7 Reasons Diigo Tastes Better Than Delicious
“Diigo is another social bookmarking service (and one we’ve covered before), offering all of Delicious’ relevant features and much more. I left Delicious, and haven’t ever looked back. There are a lot of things I love about Diigo, but there are seven features that sold me on using Diigo for all my bookmarking needs.”
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted in Around the Web | Leave a Comment »
Six Social Media Trends for 2010 – Conversation Starter – HarvardBusiness.org
“In 2010, social media will get even more popular, more mobile, and more exclusive — at least, that’s my guess. What are the near-term trends we could see as soon as next year?”
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted in Around the Web | Leave a Comment »
14 Ways K–12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media by Joyce Valenza
“For librarians, and for most other professionals, the game has changed. There is no textbook for new practice, and it is absolutely true that some of us are a little more retooled than others. Nevertheless, there are at least 14 retooled learning strategies that teacher-librarians should be sharing with classroom teachers and learners in the 2009–2010 school year.”
Why Wordle-By Steven W. Anderson
“If you had to explain to some one why use Wordle, what would you say?”
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted in Around the Web | Leave a Comment »
100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School | Online Colleges
“With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time.”
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted in Around the Web | Leave a Comment »
Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration
A free resource from Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers.
The Bamboo Project Blog: 10 Questions for Your Reflective Practice
“Meredith Levinson has posted a series of 6 excellent questions to identify change agents and innovators during a job interview that she got from Amanda Hite, founder and president of recruiting and HR consulting firm Talent Revolution. It occurs to me that these six questions would also be great thought starters for both individual and organizational reflective practice.”
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted in Around the Web | Leave a Comment »
How to Keep Kids Engaged in Class | Edutopia
“When students let their minds drift off, they’re losing valuable learning time. Here are ten smart ways to increase classroom participation.” This works for ALL students, even college students!
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted in Around the Web | Leave a Comment »
“Welcome to Eternal Egypt, which brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions. The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more. “
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted in Around the Web | Leave a Comment »
Five Ways Innovative Educators Can Use SMS Texting to Enhance Their Work by Lisa Nielsen
“For innovative educators and managers, utilizing sms text messaging as part of their professional lives has become increasingly prevalent for a unique set of reasons. Here are five of them.”
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted in Around the Web | Leave a Comment »
Technology and Education – Box of Tricks
“Without further ado, and in alphabetical order, my ten tried and tested internet tools for teachers are:”
From SMCEDU: 5 Steps to Make the Social Web Work for Higher Ed
“One of the questions posed was how those in academia can best put the social web to work for themselves. Far beyond Facebook and LinkedIn, how can this community harness the Internet to be smarter, more efficient, and more productive? Read on for our top five ideas.”
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted in Around the Web | Leave a Comment »
Teaching and technology ~ presentations and resources for educators
“During the last six or so years I have created a number of ‘how-to’ documents and presentations for a variety of web based and related technologies. They are available from the various workshop web pages however I thought it might prove helpful to link to all the documents from a single page. Some of my workshop participants have referred to these documents as ‘cheat sheets’.”
“When I was in school at SJSU, studying visual development and illustration, I was always trying to give myself little concept projects to keep myself sharp and thinking. So I created a list of objects, persons, things, etc. and a list of styles, adjectives, etc. These very large lists were in the back of my very first Moleskine (an address book used as a sketchbook). The idea was to combine an object or person with a style or adjective (ex. Byzantine submarine or subterranean factory) to create unique and interesting combinations to concept out and illustrate.”
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted in Around the Web | Leave a Comment »
