Amazing Program: Aardvark

One service I am finding very useful lately is Aardvark (vark.com). The concept behind Aardvark is simple: people are nice and are usually very willing to answer questions about concepts they know about. Aardvark is the connection between people with questions and people with answers. …

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Participating In #EdChat

What is #EdChat?

EdChat is a chat created by educators for educators that takes place on Twitter using the hashtag #EdChat.  You can find out more about what exactly it is by watching the video below, and by visiting here. #Edchat takes place on Twitter Tuesdays from 11am-12pm and again from 6pm-7pm.

I am just starting out using EdChat, and so I had to figure out how to do it, and how to do it in the most productive and effective way.  I am still learning, but I thought I would put together this document for those like me who want …

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Wanted: To Do List Software

Hello there world! I, probably like you, have many hats to wear and have lots of things on the go at any given time. So I need a good way to keep track of my things to do. I’ve been searching for a while with only small success, so I thought I would post a question to the internet community: what is the best piece of to do list software you know of? What do you use (if any)?

Here are my requirements:

Multiple lists to separate by different categories
Each item should have an optional due date, and a …

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Twitter in the classroom

I recently got a Google Wave invite from a friend, and while playing around with it, came across some waves people had made that talk about using technology (like Google Wave) in the classroom.  In this thread was a youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8) posted by someone that talked about a teacher using twitter to further class disucussion in a university class setting in the states.  Here is the video:

I thought “Hey, if it gets the students asking questions, then GREAT!”  So I’ve set it up…

…we’ll see how …

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