Yesterday, following Maria Henderson’s mention of Rachel Fershleiser’s book “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure” and challenge to apply this model to twenty-first century learning, I tweeted the following: New meme #21c6w tweet a 6 word story that communicates the essence of 21st century learning So far, I
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President Obama shared an important speech Tuesday night at WestPoint calling for changes in US policy and troop strength levels in Afghanistan. Use the following Wordle “word cloud” with your students and ask them what they can “see” were major themes in the President’s address. Larger versions are available from Wordle.net and Flickr. Next, follow
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I learned the following trick today from Maria Henderson in a presentation she shared in Oklahoma City at an Apple event. I included this in my notes from her session, “Learning with Apple: New Content, New Connections, New Communities,” but thought I’d share this again in a separate post for those who didn’t see it
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OPTION 1 If you are using a Ning site for K-12 Education, you can request that advertisements be removed permanently from your site. This post provides details. According to the post, Ning sites eligible for ad removal must be geared toward “students between the ages of 13 and 18 (grades 7 – 12.)” OPTION 2
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This is definitely a sign of something. Good? Bad? TMI? Probably. Technorati Tags: browser, content, information, overload, tab, tmi
These are my notes from Maria Henderson’s presentation, “Learning with Apple: New Content, New Connections, New Communities.” This session was shared at the Apple 1:1 Informational Event at MetroTech in Oklahoma City on December 1, 2009. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. This is an all-day event, sponsored by Apple Computer, but I
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These are my notes from the Apple 1:1 Informational Event at MetroTech in Oklahoma City on December 1, 2009. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. This is an all-day event, sponsored by Apple Computer, but I am just able to stay for the morning. Today follows the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Pre-bidder’s
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