .”
How could you work this contest in to your curriculum and lessons?

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