Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 01/01/2009

• ERIC – Education Resources Information Center - World’s largest digital library of education literature

  tags: education, research, reference, eric, database, library, academic, search

• Teachers Love SMART Boards: SMARTBoards and my 2008 Top Five List - Science

  tags: smartboards, science, interactive, technology, education, SMART

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/31/2008

• Flashcards: The world's largest library of printable flash cards

  tags: flashcards, education, learning, tools, study, reference, language, flashcard

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/30/2008

• Adobe - Digital School Collection Teacher Resources

  tags: adobe, teacher, teaching, resources, lessonplans, ideas, learning

• Google Student Blog

  tags: student, google, blog

• StoryBlender.com

  tags: storyblender, mashup, 2.0, storytelling, tools, storyblender.com, Presentations, Language-Arts

• Coloring pages. Free printable coloring book pictures and photos.

  tags: clipart, kids, Coloring, education, image, coloring, color

• Idea : Docs for Teachers - Google Docs Help Center

  tags: google, docs, googledocs, teachers, google_docs, activities, education, DEN

• Into the Book: Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies

  tags: reading, comprehension, Literacy, language arts, elementary, education, grade 1, primary, DEN

• Scholastic News Online: Top Story: Blog It!

  tags: scholastic, kids, blog, education, technology, lab, ILA

• When YouTube is blocked (eight ways around) - NeverEndingSearch - Blog on School Library Journal

  tags: YouTube, education, blocked, filter, neverendingsearch, Tools, bypass, DEN

• How to Embed YouTube Flash Videos in Your PowerPoint Presentations - wikiHow

  tags: powerpoint, wikihow, embed, tutorials, youtube, howto, education, DEN

• Grammar Ninja

  tags: grammar, game, smartboard, interactive, languagearts, english, literacy, ILA

• Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds

  tags: wordle, tagcloud, cloud, word, graphics, visualization, creativity, blogging

• VerbaLearn - Study vocabulary for free

  tags: vocabulary, verbalearn, languagearts

• Creating Lifelong Learners » Blog Archive » iMovie ‘08 Bootcamp Links

  tags: imovie, bootcamp, storytelling

• Free K-8 Educational Videos

  tags: k-8, elementary, education, youtube, video, DEN

• SMART - Educator resources

  tags: resources, smartboard, educator, lessons, ideas, smart, SMART, interactive, whiteboard

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/23/2008

• Free Stock Music | Stock Music | Free Sound Effects

  tags: stock, effects, music, royalty-free, podcast

• 7 Things to Do with your Blog when you take a Vacation

  tags: vacation, blog

• English Grammar

  tags: grammar, literacy, writing

• iKnowthat.com - Online Multimedia Educational Language Arts and English Games for Kids in Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary Grades

  tags: languagearts, iknowthat, elementary, games, punctuation, stories, vocabulary, words, ILA

• Funschool - Fun and Educational Games and Activities for Kids

  tags: education, fun, kids, elementary, activities, funschool, students, school

• Kaboose Reading Games

  Reading Games for Older Students

  tags: kaboose, reading, games, interactive

• Kaboose Reading Games

  Reading Games for Young Kids

  tags: kaboose, elementary, interactive, games

• Free online elementary educational language arts activities and interactive games

  tags: elementary, technology, education, interactive, LanguageArts, literacy, reading, writing, vocabulary, puzzles, ILA

• Kidport Home Page

  tags: kidport, interactive, games, reading, writing, math, science, socialstudies, ILA

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/22/2008

• Online exercises

  Welcome to our interactive exercises page. On this page you find a selection of quizzes that can be done online.

  tags: grammar, exercises, interactive, technology, education, vocabulary, reading, comprehenion, ILA

• Building Language for Literacy Home

  tags: literacy, alphabet, LanguageArts, Reading, interactive, technology, education, ILA

• Maggie's Learning Adventures Home

  Scholastic.com and Maggie's Earth Adventures are proud to present interactive games on English grammar, Spanish, math and Science.

  tags: maggie, scholastic, ILA, interactive, games, fun, grammar, spanish, math, science

• mquiz

  tags: mquiz, punctuation, grasslands, ILA

• Literacy Center Education Network - Play & Learn English

  tags: literacy, reading, kindergarten, interactive, learning, education, primary, letters, ILA

• Online Self Publishing Library – Digital Magazines, Ebooks & EZines

  tags: ezines, publishing, ebooks

• ICT Teaching and Learning: Helping children to become better researchers

  tags: research, ict, education, inspiration

• 50 websites you'll wonder how you lived without | Curious? Read

  tags: web2.0, websites, curious, list, blog

• Free Banner Maker

  tags: banner, banners, web2.0, maker, generator, web design, generators, website, graphics

