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Connectivity has been pretty rough here and I'm sorry I haven't been able to get to you, the readers out there who want to know the deal. I've been writing blog posts in notepad (because MS word does such a horrible job with code) and will post later.  Now, gearing up for a busy day with 3 presos and a stint in exhibit hall.  Just going to watch debate on ustream for now.

Ah-Bon-French - home Wiki for middle school students to share french language learning. tags : education , learning AdamsNews - home School journalism wiki for a middle school in California. The students write and maintain this wiki. tags : education , leraning , wiki roosevelt3rd - home Roosevelt Elementary School 3rd grade wiki that has all types of projects. tags : education , learning , elementary Embedding a time zone widget on your wiki Embedding tools on wiki pages. tags : education , wikis Citing Personal Information on Wikis for Flat Classroom Project Our guidlines for posting personal information on a wiki. tags : education , learning Citing Sources on a Wiki How to cite sources using the source citation code in wikispaces. tags : education , learning , edu_news Wiki Netiquette for Flat Classroom Projects Wiki netiquette for our Flat Classroom wiki projects. tags : education , learning , tools Voices Of The World - votw-2008-9 Voices of the world project. This is a project t...

New Improved Web 2.0 Smackdown Keychain from Kevin Hunnicut - EBC This is a great presentation and Kevin did a great job presenting. He concluded the smackdown. Great offline tool to help teachers understand and keep up with innovations. tags : education , learning , web2_smackdown , web2smack , edu_trends Livestream - Broadcast LIVE streaming video This used to be mogulus - you can have a full tv channel here. My understanding is that you can stream from your cellphone here. tags : education , learning Education 2.0 - Edmodo - Free Private Microblogging For Education Microblogging service built for students and teachers. tags : education , mobile , pln Create an event via SMS - Google Calendar Help - Annotated Send an event to your Google Calendar tags : education , cellphone , edu_trends Check your calendar via SMS - Google Calendar Help In the US, you can interact with your Google Calendar via SMS. Text to GVENT '48368' 'next' - next scheduled event 'day' ...

Google Mobile | Blogger for your phone You can blog from your cellphone if you have a blogger blog. This actually lets you sign up for a blog from your mobile. tags : education , cellphone Jott.com | Voice-to-Text Notes, To Dos & Reminders. Voicemail-to-Email and Text Message. Update Salesforce with a Phone Call. Jott has a lot of free services. I used to pay for the services (until I got my itouch and it does many of these things) but it is great for those who travel a lot or who type slowly and away from the computer a lot. tags : education , cellphone FreeConferencePro | Unlimited full-featured teleconferencing for FREE Set up free conference calls and allows as many people as you like to set up and participate in the conference call. Many of us use skype, however, if you go over 10, and people are just in the US, you could use this instead. The great things is that this gives you recording of the conference with no time limit. The MP3 file is given to the host. tags : educa...

60 Percent of Teens Text While Driving | LiveScience Percentage of teens who text while driving. This is a concern and one that you should alleviate. tags : education , cellphone , govt_business , mobile , story_empath 51 Percent of U.S. Mobile Phone Users Access Online Content | Kikabink News - Internet Marketing News Online content is being accessed on a weekly basis from their cell phone. tags : education , www_world , arts_entertainment , mobile Gadgets -For Everyday Photography, Cell Phones Becoming Camera of Choice Over 90% of adult cell phone users have a camera with 45.9% of them using their cell phone at least once a week! tags : education HI_TeenMobileStudy_ResearchReport.pdf (application/pdf Object) Summary of research study about teenagers and cell phone use. tags : education CTIA - The Wireless Association - How teens are shaping and reshaping their wireless world. Recent Study on teenagers and their cell phone habits. tags : education , cellphone Survey: Teens' Cell P...

