Gates and Me have same ideas

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/20/gates-and-weingarten-fixing-our-nation-s-schools.html Bill Gates and Randi Weingarten state many public opinions of our education system here in the US. I too think we need to follow other countries in Education but are we too self centered to think we are doing all the right things when clearly we are doing most of all the wrong things?

Free low cost droid apps for education

http://bit.ly/8VhPtu Droid Apps for education...cheap or free. Also try SugarSync...love it on all my devices.

New Social Network for Charities

A Facebook Founder Begins a Social Network Focused on Charities http://nyti.ms/fa8Ufo Saw Chris on a tech show describing the app. Sounds pretty interesting.

Free eTexts

http://blog.efrontlearning.net/2010/11/free-e-learning-books.htmlA list of free eText books for you to use in your online classroom. Most of them are about eLearning.

Tracing letters on the iPad

My 5 year old daughter does this daily and she plays learning games. She's learned a lot on the iPad! http://www.mobilegarageblog.com/2010/11/can-little-fingers-use-mobile-devices-can-teenage-fingers-use-them-productively-in-school-.html

18 New Ways of Learning

http://goo.gl/QsoxaThese are interesting and include everything from having servers to learning in the clouds. I do agree with many that responded to this article that 3-D tv might not go anywhere. What would we use it for in education? or What could we use it for in other areas? What do you think?

Student Behavior Changed: Using Technology in Grades 6-12, Alternative Education

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