Daily Spotlight on Education 08/31/2009
Students Get New Assignment: Pick Books You Like
New movement to let students pick books they like - called "reading workshop." I could see how this would be good but also there should be balance. Interesting.
50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom | Smart Teaching
Some interesting ideas, with examples of each.
25 Surprising Facts About China’s Education System | Teaching Tips
Julie Lindsay is in China and so I've been looking up information about their system. It is very different, but this is a fascinating listing of items about China and their system of education.
Mobile Vein Authentication Technology
Looks like your veins may become your identification instead of your fingerprints. Interesting.
Facebook app that lets you create a graphic story and print it in the form of a picture storybook. Perhaps teachers SHOULD be allowed access to Facebook at work!
Network for game producers to be able to focus on the game and less on marketing - I wonder if this will make it easier for educational type games to be produced.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
