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Spell with flickr Please send me comments, suggestions or questions, kastner@gmail.com. I love getting emails about Spell with Flickr - and all my programming projects. It was just a few hours ago that I posted my Goals for 2008 and I'm releasing my first project of the year. It's nothing big, but it was a fun little distraction. The hide-an-image-in-text-with-css3-creator-thing If you're one of those folks who might care about how something like this might work, here's the source. read the rest at Meta | ateM Spell with flick grabs images from flickr (the One Letter and One Digit groups) and uses them to spell what you've typed in.

Three Ways to Create a Digital Classroom Library for Your Students Walk into an English teacher’s classroom, and you might be able to guess how long they’ve been there. Take a look at the classroom library. It takes time to collect hundreds of books for your kids to read, and veteran teachers have worked for years to amass those giant collections. Luckily, modern technology gives us an alternative: extend your classroom library with free eBooks. The biggest logistical problem is turning that vast digital catalog into something more personal. Today, we’ll look at three methods for creating and sharing a digital classroom library with your students. Option 1: Create a Simple List with Linkli.st There are a number of websites that allow you to create and share lists of URLs. You can create a list right from the homepage. Presto! This isn’t going to give you much organizational power, so you’ll want to keep your list short – a few dozen books at most. Option 2: Create a Library with Springpad Springpad is a web clipping app, similar to Diigo and Evernote.

How to Use QR Codes in Student Projects Scannable bar codes may be just what you need to spark some student interest in your classroom - read on to learn how to use them to showcase your student work and give some life to your classroom's infographics. Last April ago I took a trip to Tokyo, Japan. One thing that really stood out to me there was the abundance of these scannable barcodes. These things were everywhere - flyers, posters, billboards, even in advertisements on the sides of commercial vans. Over the past few months, I've watched these codes gain popularity in the United States (If you're from another part of the world, I would love to hear about the trends you've seen - leave a comment). The world as we know it is becoming scannable. So, what is a QR code? How do I make a QR code? My favorite way to create them is with bit.ly, a free URL shortener that now automatically creates QR codes for your shortened URLs. How can I use QR Codes with my students? Bibliography of student work Inspirational quote up in your classroom?