Tips on starting the school year

I'm heading out for last minute R&R before school starts, but I have been reviewing my notes to myself last year about how to start the school year off right. I thought you might want to read them too (especially if you're a newcomer to this blog.)Starting the School Year off Right: Part 1 -- Set the PaceStarting the School Year off Right: Part 2 -- Establish the FlowStarting the School Year off Right: Part 3 -- Create...

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Happy Anniversary CoolCatHusband!

"Let those who are in favor with their starsOf public honor and proud titles boast,Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,Unlooked for joy in that I honor most.Great princes' favorites their fair leaves spreadBut as the marigold at the sun's eye;And in themselves their pride lies buried,For at a frown they in their glory die.The painful warrior famoused for fight,After a thousand victories once foiled,Is from the book of...

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Making Meaning from Tags: 30+ Super cool Tagging Tools

This is a great post about 30+ tagging tools from Mashable.com to help you make meaning out of tags. I put it through delicious but wanted to make sure everyone sees it. We'll definitely be using it in current events this year and as we research trends in IT in our classroom! Wow! Let me know if you've used any of them, most of them are new to me.tag: tagging, trends, tools, w...

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Google Earth Enterprise Goes 2D in the Browser

AnnouncementJuly 26, 2007Today, Google announced that business and government users of Google Earth Enterprise will be able to view their organization’s geospatial data in 2D on a browser, behind the firewall. Through a special version of the Google Maps API (the programming interface for Google Maps), administrators can also embed this 2D view into any web application (much like a Google Map) and create mashups with information...

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CCLearn: Meet your future license

Logging on to my computer, I use twitterfox that has all of the twitters I missed pop up like little incoming e-mail boxes in my bottom right corner -- saw this from John Pederson:ccLearn is being launched as a part of the Creative Commons efforts. Here is what they say about it:ccLearn is a division of Creative Commons which is dedicated to realizing the full potential of the Internet to support open learning and open educational...

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Tonight on WOW2: Virtual Worlds and Mentoring Programs at the University of Michigan

Show tonight!I'm excited about the WOW2 show tonight! It will be on at 9 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time (that is Atlanta, GA time for those who want to convert it) at edtechtalk.com.How to Listen!To listen, go over there and click listen. You may click on chat to enter the chat room. Now, let me tell you why I'm excited. (See their great new help for newbies.)Virtual Learning doesn't have to mean Second LifeAlthough many...

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The Edublogosphere is being criticized for twittering

I get somewhat irritated when I read posts like this one: The Apocalypse is Nigh, Stager of Twitter, Flickr, and NECC which is based upon another article, Twittering While America Burns.In His Apocalpyse Article, Matthew says:For those who aren’t in the know [or don’t especially care], Twitter is a social networking service that combines features of text messaging and blogging; Flickr is for photo sharing. Countless blogs in...

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Google Intends to Bid in Spectrum Auction If FCC Adopts Consumer Choice and Competition Requirements

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (July 20, 2007) – Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that should the Federal Communications Commission adopt a framework requiring greater competition and consumer choice, Google intends to participate in the federal government’s upcoming auction of wireless spectrum in the 700 megahertz (MHz) band.In a filing with the FCC on July 9, Google urged the Commission to adopt rules for the auction that...

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Google Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results*

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Great Visual tools from Joyce Valenza

Was just going through Joyce's favorite tools over at the School Library Journal Blog and came across Big Huge Toy's FD tools for Flickr including this cool Motivational Poster Maker -- how cool to create and make posters that include your students! If you sign up for an account, you have 3 days to set up high res images and if you have...

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The Crash of the Internet! See the video here!

I needed a good laugh today! But this would be a great conversation starter as we discuss our growing dependence on the Internet (and the companies behind it.) :-)Hat tip to this goes to Alec Couros via twitter.tag: internet, fu...

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Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive and Google Renew Multi-Year Advertising Agreement

Agreement gives washingtonpost.com readers relevant Web search results and advertisingWASHINGTON and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (July 18, 2007) – Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that they have extended their agreement to deliver contextually targeted ads and Google™ Web Search functionality to washingtonpost.com’s Web pages. Readers will benefit from fast, accurate Web results through Google...

