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Archive for March, 2007

Bilingualism, Multiculturalism and Globalization

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Photo by Nathan Gibbs
In the first out of three interviews by Alan November with Dan Pink, the author of “A whole new mind”, Dan Pink talks about how his own children attend an International school in Washington.
The reason behind the choice for this school was that it is a bilingual school. Since his wife and [...]

links for 2007-03-12

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Think Global | Scholastic.com
According to Don Knezek, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), adopting educational strategies used in other countries prepares your students for their place in the world.
(tags: globalization education)

Gspace | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation
This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2.8 GB and growing) for file [...]

links for 2007-03-11

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

ITM 5: Calculate This! - Google Video
Infinite Thinking Machine
Creative uses of Spreadsheets in the classroom
(tags: spreadsheet technologyprojects videos)

2 Cents Worth » Only a Second Language?
where does learning a second language fit into your equation of what students today need to know? Is it not a critical component of a “flat world?” I would like to [...]

What about Foreign Languages and/in the Flat New World?

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Photo by urbanmkr. Scrabble game played in four different languages (Spanish, Dutch, French and English)

David Warlick’s Post “Only a Second Language” finally brings in the topic of foreign languages into the concept of a Flat World.
I suspect though that most people reading David’s post still don’t understand or “get” the point. Although I am grateful [...]

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Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Sci-Fi Hi-Fi: PodWorks
it allows you to copy songs from any Mac iPod to any Mac running OS X 10.2 or higher
(tags: iPod mac backup tools)

BBC - History
(tags: education history learning geography games culture)

Scribd - Home
Scribd is a free online library where anyone can upload. Use our embeddable PDF player to publish and view documents right [...]

links for 2007-03-09

Friday, March 9th, 2007

stock.xchng - the leading free stock photography site
Share your photos with fellow designers! SXC is a friendly community of photography addicts who generously offer their works to the public free of charge. If you have some nice photos that you’d like to share with others, join us!
(tags: blogging webdesign photos photography images free)

http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com
A Different Way [...]

links for 2007-03-08

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Gcast. Make your voice heard.
Your own audio broadcast, where you can easily record voice messages, mix in your favorite music, and share it all for the world to hear.
(tags: cell_phones podcasting)

Teach42 - Education and Technology, by Steve Dembo » Top 10 FREE Web 2.0 Sites for Educators (and a few honorable mentions)
(tags: technology tools web2.0)

Using Flickr to Give Your Students a Voice

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

I was reading my daily dose of blogs, when I came across Beth Kanter’s Post: Participatory Campaign: The hold a sign meme. Beth is a consultant to non profits and individuals in effective use of technology.
As soon as I clicked my way through the Starbucks Photo Petition Pictures, I envisioned a project with  students.
How about [...]

links for 2007-03-06

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Add This! Social Bookmark and Feed Button - Web2.0 Social Media Optimization
Easy Bookmarking - Makes it very easy for your visitors to bookmark your website or blog, and subscribe to your feeds (support most bookmarking and feed reader services) Social Traffic - Helps your visitors promote your website or blog to the social bookm
(tags: wordpress [...]

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Monday, March 5th, 2007

TextMarks - Welcome - Make information accessible from any cell phone - via text messages. Coordinate Activities. Express Yourself!
Make information accessible via text message! Send an automated response when users text your keyword to 41411. Let users subscribe to receive your text alerts on their phones.
(tags: mobile RSS web2.0 cell_phones)

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