Web 2.0 Tools for Visual Learners August 7, 2007
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Looks like today is all about web 2.0 collections. Go2Web20.net has a very nice visual map of web 2.0 tools. They can be sorted by tag, which is very helpful if you are looking for a specific kind of tool. By the way, this is my 100th post. I guess that deserves a small celebration of some kind.
Read/Write Web updates Collection of Web 2.0 Collectors August 7, 2007
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Keeping with a theme today, Read/Write Web has updated their list of sites that track Web 2.0 sites, just in case you needed a dose of information overload.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/keeping_tabs_on_web_20_lists.php
Educational Web2.0 Collection August 7, 2007
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Judy Brown has posted a great collection of Web 2.0 applications specific to education. Tools are collected into categories like academic, bookmarks, collaboration, forms, polls, presentation, spreadsheet, video, and many more.
http://www.judybrown.com/tools.html
$100 Laptop – Intel Style – $225 and up August 6, 2007
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Forbes posted video coverage of Intel’s ClassMate, a low cost $225 laptop. So many choices for the emerging markets around the world that traditionally have not participated in global communications in the classroom. It will be interesting to see how access will impact those classrooms.
http://www.forbes.com/video/?video=fvn/tech/ms_classmate080607&partner=yahootix
NCLB for the 21st Century August 6, 2007
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eSchool News is reporting that Rep. George Miller, the chairman of the House Education Committee, wants to add 21st century skills, “such as problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration” to a renewal of the No Child Left Behind Act. As with any legislation, time will tell if these changes will be included, be effective, or even be passed at all.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryRSS.cfm?ArticleID=7296
Toddler Vocabulary Growth August 5, 2007
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Children’s Health, a part of WebMD, has posted a short article on the conditions that encourage vocabulary development in toddlers. In short, young children need repitition, more than single isolated words at a time, and a mix of easy and more difficult words together. If additional research supports these findings, it should have implications for children’s media, early childhood educational practices, and parenting strategies.
http://children.webmd.com/news/20070803/why-toddlers-vocabulary-grows-quickly?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Research Advice August 4, 2007
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Life Hack has published a list of 10 steps toward better research for students. This list does a nice job of breaking down the task of researching. Each step comes with further description. My favorite is to “Have a research question in mind” when you start.
“As you come across new material, ask yourself if it looks like it will help you answer your question.”
$100 Computer Lenovo Style – $199 August 4, 2007
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In the ongoing pursuit of cheap computers, here is a Yahoo! News report from Joe McDonald, an AP Business Writer about Lenovo and their efforts to find a market in rural China. This isn’t a laptop like the One Laptop per Child movement, but cheap anyway.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_on_hi_te/china_lenovo_cheap_pc
