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Needed: qualified people to share opinions on Clouducation. We are looking for some initial opinion articles regarding 21st century education, edtech, or ed reform. This is a new branding of a popular site called teachingwiththecloud.com. Please contact me at anvonbank@gmail.com if you think you have something valuable to share. Thanks!clouducation.wordpress.comSee More

I am looking for great options for a program or site to run our school's announcements and notices on the networked television monitors.Is there anything with a national news crawler? A customizable crawler? I really don't even know what such a probram would be called, in order to search for it. IT people, please help!!!VBSee More

I am specifically looking for something that looks like it is made for this purpose.  I'd love something with a newspaper-style interface, with several columns and some flexibility for layout.  i will have approx 30 smaller essays (3-5 paragraphs) to display. I'm looking for more than a blog, simpler than Yola or Weebly.  Google Docs has some templates that work, but they don't seem quite right.  What have you used?See More

If you ever wanted to share a document or presentation out to your entire class, grade, or staff without having to enter all the addresses each time:http://teachingwithgoogledocs.blogspot.com/2010/11/sharing-to-many-users-students-at-once.htmlSee More

From teachingwithgoogledocs.blogspot.com:Sometimes as I write about what I am teaching my students in the highschool, it probably makes it seem as if that is a one-way street.  Thetruth of the matter is that it is often a two-way conversation that isvery healthy.  I thought I would write about a few of the things I havelearned from the students I teach:1.  They neither know or care what web 2.0, cloud computing, or socialmedia are.  These…See More

I am looking for a free site where I might send out text reminders to students who sign up for the service.  I understand that I can Twitter or something like that, but I want to push messages straight to their phones and have the phones signal them.  I want the ability to essentially text 30 kids by sending an email.  Any ideas?See More

This is sort of a rant, but despite our forward-thinking staff trying new technology and trying new internet tools, the fact of the matter is that sometimes the computers themselves just don'tcooperate.  I hate the smug looks I get from teachers who areanti-technology when I am working on something new and exciting and thecomputers are fussy and the internet is spotty.  They seem to say:SEEEEEEEE!  I never have that kind of problems with my McGuffey Readersand my dittos!  So: Here's my all-time…See More