Saturday, January 24, 2009

Word Cloud Analysis of Obama's Inaugural Speech Compared to Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Lincoln's - ReadWriteWeb

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tag_clouds_of_obamas_inaugural_speech_compared_to_bushs.php

Interesting post on the word analysis of inauguration speeches.  I think the word clouds are much mor einteresting then the article.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Free Technology for Teachers: What is RSS?

This is a great post from Technology for teachers on what RSS feeds are.  How do you use them?  I subscribe through Goggle Reader and my subscriptions keep me in the loop with the news and much more!

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/01/what-is-rss.html

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Book Video Ning!

Thanks to the discussion started on book trailers at Wesley Fryer’s Moving at the Speed of Creativity, Joyce Valenza started a Book Video Ning where members can collaborate on book trailers and more, come join and be apart of the excitement!  Thanks Joyce!

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Diigo!!! Join the Carmel Clay and Towne Meadow Groups Today!

Diigo is an awesome social bookmarking tool, in an earlier post this year I shared a PPT on this from Authorshare, I also shared 7 reasons why it trumps Del.ic.ous.  I’m excited to share Diigo!  Follow these steps to getting started:

1.  Learn About Diigo

 

DIIGO PPT

7 Reasons Diigo Trumps …

2.  Create and Account

http://www.diigo.com/index

3.  Download the toolbars at work and at home

INSTALL THE DIIGO TOOLBAR HERE!

4.  Join the Carmel Clay Schools Group and collaborate with others!

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE CCS GROUP!

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE TME GROUP!

5. Check out the options for educators!

 Diigo Educator Accounts - create accounts for students

 

6. If you have any questions or would like some help setting things up and getting started please contact me. 

 

Book Trailers Discussed @ Moving at the Speed of Creativity…

I was happy to have helped Wesley out in his hunt for a good bedtime read for his daughter.  I pointed him also toward the book trailer site Dr Greary created.  Check out the post and comments at Wesley’s blog!

Photo Story 3 – Creekside PD

 

Higher Level Thinking and Digital Activities

Blooms Digital Taxonomy v2.12

Text Flow