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Nerdfighter Mom

Nerdfighter Mom

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I am blessed to be the mom of two nerdfighter teens. The nerdfighter community celebrates curiosity, learning, creativity and compassion. It is primarily made up of teens, young adults and some older folks like me, a nerdfighter mom. Nerdfighters epitomize what I as a parent and educator want for my children and students: a love a learning and participation in a supportive community that encourages exploration of ones passions and sharing the joy of knowing and learning. Nerdfighters participate in…

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Blogsy

Blogsy

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I have been trying to use my iPad for all my usual computer use.  This is forcing me to get use the iPad keyboard and to try a variety of apps.  I finally found an app that I can use for my blogging.  Blogsy is a fairly complete blogging tool that allows me to post to my personal blog, Beth’s Thoughts, using the WordPress platform and my blog for work hosted on blogger.  One tool, two blogs that is pretty cool for me….

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The Web Clutter Free

The Web Clutter Free

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I read online a great deal.  I support teachers who wish to share web content in classrooms with younger children.  As well as students who have visual and special needs.  I frequently recommend two tools to help remove the distracting and sometime inappropriate clutter. Viewpure – allows you to view youtube videos against a white background, no ads, and no comments. Readability – I started using readability while it was still in development.  It is now a commercial product with…

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Thinking Browsers

Thinking Browsers

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Just a quick thought. I am not sure I like that my browser and various application are thinking for me. A while back I was looking online at beds, now all the ads streaming across my screen are about beds and bedding. I have long since moved on but my browser has not.  When I search news stories or seek articles I am frequently told what is trending, as if my attention should be drawn there. Google, Twitter, Plurk, and…

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Khan Academy

Khan Academy

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Khan Academy, started out as one individual making math videos to help explain difficult concepts, it has grown 2,100 videos, and includes exercises and assessment.  The mission, to provide high quality free education to anyone in the world.  Topics focus primarily on math and science from elementary trough college levels. There are other topics related to business, finance and a growing history section. This site is well worth directing your students to or adding to any web enhanced learning environment….

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Getting Ready for eBooks

Getting Ready for eBooks

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One of the roles of a tech integration specialist to is to explore new technologies and how they might play a role in education.  When I started in this field it was how to use word, excel, powerpoint, and video.  We talked about how to share work with each other by passing around floppy disks. We could create web pages but nothing was download and upload-able. A mere 10 years later I help teachers sort through the overwhelming number of…

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Expoloring LiveBinders

Expoloring LiveBinders

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Last weekend I began play around with LiveBinders.  LiveBinders allows you to organize web pages, images, PDFs and documents into a virtual binder complete with tabs and sub-tabs. I had a little trouble getting started as I did not know you could add text to a page – such as the main tab pages, and how to create sub-tabs.  I guess I should have watched the tutorials first. 🙂  I also noticed that in firefox I was not able to…

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