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  by  mikefisher821   Teens Find Innovative Ways to Control Their Facebook Presence ”Ever heard of “Super-logoff” or “whitewalling”? They are ways to designate what some teens have been doing in order to have total control over who posts what (and when) on their Facebook page:” Digital Culture & Education: Classroom perspectives – Digital Culture & Education In this issue [...]

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  by  lynetter   HowStuffWorks “Top 5 Google Killers — That Didn’t” “Google is the world’s search engine leader. But that doesn’t mean every other company has given up on dethroning the king. See why so far no company has had what it takes.” BBC – Writersroom – Writing Resources Writing resources and tips for the screen, radio, theatre, [...]

Bring on the Learning Revolution – Sir Ken Robinson (TED)

TED recently released this video of Sir Ken Robinson’s talk from TED in Feb 2010. His latest talk Bring on the Learning Revolution is a follow-up to his very popular TED Talk Schools Kill Creativity given in 2006.   more about “Bring on the Learning Revolution – Si…“, posted with vodpod   I have listened to teachers in my [...]

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ClassChats.com ~ Connecting Students, Teachers, and Classrooms Worldwide  This is a social network that has been set up to help educators connect world wide. Many teachers are starting to use this site to match up with other classrooms and skype and video conference between them. Classrooms can communicate via chat, webcam, interactive whiteboard, forum posts, and [...]

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 Teaching Resources – Free Printables and Lesson Ideas for Teachers!  Website for general resources and lesson plans for teachers. Listorious: Discover the Best Twitter Lists Listerious offers browsing through popular twitter lists    Science Oxford Online This online resource from Science Oxford presents science news features with the aims of illustrating connections between different areas of science and demonstrating [...]