MySpace? Old News
Google? can’t do real time search.
email? not fast enough.
twitter is where it is @. Assuming you have a big enough social network.
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Using a tag cloud, the NY Times has created a visual representation of every President’s Inaugural address. Pretty cool. Definately gives you an idea of the main concern of each President.
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Important topic that I would like some feedback on from Social Studies teachers especially. Content vs. Critical Thinking. Please feel free to leave comments or e-mail me directly.
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Here are some excellent sites with free tools and ideas for integrating technology into the classroom:
4 Teachers.Org - 4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site help...
Thought members might be interested in some of the arts integration and technology integration links/resources at my profile.
Many of the social studies activities incorporate popular music and character education.
JChase
Webfiltering can be a challenge at best, and thanks to Jarod on his note of exceptions to get the classroom 2.0 working without unblocking to much of ning.com. I am also a technology coordinator at a small school district. And yes even though the ...
I am a Social Studies teacher for Ruben A. Cirillo High School in Gananda, NY.
I teach 11th grade US Regents and 9th grade Global (dawn of time - 1750) right now. I have taught the entire Social Studies curriculum at least once in my career.
I am very interested in bringing new technologies to the classroom and this is one way I am trying to do that.
Hi Christopher. I was wondering if you have students or educator friends who would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
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Hi Christopher,
I am an Elementary Art Teacher. If I didn't teach Art, I would love to teach MS Social Studies.
Happy almost 4th!
I just finished 2 Grad classes, and I'm catching up with the rest of my life!
Ursula
I'm curious to know if you and your students are enjoying your history class Ning.
At 12:03am on September 3, 2007, SHANG Xian-fu said…
Thanks for your invitation. I am working in CAS (SCIENCE ACADAMY OF CHINA) .My wife is a K-7 computer teacher , I usually surf on the web with not busy to help her a lot , collecting teaching materials , talking about new method .
Hi Christopher, thanks for the invite, I look forward to getting to spend more time within the cr2.0 world in the next week and seeing what folk are working with.
Hi, Chris,
I, too, am trying to push the boundaries in education. Having taught for 45 years I'm still eager to learn new things and share ideas.
My present research is into VLEs, PLEs, and blogs etc.
I really want to see things take off in the UK!
Best Wishes,
Ray T
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