http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/all/t502 Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/24/laptop.village.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories ARAHUAY, Peru (AP) -- Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago. spencech Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:14:39 +0000 t502 $100 laptop http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/technology/24drill.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin Teenage girls are more likely than boys to have engaged in creating most kinds of online content, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. spencech Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:05:38 +0000 t502 social networking gender blogs facebook http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9835715-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1040_3-0-5 About 35 percent of all online teen girls blog, compared with only 20 percent of boys, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project "Teens and Social Media." "Girls continue to dominate most elements of content creations," the study finds. spencech Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:23:10 +0000 t502 blogs gender video http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/education/19physics.html?ex=1198731600&en=a740d17006ad38b1&ei=5070&emc=eta1 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Walter H. G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor, has long had a cult following at M.I.T. And he has now emerged as an international Internet guru, thanks to the global classroom the institute created to spread knowledge through cyberspace. schwangr Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:45:07 +0000 mit open coursware physics video lecture lewin 71 nytimes web star t529 t502 http://www.boston.com/business/blog/filter/2007/12/knol_thine_enem.html Google is taking on Wikipedia. I wonder who will win... jhaydenwhite Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:16:01 +0000 google wikipedia t502 collaboration web 2.0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7140443.stm?=rss What will a child in the UK make of a laptop designed to help children in the developing world? Rory Cellan-Jones brought an XO home to find out. dan.donato Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:58:56 +0000 olpc the english t502 t529 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/12/11/a_likeness_of_markey_will_address_climate_change_meeting/ Representative Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, will speak about the dangers of global warming to any audience who will hear him. But he couldn?t go to one of the biggest stages of all - this week?s international conference on climate change in Bali, Indonesia - because of the congressional negotiations over the energy bill in Washington. more stories like this So a "virtual" Markey, an animated likeness of the congressman called an avatar, will be present instead. schwangr Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:17:21 +0000 politics avatar virtual markey t502 congressman congress bali http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:8cVHIM1sCJAJ:venturebeat.com/2007/12/03/facebook-education-app-gets-funding/+facebook+education&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&client=firefox-a The effort to make Facebook more useful for education has gotten a small boost. Inigral, a company behind a Facebook application called Courses, has raised slightly more than half a million in a round led by The Founders Fund, according to VentureWire. Courses lets you find others in your college classes, then share notes with them, start a forum discussion, do a video chat and more. You can als srinivsu Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:55:53 +0000 facebook social networking t502 edtech http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/business/09novel.html?ref=technology These days, students who miss an important point the first time have a second chance. After class, they can pipe the lecture to their laptops or MP3 players and hear it again while looking at the slides that illustrate the talk. srinivsu Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:38:23 +0000 education technology ipod edtech t502 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/circuits/04pogue.html?pagewanted=1&ref=technology The computer, if you hadn’t already guessed, is the fabled “$100 laptop” that’s been igniting hype and controversy for three years. It’s an effort by One Laptop Per Child (laptop.org) to develop a very low-cost, high-potential, extremely rugged computer for the two billion educationally underserved children in poor countries. The concept: if a machine is designed smartly enough, srinivsu Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:34:35 +0000 olpc educational technology edtech t502 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071206/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc;_ylt=Ams8M6IyDWVwNBpLTzFnUZsjtBAF One university professor, however, has come up with a combined solution that would integrate educational role-playing video games into the classroom. srinivsu Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:31:53 +0000 edtech video games educational technology t502 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/business/09novel.html?_r=1&oref=slogin STUDENTS staring at their iPod screens may be taking a break with a music video — or they may be reviewing a tough chemistry lecture. These days, students who miss an important point the first time have a second chance. After class, they can pipe the lecture to their laptops or MP3 players and hear it again while looking at the slides that illustrate the talk. schwangr Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:44:48 +0000 ipod slides powerpoint sync college university nytimes eisenberg mp3 tegrity ucf purdue echo360 t529 t502 novelties http://scienceblogs.com/worldsfair/2007/12/at_this_lab_everyone_is_requir.php This is interesting story about a science lab in the UK that requires researchers (mostly post docs) to keep a blog. jodyc Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:20:02 +0000 t502 blog http://www.topeducationdegrees.com/online-apps-innovative-teachers Teachers for all levels of students today have so many more teaching aids than even just a few years ago. That's not just because of greater access to the Internet but also because of the growing number of web applications that they can use. Some applications are specifically geared towards teaching and learning. Other applications can be adapted for these purposes. Here's a list of some online applications, listed alphabetically, that we feel are excellent for teachers. schwangr Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:01:08 +0000 ed tech chalksite moodle empressr edublogs engrade google presentations mindomo shoopy yahoo pipes zap reader blogs web 2.0 t529 t502 top ten http://www.newsweek.com/id/72295 New! Improved! It’s School!In an age of media saturation and ubiquitous advertising, some schools are trying professional marketing campaigns to sell the notion that 'school is cool.' schwangr Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:35:29 +0000 cell phones marketing advertising campaigns jaded new york city klein tyre newsweek t529 t502