• PictureItPostage™ Stamps – Your photo on real U.S. Postage

  tags: postage, stamps, pictureitpostage, fun, creative, DEN

• The Plagiarism Checker

  tags: plagiarism, tools, writing, tool, checker, languagearts, detection, education, copyright, DEN

• Interactive Websites

  tags: interactive, websites, education, resources, science, math, IWB, smartboard

• Web-Based Projects, University of Richmond

  tags: webquests, webquest, education, technology, math, science, lesson, projects, webbased, ILA

• Letterwhiz.com -- Free Letter Templates

  tags: writing, resources, letter, templates, letterwhiz.com, letterwhiz, tools, literacy, DEN

• Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online

  tags: dictionary, dictionaries, reference, thesaurus, english, tools, language, merriam

• Learning for the 21st Century — Informal Learning Blog

  tags: informal, learning, education, blog

• Welcome To EDTECH™

  tags: EdTech, technology, education, web2.0, edtech, resources

• TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills

  tags: assessment, informationliteracy, information_literacy, literacy, library, tools, information, technology, lab, DEN

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/21/2008

• Typealyzer

  tags: blog, analysis, personality, typealyzer, analyze, type, fun

• Free Technology for Teachers

  tags: teachers, technology, Web2.0, Education, blog

• Make-a-Flake - A snowflake maker by Barkley Interactive

  tags: snowflake, fun, winter, flash, interactive, design, game, christmas

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/19/2008

• Free Technology for Teachers: Creative Commons Explanations and Teaching Materials

  tags: teachers, creativecommons, explanations, blog, education

• The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

  tags: music, podcasting, royalty-free, audio, soundeffects, ferlazzo, copyright

• Google Earth Outreach - Tutorial: Spreadsheet Mapper 2.0

  tags: googleearth, google, googlemaps, tutorial, spreadsheets, mapping, maps, kml

• Grant Wrangler Grants for Teachers

  tags: grants, GrantWriting, grant, education, wrangler, funding, research, DEN

• Quick Start Tips For New Skype Users | The Edublogger

  tags: skype, edublogger, education, blog, DEN

• EasyBib: The Free Automatic Bibliography Maker - MLA and APA citations

  tags: bibliography, citation, tools, research, reference, writing, easybib, copyright

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/18/2008

• The Craft of Common Craft | nmc

  tags: nmc, leelefever, interview, commoncraft

• Welcome to SendItHome | SendItHome

  tags: sendithome

• KidZui

  tags: browser, Kids, internet_safety, Safety, web2.0, kidzui, Internet, children

• World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others | Edutopia - Annotated

  tags: edutopia, collaboration

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/17/2008

• WRITER'S TOOLBOX: 35 Best Tools for Writing Online

  tags: writing, tools, toolbox, web2.0, blogging, social networking, microblogging, languagearts

• Free Flashcards | Free ESL Flashcards | Free Printable Flash Cards

  tags: FLASHCARDS, vocabulary, flashcards, resources, printables, ESL, literacy, ell

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/16/2008

• mrcoley.com -- Flash Cards For Your Computer or iPod

  tags: flashcards, ipod, mrcoley

• Primary Sources on the Web

  tags: primary, sources, PrimarySources, history, research, world

• ecardlets | digital cards that look real on your iPhone

  tags: iphone, ecardlets, e-cards

• SecretBuilders

  tags: virtual, education, virtualworld, secretbuilders, fun

• Welcome to Smilebox's Teacher's Toolbox

  tags: smilebox

• CogDogBlog

  tags: blog, education, technology, web2.0, tools, learning, edtech, elearning

• Atomic Learning's Tech Skills Assessment - Movies

  tags: assessment, techskills, techliteracy, iste, atomic, techintegration, technology, atomiclearning

• Public Domain Clipart optimized for word processors

  tags: clipart, graphics, opensource, resources, image, design, collection, public

• School AUP 2.0 | Main / AUPGuides browse

  tags: aup, aupguides, aup2.0, Warlick

• Winter Holiday Arcade at Aunt Lee Dot Com

  tags: games, fun, technology, winter

• Kindersite Project : Educationalists recommend the free Kindersite to introduce Young children to computers in safety, Research in to technology and children

  tags: kindergarten, education, earlychildhood, kids, game, lesson, Teaching, plans, technology, integration

• 21st Century Learning: The Effects of Budget Tightening on PD

  tags: pd, tightening, professionaldevelopment, education, blog, 21stcenturyskills