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Google Expands Print Advertising Program

Program makes newspaper print advertising available to hundreds of thousands of Google advertisers creating new revenue opportunities for publishersMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (July 18, 2007) – Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the expansion of the size and the scope of its Google Print Ads™ advertising initiative. The program started in November 2006 with a test that included 50 newspapers and a small group of advertisers. Since...

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Google Introduces Hosted Site Search for Small Businesses

New Google Custom Search Business Edition adds powerful site search at very low costMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (July 17, 2007) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced Google Custom Search™ Business Edition, a simple and inexpensive way for small businesses to add Google search to their websites. In three simple steps, businesses can sign up online for the hosted service, and in less than 10 minutes customers and visitors are able...

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Internet Safety Discussion with expert, Linda Criddle - join in!

Free Staff Development/ Webcasts/ Podcasts at Edtechtalk.comFor those of you who have recently joined the blogosphere, there are some great FREE webcasts over at edtechtalk.com with some great educators. You can listen live and participate in the chat (click on chat room) where you can ask questions to the speakers live, or you can subscribe to the podcasts to listen to later. I subscribe to everything at edtechtalk and listen...

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How to be a webhead

Just received this information about the next Webcast Academy. If you're interested, this is a great program!We would like to invite you to be a member of the Webcast Academy Class2.2. The class will officially begin July 25, 2007 @ 8:00 ESTfacilitated by Susan Ettenheim and Cheryl Oakes. The goals of the Webcast Academy include:-increasing the number of people who are capable of producing live,interactive webcasts-applying...

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Teaching and Learning through some Amazing Connecting Websites

Sometimes ephiphanies come from the strangest places:I learn about so many cool things on twitter, so much so that I even check it before my RSS reader. Today, Sue Roseman talked about visuwords, the online visual dictionary.Meanwhile, was Skype chatting with my friend, Graham Wegner in Australia, king of smartboards and Web 2 middle school...

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How to Win when you Lose

I will re-emerge. I'm quiet and retreated from the world, trying to get things done and resting quite a bit.With the recent loss of my Granny and several other "losses" of late, I've been thinking about this thing called life and how it is truly a roller coaster. No one has the corner on victory and no matter how bad it seems, no one really...

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Introducing Mapplets: a New Tool for Customizing Google Maps

AnnouncementJuly 11, 2007Today Google officially released a new feature of Google Maps that enables users to layer valuable third-party information directly on Google Maps with a single click and to save these customized maps to their personal library. These mini-applications, called Mapplets, make it possible for users to view and layer...

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Google to Announce Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 10, 2007 – Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced that it will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss second quarter 2007 financial results on Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time).The live webcast of Google’s earnings conference call can be accessed at investor.google.com/webcast. The webcast version of the conference call will be available through the...

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Tomorrow's WOW2 tomorrow: Over the Top Educators from Down Under

Tomorrow - Tuesday is going to be a great show over at edtechtalk.com at 9 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time. It will be Wednesday morning for our friends in Australia but they are going to take the time from their winter holidays to talk to us about the great things that they are doing.Here are four of our Over the Top Educators from Down Under, if there are others out there who we didn't invite, consider this an invitation to...

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Do you want to learn to webcast: sign up now?

The Webheads are phenomenal people and are getting ready to kick off another Webcast Academy on Wednesday nights from 8-9 EST. You will learn how to webcast and do some incredible things as well as meet some super amazing people.My good friend Cheryl Oakes will be working with this session and she is so very helpful!For more information and how to sign up (it is free) go to http://webcastacademy.net/About_Webcast_Academy. I...

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Google to Acquire Postini

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (July 9, 2007 ) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Postini, a global leader in on-demand communications security and compliance solutions serving more than 35,000 businesses and 10 million users worldwide. Postini’s services – which include message security, archiving, encryption, and policy enforcement – can be used to protect a company’s email,...

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I want to leave a legacy

Simulpost with TechLearningI want to leave a legacyhow will they remember me?This song by Nicole Nordeman has the question that I ponder today as we bury one of the inspirations of my life, my grandmother.In order to be effective where we are today, it is vital that sometimes we back up and observe ourselves from afar -- "How will they remember me?"Was I a good listener? (or a self absorbed know it all?)Was I helpful? (or did...

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