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Making it easy to create lists to follow on Twitter. Just came across this post by my friend, Marshall K, about a new service called TweepML which lets you create lists of users. He's created one about the Real Time web , but of course, I want to make one about educators. The only problem is that I truly hate lists like this because some people might just swoop through and think that they've followed "everyone". So, here we go - I've started a list and want you to add to it. There are lots of cool tools out there: Free Tools for Educators has a list of 7 ways to find teachers on Twitter and I went to Liz B. Davis' Google Docs Spreadsheet of educators on twitter to attempt to rip from that list, however the links aren't hyperlinks so I couldn't do it. So, I headed over to Connexions and ripped the list of 100 featured educators on twitter . Now, I have 100 educators from that list to share with you on this list from TweepML. Educators on ...

TEDTalks as of 09.02.09 Spreadsheet with every Ted Talk ever given! tags : edu_trends , twitter , education , edu_news , arts_entertainment , web2.0 , worldonline , invention , story_empath , information_change Free Technology for Teachers: Seven Ways to Find Teachers on Twitter Marvelous article about 7 ways to find teachers on twitter. tags : education , twitter , edu_trends Educators on Twitter If you are an educator on twitter - fill out this form from Liz B. Davis. tags : education , twitter Posted from Diigo . The rest of my favorite links are here.

Image of Julie Lindsay Thought some of you might want to participate in the upcoming Hong Kong Flat Classroom Workshop with Julie Lindsay and Kim Cofino. Here's the latest: "The Flat Classroom Workshop strand of the 21CL@HK Conference is less than 2 weeks away. Kim Cofino and I are very pleased to inform you we have about 30 students and about 10 teachers attending the workshop for the 2.5 days. This email contains important information for you and your students in order to get started before we meet face-to-face. Flat Classroom Workshop: Program and Teams list is available here: http://spreadsheets.google. com/pub?key=tFUg_UrzyKQM- vHRxrOE_mQ&gid=0   The program is set out in a basic format so far, but we wanted to send this now so you have more of an idea what you are in for. The teams list is not final and will possibly change between now and the start of the event. Each team consists of real and virtual members. There will be further explanation about this before ...

"Exploring Body Image in Second Life" submitted by Peggy Sheehy, Ramapo Central School District - RezEd The exploring body image simulation from Ramapo Central School District by Peggy Sheehy. tags : education , secondlife , virtualworlds , web3d Posted from Diigo . The rest of my favorite links are here.

MixedInk - Free Collaborative Writing Tool New site that lets you write collaboratively - they say they are using it quite a bit with schools. tags : education , wiki , edu_newapp Eduset - Online Classroom Communication Another website for sharing information and making class pages. tags : education , edu_newapp New Grants for High School Students | Planet Connect Planet connect grants for students with ideas for how to fix environmental problems in their school or local community. A great way to promote action. (Hat tip to my friend Salim Al-Busaidi) tags : education , environment , edu_trends , science parentella New website for keeping up with parents and kids - this has just been initially launched and doesn't have a lot of integration with other sites, but could be a great standalone for teachers who cannot access the tools that are out there and don't have an SIS. Try this. tags : education , tool reQall The replacement for Jott (since they began charging) this is a go...

This from New Jersey in my email: "The State of New Jersey recently adopted 21 st century standards which require the use of technology throughout the classroom learning experiences. We are currently producing Classroom Application documents to illustrate possible ways teachers can engage their students and increase academic achievement in a PBL learner-centered environment. As part of the modeling process and to gather  multi-cultural approaches, I have created a Wiki at http://collaborativestandards. wikispaces.com   The Wiki has embedded and attached tables. The attached tables are so professionals can download them if that is easier and the embedded tables are so everyone can enter their contributions on a common document. (unfortunately, some of the tables did not retain their spacing but others did.)  As usual, timelines are tight so I have listed deadlines at the top of the attached documents on each page as deadlines vary I would appreciate it if you would...

The University of Michigan has some top notch simulations and activities that so mirror this "flattened" philosophy of thinking and have been doing it for quite some time.  I teach Current Events (begged to) for the first time 2 years a go and now am up again for this.  We have the students participate in the Arab-Israeli Conflict Simulation as they simulate world leaders with grad students from U Michigan  in a beautiful mutually beneficial learning experiences. But there are other simulations and activities that they do as well and as a small thank you to Jeff Stanzler and his team of crack-simulators and students, I'd like to share what else that they have going. I love the description that they have on their site: "ICS programs are not distance-learning courses in the traditional sense of the term. Rather, they are collaborative projects defined by extended interactions between students at different schools, thematic content in a variety of subject areas, ...