One advantage of having a Diigo account is that through group membership, I am exposed to a lot of great resources that I would never find on my own. Here are some more ways to use Wordle that were shared with me… http://Wordle for short texts (lesson plan)www.jamiekeddie.com/317 Another Wordle tiphttp://www.jamiekeddie.com/609 Using Wordle in the classroomhttp://skillsworkshop.blogspot.com/2008/07/using-wordle-in-classroom.html

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I spoke to a colleague this morning about setting up a blog, and during the conversation he mentioned that he was currently using Twitter to keep parents/guardians updated about what is happening in his classroom. That comment prompted me to look for a WordPress plugin that would send a tweet each time there was a new blog post, thus saving the teacher from having to create two entries – one for his blog and one [...]

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One powerful tool for student engagement and learning is a simulation. Simulations can be effectively used in the classroom with such research proven instructional strategies as providing feedback, nonlinguistic representation, cooperative learning, homework and practice, and generating and testing hypotheses. Learningscience.org is a web site that finds the best science simulations, interactives and resources and uses the National Science Education Standards to frame the content. When you arrive at the site, there are several science [...]