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SiteSpace

I just read this post http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/2010/02/smartboards-and-advertisement-in-education.html It talked about how good resource sites are overtaken by ads- and rendered unusable for the IWB or for a child. It’s either too busy or the ads make it too complicated for the user to use the resources. 4 Click if You Like This Post!

Educators Unite! Washington, Hold On to Your Hats!

I just read the Teachers Should Be Seen and Not Heard blogpost today- and was reminded how much input the people ‘in the field have’. All we have needed is a way to come together. We don’t have to agree on things- and we won’t. For each of us have our students, in our own

WordsLike….

Neat ‘search engine’. Type in a word or phrase and a list of related words WITH their definitions will come up. Nice little thesaurus. http://www.wordslike.net/ Posted via web from Reading Teachers Online Arsenal 0 Click if You Like This Post!

Footnote- for Historical Documents

Find and share historical documents using Footnote. Using their unique partnerships with The National Archives, the Library of Congress and other institutions they are able to bring documents, not previously available to the public, online. Here’s their blog and twitter. Here’s the buzz from other users about Footnote. There is 2 options for signing up