TREK YOURSELF Put your face on a star of Star Trek and embed it on your blog. Lots of fun! tags : education , learning , fun , humor The Reel School - Home of Kentucky PSA 2006 Video Contest - Last year's entries The Kentucky PSA contest focused on cyberbullying. Am going to take some time to review. What a great thing to do! tags : education , learning Hands across the world - Flat Classroom Conference This photograph snapped by five students from five different countries at the flat classroom conference says it all. tags : education , flatclassroom , story_empath , flatclassroomconference YouTube - Answers to Qatar Questions Students reflecting on Flat Classroom Conference in Qatar. I particularly like at 3:15 when Steve talks about the friends he has met. tags : education , learning horizonproject - Social Networking One of the best wiki collaboration in our projects. tags : awards , flatclassroom , education How People are Flattening their Classrooms around the world - Twit...

A simulpost with my blog on Edtechteacher Ning Tonight I had dinner with Tom Daccord as we continued to prep for tomorrow's workshop. I must say that I am so impressed and continue to be impressed with The Great Debate of 2008 . Tom, the project's founder shared how the project started with a simple few wiki pages and a Ning and how it basically took on a viral life of its own. He said that the students were so eager to share and far exceeded his expectations. This is it! It is flattening. Authentic audiences with authentic research with differentiated artifacts and good teachers -- it is so powerful it is addictive. As I listened to him talk, I could see it. I could see the glint. THAT GLINT. Sort of like an adrenaline junkie who has first gone skydiving and you know they are hooked -- the glint of someone who has seen the thrill of excellent, meaningful education where the students are motivated and just almost wear you out with how much they do. It is addictiv...

I've been getting a few emails and tweets about what sessions I'll be doing at NECC.  I always keep my public calendar on the left side of my blog, but here is a copy for those who may want to figure out if there are any sessions of interest.  The wiki, Digital Citizenship, and Bookmarking sessions have been full for about 2 weeks (but feel free to check and see if there are cancellations) and I'm getting quite a bit of email on the birds of a feather sessions (which you do NOT have to preregister for!) There are so many GREAT people at NECC and I hope to meet as many of you as possible.  For now, I have an awesome group of educators that Tom Daccor d and I will be teaching how to flatten their classroom tomorrow at Boston University .  (You know if you're in Boston, there might be one or two slots open, not sure, though.)  Friday, we do plan to have an elluminate session - as soon as it is scheduled, it will appear on the calendar below.  Hope to see ...

Learning the Skeleton with QR codes « Mr Robbo – The P.E Geek OH, Mr. Robbo - I am already just crazy about him! Here he talks about how he teaches the skelton with QR Codes.! tags : education , learning , virtual_communication , wireless_connectivity , mobile , story_empath Mobile Tagging with QR-Code, BeeTagg and Datamatrix This system lets you scan qr codes and you have to download it and put it on your phone - it is called a QR reader. tags : education , learning , mobile , wireless_connectivity QR codes at Bath This blog post shares the results of a QR Code hunt. As I learn more about hardlinking, this is a fascinating topic. tags : education , learning , wireless_connectivity , mobile Joining things up with SMS Mobile phones and learning - a presentation from the UK tags : education , cellphone , mobile , worldonline QR Code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Explanation from Wikipedia about QR codes and hardlinking. tags : education , learning , barcode , mobile QR-Code Genera...

QR Code s allow us to link the physical world and virtual world through barcodes through a process called hardlinking.  If you see the QR Code for my website to the left which I generated at kaywa and put on my website to the left and also printed some copies. So, if this was in the physical world -- say by my door, someone could read it with a QR code reader and it would give them the information coded into it via a text message - or perhaps eventually put that information into their contacts. Now, this sounds kind of silly to some, however, it has some very interesting applications. For example, you want to remember the details about a person - you can snap a picture and all the information is there without having to write it down or worry about the fact that you were too far away for it to show up in the photo. Nike did this with a Mountain Dew promotion this past February using MMS - which is texting that includes pictures.  Geraldine Jones from the University of...