Monthly Archives: May 2007

Wikis in Plain English

Posted on May 31, 2007 by cpseltech

Another video from Lee Lefever describing how Wikis work.

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20 Things You Didn’t Know About… Pencils

Posted on May 31, 2007 by cpseltech

  20 Things You Didn’t Know About… Pencils From | Technology | DISCOVER Magazine Erasing with bread crumbs, pencil as murder weapon, and more.

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Touch The Surface

Posted on May 31, 2007 by cpseltech

Microsoft has announced a new way in which to interact with digital content and computers, which they have called Surface. You will be able to manipulate data with your hands, and move information between objects with natural gestures and touch. … Continue reading →

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Video for your Blog

Posted on May 29, 2007 by cpseltech

Flixn.com | Video Everywhere Embed short video clips from your web cam into Blogger, Typepad or WordPress blog Bubble Guru 

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VoiceThread

Posted on May 25, 2007 by cpseltech

VoiceThread Yet another great web 2.0 tool to use with students.  Check out this link for great ideas on how to use this in your classroom. Voicethread Introduces Group Audio Blogging (GAB) to the Internet Internet users can now use … Continue reading →

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Education and Technology Industry Leaders Hail Introduction of ATTAIN Act

Posted on May 24, 2007 by cpseltech

(from ISTE) Education and Technology Industry Leaders Hail Introduction of ATTAIN Act New Bill Would Revamp No Child Left Behind Support for Instructional Technologies. Washington, DC – May 24, 2007. A coalition of education and industry groups lauded today’s introduction … Continue reading →

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23 bites of elephant: Using the social web to support PLCs

Posted on May 24, 2007 by cpseltech

23 bites of elephant: Using the social web to support PLCs I came across this blog entry from Doug Johnson discussing how read/write web tools can support PLC’s (Personal Learning Communities. Here he provides a set of activities each month … Continue reading →

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Disney Characters Explain Fair”ey” Use

Posted on May 24, 2007 by cpseltech

From Stanford Law School Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms. (ahem.. Disney) Since this is … Continue reading →

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eSchool News online – NACOL issues online learning primer

Posted on May 23, 2007 by cpseltech

NACOL issues online learning primer The North American Council for Online Learning has published a guidebook intended to help policy makers and educators implement online learning programs in their schools–and to help parents understand how online learning works.

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Librarian in the Middle / Writing Links

Posted on May 23, 2007 by cpseltech

Librarian in the Middle / links for 2007-05-23 I came across many useful links for ideas on writing from the Librarian in the Middle blog. Ideas for note taking, poetry, story elements, book sharing, 6+1 Traits of Writing, as well … Continue reading →

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