• FlipClips : Flip Books made from Your Digital Video Clips!

  tags: book, photography, gifts, animation, tools, flip, fun

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/10/2008

• educationalwikis » Examples of educational wikis

  tags: wiki, wikis, education, web2.0, teaching, wikispaces, classroom, projects

• I Love That Teaching Idea!

  tags: teaching, resources, education

• Free Watermark Tool - Generate watermarks for your images quickly and easily.

  tags: watermark, watermarks, tools, image, photography

• Free Math Help and Free Math Videos Online at MathVids.com

  MathVids.com is a website dedicated to providing high quality, instructional, free math videos to middle school, high school, and college students who need math help.

  tags: math, teaching, mathvids, mathvids.com

• TiltViewer - About

  tags: flickr, photography, flash, photos, web2.0, tools, web, 3d

• Teaching with Google Earth

  tags: googleearth, teaching, science, education, web2.0, google, google_earth, geoscience

• Get Your Google Profile Organized For Friend Connect | MakeUseOf.com

  tags: google, makeuseof.com, makeuseof

• Complete List of Google Earth Activities

  tags: googleearth, activities, earth, science, Google_Earth, education, technology, google, DEN

• Google Earth Blog: Google Earth Plugin Roundup

  tags: googleearth, google, DEN

• 100 Awesome, Free Web Tools for Elementary Teachers | Smart Teaching

  tags: web2.0, tools, elementary, resources, teaching, learning, awesome, blog, DEN

• Educaching, A GPS Based Curriculum for Teachers

  tags: educaching, geocaching, googleearth, gps, technology, DEN

• Learning Clip - Free resources Renewed Framework Y3 maths

  tags: resources, math

• Spelltube - interactive world of spelling

  tags: spelling, spelltube, literacy, english, primary, resources

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/09/2008

• Rubrics for Web Lessons

  tags: rubrics, assessment, education, rubric, web2.0

• Google Earth API - Google Code

  tags: Google, api, firefox, googleearth, Earth, plugin, browser, maps

• TagCrowd - make your own tag cloud from any text

  tags: tagging, web2.0, tags, tools, visualization, tagcloud, tag

• My Smart Spaces

  tags: smartboard, iwb, smart, interactive, mysmartspaces, technology, education, SMART

• Online Storage: SkyDrive Upgrade Goes Live with 25GB of Space

  tags: skydrive, storage

• Create online quizzes free quiz maker Online testing ClassMarker

  tags: quiz, tools, assessment, web2.0, education, quizzes, learning, eLearning

• Podcast directory for educators, schools and colleges

  tags: podcasts, education, podcasting, podcast, audio, web2.0, teaching, educators

• webtoolsforeducators wiki / Education Examples

  tags: web2.0, Technology, wiki, webtoolsforeducators, education

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/06/2008

• Top 50 iPhone Apps for Educators | OEDb

  tags: iphone, apps, Education, itouch, technology

• Interactive Whiteboard Resources - Maths and Literacy Whiteboard Activities

  tags: whiteboard, maths, iwb, SMART, interactive, technology

• All About Art! | Talking SMARTBoards & Much More!

  tags: smartboards, art, technology, SMART, interactive

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/04/2008

• Teachers 2.0

  tags: education, teachers, web2.0, technology, edtech, Teaching, Blog

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/03/2008

• Free Technology for Teachers: Five Free Crossword Puzzle Builders

  tags: crossword, puzzles, free, technology, blog, web2.0, lab, integration

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/02/2008

• Bugscope: Home

  tags: science, microscope, insects, biology, interactive, education, bugs, kids

• Digital Citizenship

  tags: digitalcitizenship, citizenship, digital_citizenship, technology

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/01/2008

• DRAWMINOS

  tags: dominos, flash, fun, drawminos, game, kids

• HOW TO: Convert Your Blog Into a Podcast on iTunes for Free

  tags: podcast, itunes, text-to-speech, blog, audio, podcasting, text2speech, mashable, web2.0, technology

• Sites for Teachers

  tags: education, teachers, teaching, resources, lessonplans, lessons, teacherresources

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/29/2008

• Techlearning > > The New Rules of Copyright > October 15, 2008

  tags: copyright, techlearning, creativecommons, creative_commons, article, resources, teaching

• GreatSummary - Summarize a Document

  tags: summarize, summary, greatsummary, website, tool, Research, Writing, literacy, web2.0

