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SMART Boards for Education Interactive Whiteboards for the Classroom. A Beginner's Guide and Tutorial to Geocaching A High-Tech Treasure Hunt. In Mid. '03 few people had heard of geocaching -- it was almost a secret game. It's grown a lot since then. I stumbled onto the game about a year later and have been playing since. The minimum you have to have to play is a handheld GPSr (Global Positioning Satellite receiver). Global Positioning Satellites are used in all forms of navigation today. They send signals that these receivers use to figure out where on the surface of the earth they are.

As the game has grown it's developed a number of variations. There's more than one website that supports this game, but far-and-away the most extensive and most popular is, what else, geocaching.com -- also called Groundspeak. When I explain geocaching to friends the inevitable question is, "Well if the GPS gadget takes you right where it is, what's the game? " But, the real fun is discovering endless new parks and interesting places near you that you never knew were there. One weakness is the FAQ's at the geocaching website aren't thorough. Zamzar - convert document, eBook, image, audio and video - free online file conversion.

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6/4/2009 By: Twitter can feel like a strange new landscape when you first jump in. It is not always clear what its professional uses are, or what to post in 140 characters or less. But when you start to think of Twitter as a micro-blog (and not just a forum for the personal minutiae of people’s daily lives), you will find that Twitter can be a valuable tool for professional development. Here are 25 ways that teachers can use Twitter to ask for help, get lesson plan ideas, book and professional resource recommendations, connect with other professionals, and even host an online book club. First, a guide to Twitter shorthand.

@username: creates a link to that user in your post.RT: Retweet, to copy someone else's post in a new update. 1) Ask for recommended books, lesson ideas, or teaching tools.Sample tweet: Can anyone share their successful SMART board lessons for 2nd grade? 2) Be sure to thank the people who respond.Sample tweet: @RickToone @evelynsaenz Very cool digital stories! Edmodo | Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students. WordPress.com — Get a Free Blog Here. Welcome to Webkinz™ - a Ganz website. 3D Virtual Worlds, build your own virtual 3d avatar world in minutes. Virtual Worlds, Avatars, free 3D chat, online meetings - Second Life Official Site. TeacherTube - Teach the World | Teacher Videos | Lesson Plan Videos | Student Video Lessons | Online Teacher Made Videos | TeacherTube.com.

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