Ways to Use Wordle in Your Classroom – Jen Wagner http://www.slideshare.net/JenniferW/wordle-ideas 19 Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the [Elementary] Classroom http://www.slideshare.net/katygal/19-interesting-ways-to-use-wordle-elementary 25 Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom http://www.slideshare.net/rjensen/twenty-five-interesting-ways-to-use-wordle-in 38 Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom – P Pappas http://www.slideshare.net/zoomer777/thirty-eight-interesting-ways-to-use-wordle-i

Christmas morning this year was quite an experience. In addition to the enjoyment of having a 3-year old who was too excited to look at what he had just opened because there were other wrapped presents just waiting to be uncovered, and a 6-month old who just wanted to chew on the discarded wrappings, Daddy, for the first time, had to take one of the toys online. Now I remember getting a Mattel hand-held basketball [...]

In the latest issue of TECH & LEARNING magazine, Gary Stager offers some suggestions for student writing that I found to be very clever. He writes: “Why should kids write book reports when they can review books on Amazon.com and have their reviews actually help others? Alternatively, ask students to write reviews of their favorite books and place those recommendations on your class Web site, blog, or wiki; If you become an Amazon.com Associate and [...]

When I was teaching a leadership class many years ago, we always spent some time of the process of goal setting, both for individuals and for organizations. Somewhere I came across the acronym of “SMART” for teaching this skill. Specific – Goals should be specific and not general. Measureable – If goals cannot be measured, how can one determine if they were reached? Achieveable – Can this goal be accomplished? Realistic – Is the goal [...]

I am a little late with the information in this post since it was first published in August, but better late than never. Here is a list of the 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers as selected by SmartTeaching.org. Categories include History, Science, Arts, Language, Inspiration, Classroom Management, How-Tos and Guides, Technology, and Humor. Enjoy! If you know of others that you would add to the list, please share!

I was driving this afternoon with my radio tuned to NPR (of course!) when I happened to catch this story about Bing vs. Google. I must admit, I have only used Bing once, so when I heard about this person who was going to only use Bing for a week, I was intrigued. As you know, I am a Google fan and I would have a hard time leaving my favorite search engine for another. [...]

Earlier this month, the Diigo Blog posted about a change to the “Diigo + Google” search box. If you have the Diigo Toolbar installed in your browser, and I know you do, go to the search box and enter a search term. Diigo now uses an auto-suggest of keywords from your Diigo “My Tags + Search History” plus “Goolge Suggest“. When the results appear, your Google results will display in the left column and any [...]

When I opened my Inbox this morning, there was a message from AppJet Inc., the creators of EtherPad. I have written about this online tool in two previous posts. Anyway, AppJet has been acquired by Google and will continue to develop their real-time collaboration tool by joining the Google Wave team. So, as an EtherPad user, I was sent an invitation to get started with Google Wave! I had applied to get an invitation to Google [...]

I was working in Google Docs today when I decided to take a look at some of the templates that are available. There are a number of categories from which to choose: Albums & Flipbooks Business Calculators Calendars & Schedules Cards & Certificates Holiday Labels & Business Cards Legal Letters & Faxes Miscellaneous Personal Finance Presentation Designs Resumes & Cover Letters Statistics Students & Teachers I browsed the Students & Teachers category and found templates [...]

A Thin Line is an MTV campaign developed to “empower individuals to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse”. The campaign is built on the understanding that there’s a “thin line” between what may begin as a harmless joke and result in  something that could have a serious impact on someone’s life. The web site and video below come courtesy of  MindDump.