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Posted by Chuck on April 27, 2010 with 0 Comments

Geolover – makes trip planning easy Geolover – makes trip planning easy; Geolover is a tool which can help you plan your next trip tags: Animation, Social Studies, technology, education, teaching Lightning Bug Lightning Bug is THE writing companion for young authors. Helping you to write a story from beginning to THE END. tags: Animation, [...]

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Social Media and Education

Posted by Chuck on April 21, 2010 with 0 Comments

From the 140 Characters Conference comes one of the best videos I have seen about schools and education today. Dear Government:  I HOPE YOU ARE LISTENING!! Chris Lehmann, principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, spoke for 10 minutes about Education today, and how technology should be used.  He makes some excellent points, but [...]

Thank You Ning…I don’t need you after all!!

Posted by Chuck on April 20, 2010 with 0 Comments

Since the announcement by Ning’s CEO last week, I have been trying to figure out what to do with my classes.  I had several of my classes working on projects, and they were going to post their finished product on our various classroom Ning sites.  Well…I have found a solution!! I am a huge fan [...]

A Sad Day for All Educators Using Ning

Posted by Chuck on April 15, 2010 with 0 Comments

New Ning CEO Jason Rosenthal just announced that they are making major changes.  Only one month after replacing long-time Ning CEO Gina Bianchini, Rosenthal has decided to fire 69 of Ning’s team.  That’s not the devastating news to us educators using Ning in our classrooms. Rosenthal has also announced that Ning will no longer offer [...]

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