Daily Spotlight on Education 11/06/2008
Newseum | Today's Front Pages | Gallery View
Front pages of newspapers from today from www.newseum.org -- this is a great read on the history of today. (Thanks Will Richardson for the link.)
Tuttle SVC: 2008 Winners: FiveThirtyEight.com
Tom HOffman shares some of the background story of fivethirtyeight.com - a great story of collaboration and work and how "no names" become somebody with hard work, intelligence, persistence, and a commitment to "do it right" sans an agenda.
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right
This website had a TON of hits this past month -- in the millions -- 3 people and some spreadsheets did this. (See Tom Hoffman's post for more on it.) I think this is something that the students of the Flat Classroom Project will need to integrate into their work.
31 Days to Building a Better Blog
Probloggers 31 days to building a better blog -- many in education are taking this challenge issued by Steve Dembo. Some great tips.
An Update to the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) « Thumann Resources
Lisa thuman blogged about the recent changes to the Children Internet Protection Act (CIPA) -- to those people who have rejected social networking and chats -- you're required to "educate minors on appropriate online safety including cyberbulling and interacting with others on social networking sites and in chat rooms."
How are you going to do this without using safe alternatives and then coach them on it? This is REQUIRED in the US if you get erate funds.
Get out there and get busy -- time for pushback. Lisa Thuman's article on this is an excellent read.Tunatic: free music identification software
OK, so you want to figure out what that song is? Download Tunatic and play the song and it will recognize it. This is so cool!!! Search engines aren't just for text any more. This is very useful.
Digital literacy and the classroom « Rhondda’s Reflections - wandering around the Web
I love Rhondda's reflections on digital citizenship. She makes very profound, reasonable arguments as a teacher in the trenches and she has my vote 100% on what she's saying!!
What say you, Magic 8-Ball? | Collateral Learning
Nice article reflecting upon the cloud computing movement.
Great website about digital media ethics and royalty free resources.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