• Pathfinder

  tags: digitalstorytelling, pathfinder, technology, integration, media, images

• Storybook Anytime | Children's Books | Illustrated Stories | Preschool Activities

  tags: storybook, ebook, preschool, elementary, technology, library, integration

• Grade Level Chart of 21st Century Literacies Lessons

  tags: 21stcenturyskills, 21stcenturylearning, information_literacy, literacies, lessons, technology, integration, lab

• Kids free printable activities that are safe preschool fun. Arts and Crafts, and preschool activities,Mazes, games, reward charts and certificates, iron-ons, paper crafts/ZiggityZoom.com

  tags: ziggityzoom, crafts_ziggityzoom.com, preschool, fun

• :: e-Learning for Kids ::

  tags: elearning, math, education, smartboard, interactive, e-learning, science, languagearts, smart, DEN

• Ipod Tips And Tricks: how to transfer music from ipod to itunes

  tags: tricks, itunes

• education & tech: 5 Ways to use Web 2.0 in the Classroom - Annotated

  tags: classroom, web2.0, media, technology, integraion

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/26/2008

• Penny Postcards

  tags: postcards, history, socialstudies, american, state, colorado, DEN

• Karaokeparty.com - Free Online Karaoke Party Game

  tags: karaoke, web2.0, karaokeparty, music, songs, fun, DEN

• 4Kids.org

  tags: 4kids.org, math, interactive, languagearts, games, ila, lab, fun, den, capitals, partsofspeech

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/25/2008

• Google Docs Templates

  tags: templates, GoogleDocs, docs, Presentations, newsletters, businesscards

• SpinandSpell.com

  tags: spelling, spinandspell, education, smartboard, elementary, spinandspell.com, languagearts, literacy, technology, interactive, ila

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/24/2008

• Copyright and Fair Use for Educators and Students | Thoughts from a tech specialist...

  tags: copyright, digitalcitizenship, professionaldevelopment, education, specialist

• Kendra's Coloring Book

  tags: coloring, interative, fun, lab, kids

• Funschool - Fun and Educational Games and Activities for Kids

  tags: fun, education, funschool, kids, interactive, elementary, learning, coloring, lab

• Educational games Childtopia

  tags: reading, writing, interactive, education, childtopia, Kindergarten, elementary, lab

• Free and Open Source Educational Software: THE MOTHER LODE! | Welcome to NCS-Tech!

  tags: software, opensource, ncstech, technology, lab

• Using GoogleEarth in the Classroom | Collateral Learning

  tags: googleearth, technology, integration, resources

• Jukebox

  Printable color computer/technology skills, mini-posters and activity sheets

  tags: tools, lesson, technology, resources, skills

• Photojojo » Hold the Camera, Kid: Luring your Child into the World of Photography!

  tags: photography, kids, photojojo

• storytlr | your life online

  tags: web2.0, storytelling, lifestreaming, storytlr, blogging, tools, socialnetworking, technology

• Print Bingo Cards

  tags: bingo, generator, bingo card generator, languagearts

• Diigo Blog » Wear your “Diigo Education Pioneer” Badge with pride :-)

  tags: diigo, education

• Giz Explains: Every Video Format You Need to Know

  tags: codecs, format, reference, giz, videoformats, avi

• Center for Technology and Teacher Education: Content Areas

  tags: teacher, education, technology, content

• National Archives Experience

  tags: History, archives, socialstudies, resources, primarysources, digitalimages, audio

• A Hotlist on December Holidays

  In addition to using books and magazines to find out about December Holidays, why not also use the power of the Internet?

  tags: december, holidays, celebrations, multicultural, eduhound

• Education World ® Lesson Planning: December: A Month of Multicultural Holiday Celebrations

  Do your students celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Three Kings Day? Maybe they celebrate St. Lucia Day or Ramadan. December offers great opportunities for teaching about our multicultural world.

  tags: celebrations, multicultural, december, holidays, eduhound

• Celebrate Winter Holidays | Scholastic.com

  Students explore interactive scrapbooks to learn more about Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Make a scrapbook of your students’ holiday traditions using free clip art images.

  tags: scholastic.com, winter, holidays, christmas, hanukkay, kwanzaa, traditions

• Help Kids Understand the Financial Crisis | Scholastic.com

  Help your students understand the economy and the financial crisis with age-appropriate language and context.

  tags: scholastic.com, article, finance, money

• Giving | Scholastic.com

  Children learn that they can be gift givers without spending money.

  tags: scholastic.com, giving, thanksgiving, november, gifts

• The First Thanksgiving Student Activities for Grades PreK-12 | Scholastic.com

  tags: thanksgiving, scholastic.com, socialstudies, prek-12, education, november, interactive

