Kathy Schrock
Web 2.0 is all the rage! Take an enlightening journey through useful (and fun) online tools to help you grow both personally and professionally! The objectives of this session are to introduce participants to useful Web 2.0 applications set in the context of a series of talking points created by Ferdi Serim. These [...]

Welcome to the Florida Educational Technology Conference in Orlando, Florida.
I am already sitting in the Eye Opener Session at 7:45 with Alan November entitled “Preparing Students to Succeed in a Global Economy”
In an economy where global outsourcing is commonplace, students must be prepared to participate in an increasingly competitive job market. In many ways they [...]

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I am so excited to be here! The conference session descriptions look awesome. My biggest problem the next two days will be in deciding which session to attend. I will try to blog as much as I can live, thanks to the free wireless access we have at the conference.
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Apple Learning Interchange 2007 - iTour, iShare
n this project, students study a local business, such as a recycling center. During a tour of the business, students use an iPod, a voice recorder, and a digital camera to record interviews and observations and to take photos. To share their learning, som
(tags: project-ideas technology educational_technology)

learninginhand.com - iPods [...]

dumpr - fun with your photos
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A Teacher’s Life: Friday 5: Special Mystery Guest: Google SketchUp & Architecture
Google SketchUp is a wonderfully accessible 3-D design program that is
available for both Macs and Windows. Even better, there is a free
version. With SketchUp, students can easily and quickly develop all
kinds of designs
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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Spies Like Us
(tags: socialsoftware technology [...]

Steve Hargadon: Tapping into MySpace Minds with Chris O’Neal (School 2.0, Part 5)
(tags: 21century_school school_2.0)

WordPress Themes | Template Monster
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Geni - Everyone’s Related
Geni is a unique approach to solving the problem of genealogy, which is the question of how everyone is related.
Geni lets you create a family tree through our fun simple interface. When you add a relative’s email address, he or she will be invited to
(tags: tools web2.0 family)

Field Trip Earth
Be a [...]

Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Picturing Population and Global Citizenship
Every educator should take seriously his/her responsibility to help students become more globally aware and respectful of the customs, cultures, languages and traditions of different groups.
(tags: global_citizenship global_awareness quotable)

Footnote - The place for original documents online
Easily explore historic documents and photos [...]

You (and/or your students) can vote for your favorite candidate of the New Seven Wonders of the World. There are Classroom Tools, Teacher’s Tools and School Projects available at the site as well.
Here are the candidates you can vote for:

The Acropolis in Greece
Alhambra in Spain
Angkor in Cambodia
Chichen Itza in Mexico
Christ Redeemer in Brazil
Colloseum in [...]