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Twitter Sure, Twitter is great for connecting with your professional learning network, but is it for kids? How could students use 150 characters to summarize the view point of an important person in history?

Thanks to Tom Barret's GoogleDoc.… Continue

I had some good discussions with teachers and librarians, not that librarians aren't teachers, yesterday about how we are using the Web 2.0 tools for internet research. I'm curious what tools you find helpful or have learned while here at TCEA that help students find, gather, organize, and use the internet with their research projects.

I put together a few of my ideas in a quick post this morning, classroomblogging.wordpress.com, but am reall… Continue

While the films don't start showing until noon, it will play until 4pm. We'll show the films again tomorrow from 9am to 4pm. Right now, the room has a bunch of soft chairs, a few tables and playing some Willie Nelson, Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett and a few other guys. Come in and rest your feet or… Continue

This will be the ongoing webpost for this week. I highly encourage any teacher, especially Austin teachers, to leave a comment below about something that they found to be valuable this week.

What did you learn form a session or workshop? What did you see in the exhibit hall that may be worth another look? Who did you hear in a keynote and how did it impact you professionally? What was the special treasure that you found during your week at TCEA?

I'd love to hear from you!

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I've been looking forward to this week for a while now. Our district has a good number of teachers coming downtown to pursue great things at TCEA this year. It's truly amazing to have so many teachers in one place, talking and learning about the technology that can play a big role in student achievement, fulfillment, and classroom learning. I'm even more excited that some of our teachers are going to share their experience through their blog.

I invite my teachers to join this Ning and share the… Continue