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2015 still isn't over. Those were the words running through my mind as I boarded the 1 Train and headed downtown at 7:15 this morning. The train was not very crowded and everyone seated around me looked as I felt – tired, wanting to be anywhere else, and waiting for this year to end.
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How to Get a Classroom of Kids Blogging in Under 5 Minutes!
Kidblog.org is a service designed by teachers for teachers. They have made the process of creating and monitoring a class blog safe and efficient. Sign-ups are fast and simple, making it easy to co-ordinate a whole class of new students.
How to Study Less by Learning Things Once
You read over your notes. Then you read them over again. Then you read them over a third time.
It's All About The Hashtag
If you remember, in my 3 part series on Twitter, I wrote about how I completely changed the way I do professional development on Twitter. In a nutshell, I no longer start with signing up and tweeting the first day. I always show how to use Twitter without ever signing up. I believe it's important to establish the value in using it rather than using it and attempting to find the value.
10 ways for teachers, students to share links in class
Links are like digital currency in class. Teachers and students can distribute those links quickly and easily with these options. (Public domain image via Pixabay.com) In a class with technology, links are like digital currency.
The Complete Guide To Twitter Hashtags For Education
What is a hashtag? A word or phrase preceded by a “#.” How do hashtags work? Twitter can be a busy place with lots of tweets–and thus lots of “noise.” A #hashtag is a way to aggregate tweets that are appended with a hashtag.
» 100+ examples of use of social media for learning C4LPT
EmailShare 0EmailShare Note: this page dates back to 2011. More up to date information is to be found in my Social Learning Handbook 2014. Here are over 100 ways that different social technologies (and tools) are being used by learning professionals worldwide – compiled from the comments of those who have contributed to the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 activity.
How to Let Go of Anger and Embrace Forgiveness
19EmailShare This sixth article in the series comes from my friend Lynn from Back to the Garden. Lynn is a certified health and nutrition coach as well as a photographer that aims to see the good in everyone. Forgiveness = Compassion
This link connects to a list of hashtags being used by educators to sort content for one another that is maintained by a retired educator who calls himself The Cybraryman. While his page isn't particularly polished, it is by far the most complete collection of educational related hashtags that you will find online. by wferriter Apr 2