Fontaine, D. ( 2008, May/June). Welcome to the age of the wikitext! MultiMedia & internet @ schools. Vol. 15, Iss. 3.
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Funds are difficult to acquire in districts these days, with budget cutting, economic downturn, and political strife all part of the equation. In this article, Fontaine [...]

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of, Eat, Pray, Love, muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. A bit “out there” in the context of traditional teaching and learning. But still–thought provoking, funny, personal and surprisingly moving.

As I sat down tonight, my original intent was to simply post this video in the Video of the Day section and be done with it.

But I couldn’t do that. There is so much more to say!! I am so excited about Voice Thread and its possibilities for teaching and learning! As [...]

Do you need to re energize your classroom and get the students involved in their educations again? Try stepping away from those textbooks for a moment with this easy to implement Meyers-Briggs Personality Type activity.

Heard of Wordle? Check the newest “Technology in the Classroom” minute to implement Wordle with a few clicks. The blog post is itself “Wordled,” so not only will you better understand what the site can do, but you will see application and ways in which the site can be used in the classroom. Click now!

Ever wanted an easier way to share your PowerPoint presentations? Now there’s an easy way to share without the need to have the software on the viewer’s computer. Read on to discover what Slideshare can do for you.