This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”
I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in this blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a few and list them here with a minimal description. It forces me to look through [...]
Veterans Day Resources
November 11th is Veterans Day (recognized as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day in Great Britain and in other countries to specifically remember those who fought in World War ). I’ve just updated The Best Websites To Learn About Veterans Day. Additional suggestions are always welcome….
Things Are Not Getting Better For Latino Students & Their Families In Alabama
Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources To Learn About Alabama’s Awful Immigration Law (& Its Impact On Schools): After Alabama law, Hispanic kids being bullied is from CBS News. Critics See ‘Chilling Effect’ in Alabama Immigration Law is from The New York Times.
Major Improvements In Google+ Today
Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources For Learning What Google+ Is All About: Google Apps Users Can Now Hangout (And More) On Google+ is from TechCrunch. Google+ Resurrects Playback Feature From Wave, Renames It “Ripples” is also from TechCrunch. Google Plus Finds Sweet Spot Between Facebook & Twitter is from Read Write [...]
Projeqt Is Now Open To The Public
Projeqt was on The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2011 — So Far list, where I described it as: a very new application — you still need an invite to use it– that lets you create what you could call interactive slideshows. In some ways, I might describe it as a more sophisticated [...]
“Part Two — Can Teachers Be Friends With Students?”
Part Two — Can Teachers Be Friends With Students? is the title of the second in a three-part series I’m publishing in my column at Education Week Teacher. In addition to several guest responses, including ones from Jose Vilson and Renee Moore, I discuss how community organizers view the difference between public and private relationships [...]
“Stich.it”
Stich.it is a new link-shortening service that lets you combine a number of links into one, and then plays them like a slideshow. It’s similar to a number of other services on The Best Ways To Shorten URL Addresses list. Some of the examples shown on the site have descriptive text written by the user [...]