• Mini Page from Newspaper

  When you get to the website scroll all the way to the bottom and there is a mini-page link to click on the lower right corner.

  tags: minipage, newspaper, fun, kids

• Inspired Learning Community

  tags: inspiration, concept_mapping, lessons, kidspiration, tools, technology, teaching, collaboration, resources

• NETC | Strategic Planning For Technology

  Provides planners with concepts and resources to assist them in developing effective technology plans for their school or district.

  tags: netc, technology, edtech, eduhound, planning, plans

• National Center for Technology Planning

  A clearinghouse for the exchange of many types of information related to technology planning. This information may be: school technology plans available for downloading online; technology planning aids (checklists, brochures, sample planning forms, PR announcement forms); and/or electronic monographs on timely, selected topics.

  tags: technology, planning, technology_planning, education, edtech, research, TechnologyPlanning, eduhound

• National Education Technology Plan

  To help facilitate the involvement of organizations and individuals in developing the Plan, the Department of Education awarded a contract to a team consisting of the American Institutes for Research, the International Society for Technology in Education, and the State Educational Technology Directors Association. Each worked closely with the Department to coordinate input from the public and disseminate information about the Plan development process.

  tags: education, technology, edtech, standards, nclb, 21stcenturyskills, research, teaching, eduhound

• Technology Plan

  Bellingham Public Schools Technology Plan
  The Technology Plan plan begins with a vision for student learning, a statement of beliefs, and a rationale for creating and continuing to build networked learning environments.

  tags: techplan, TechnologyPlanning, Education, plan, technology, eduhound

• Generation YES » Youth & Educators Succeeding

  Generation YES: Vision to Action: Adding Students to Your Technology Plan
  Writing a technology plan and want to make sure that it includes authentic student involvement and leadership? Please see the document (pdf) by Dr. Dennis Harper that provides research, sample language, and models of student action (link to document can be found at the upper right of the homepage).

  tags: education, technology, web2.0, edtech, student, integration, pedagogy, eduhound

• Tech4Learning, Inc. WebEx Enterprise Site

  tags: tech4learning, webinars

• Untitled Document

  tags: motivation, inspiration, kid

• SMART Training Center

  tags: smartboard, smart, training, online, technology

• Tools to Engage, Create, and Share | Tech4Learning

  tags: technology, resources, software, education, media, teaching, development, tech4learning

• Bringing Composers into Classrooms Through Skype : September 2008 : THE Journal

  tags: classrooms, composers, skype, education, interactive, technology

• MEET ME AT THE CORNER

  tags: SocialStudies, Video, education, fieldtrips, children, storytelling, Geography, podcast, technology, virtual

• Exploring the Genre of Review Writing | Scholastic.com

  In this unit, students will investigate three areas of review writing: food, movies, and books.

  tags: scholastic.com, writing, Language_Arts, reviews

• Bring Hispanic Heritage Month to Life | Scholastic.com

  Celebrate the cultures and traditions of those who can trace their roots to Spain, Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking countries of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

  tags: scholastic.com, september, hispanic, heritage, latino

• Colonial Williamsburg - Kids - Visit Us

  tags: williamsburg, virtual, fieldtrip, socialstudies, history, american, interactive, technology

• Virtual Field Trips Menu

  tags: virtual, fieldtrip, colorado, denver, doinghistory, technology

• Reef Videoconferencing

  tags: videoconferencing, science, interactive, environment, reef, coral, technology

• National Science Center

  tags: science, nationalsciencecenter, interactive, Technology

• Columbus Zoo and Aquarium » Distance Learning

  tags: aquarium, science, animals, environment, virtual, interactive, video, technology

• OLogy

  tags: ology, science, space, astronomy, interactive, technology

• Villainy, Inc. | Maryland Public Television

  tags: math, villainy, interactive, virtual, problemsolving

• Thinkport Tool: Create Your Own Museum

  tags: thinkport, virtual, fieldtrips, museum

• Apple Learning Interchange - NECC 2008 Podcasts

  tags: necc, 2008, technology, resources, apple

• NECC 2008 Attendees | Program: Search

  tags: necc, 2008, resources, technology, conference

• Moving at the Speed of Creativity

  tags: education, blog, technology, web2.0, edtech, teaching, creativity, podcast

• Top 100 Education Blogs | OEDb - Annotated

  tags: education, blog, edublogs, blogging, learning, elearning, list

• Spiral Notebook Blogs | Edutopia

  tags: web2.0, edutopia, education, teaching, technology, blog, lucas

• ASCD Inservice

  tags: ascd, education, blog

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