Sites that Caught My Eye Today 05/28/2008

  • HotCity Wireless

    HotCity Wireless, a non-profit organization, has been established to promote the use of low-cost wireless technology as a media and tool for economic, social and educational advancement to underprivileged citizens in the Philippines.

    Organizations such as this that work to provide access should be encouraged. Wow!

    tags: education, ad4dcss, digital_access

  • FireShot – Take screenshots of web pages with Firefox extension!

    Cool cool cool firefox extension that creates and edits screenshots of web pages. Soo cool!

    tags: education, geeks4, tools, edu_newapp

  • WED home – World Environment Day

    World Environment Day – -share what you'redoing — this is June 5th – it is for New Zealand but it is something I think that others may participate in.

    tags: education, environment

  • A Living Archives

    A cool project for middle school students – Living archives is fascinating.

    tags: education, learning, history, flatclassroom, curriculum, edu_news

  • Japan urges limiting kids' cell phones

    Japanese government becoming “involved” in the overuse of cell phones by japanese teenagers. This program emphasizes cell phone addiction.

    1/3 of japanese 6th graders and cell phones and 2/3rds of 9th graders have them. Interestingly, one panel wants to take texting off the phones?

    How about using texting iN school? How about letting them define words on it instead of using a dictionary? How about letting them use it in the classroom?

    Seems kind of like damming up the Mississippi – it may work for a while, but eventually, the dam is going to break.

    Yes, this is something to talk about and discuss… internet and cell phone addiction is a real issue with many kids I talk to reporting that they literally sleep with it under their pillow.

    However, just getting rid of texting, I don't think that is a good idea. As with anything in human history, every tool may be used for good or bad.

    tags: education, edu_trends, digitalcitizenship

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Vicki Davis is a full-time classroom teacher and IT Director in Georgia, USA. She is Mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world. She hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast which interviews teachers around the world about remarkable classroom practices to inspire and help teachers. Vicki focuses on what unites us -- a quest for truly remarkable life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers that are grounded in the truth and shared with love. Vicki has been teaching since 2002 and blogging since 2005. Vicki has spoken around the world to inspire and help teachers reach their students. She is passionate about helping every child find purpose, passion, and meaning in life with a lifelong commitment to the joy and responsibility of learning. If you talk to Vicki for very long, she will encourage you to "Relate to Educate" or "innovate like a turtle" or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves to talk to teachers who love their students and are trying to do their best. Twitter is her favorite place to share and she loves to make homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and enjoys running half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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