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Why Doing Things Half Right Gives You the Best Results– Peter Bregman, Conversation Starter
Search– Tony Karrer, e-Learning Technology
Information Visualization: Beyond Reporting and Into Collaboration– VizThink
Knowledge Retention Will No Longer Be An Explicit Strategy– Library Clips
Annotation and Notetaking Tools– Lisa Spiro, Dirt
How Are You Using Technology in Your School?– Cheryl Oakes, Tech & Learning

The current recession is having a major impact on public schools as district leaders find their budgets squeezed by shrinking revenues. Administrators in districts all throughout the country are facing the worst funding crisis in decades, and many analysts anticipate next year’s circumstances to be even worse.
With the short-term financial outlook for public schools being [...]

One of the more interesting technologies that has been gaining attention lately is Twitter. Twitter combines IM (instant messaging) and SMS (text messaging) with the social-network concept. This can be described as a free micro-blogging service. It allows users to post updates about their activities in 140 characters or less. Hence the blogging moniker. Twitter [...]

Google is at it again. The new Google Earth 5.0 even allows users to explore the oceans.
Scott Gilbertson is excited about the new features.
Tech Addicts discuss the new feature called Ocean.
Wikipedia is even in on it.
Christopher Dawson talks about all the neat education features of Google Earth 5.0.
Here’s a helpful podcast on the new Google [...]

With the emergence of social media technology in the classroom, teachers are finding innovative ways to promote student learning. As educators become more sophisticated in terms of utilizing Internet and mobile-based technologies to share information, they are taking advantage of new and exciting opportunities to improve their teaching practice. One particular area of interest to [...]