He notes they are using: Drupal with the Organic Groups module to do this exact thing - student teachers write their “journal” entries, and select the group(s) that can read it.... This replaces a really dysfunctional paper-based process, where students would write their entries in a blue binder, and hand that in to their prof or mentor for review.

ZoneTag Photos: ZoneTag, a new feature from Flickr, can automatically tag your phone camera photos with the location, based on the cell tower, in which they were taken.... One nice feature is its integration with Google Maps, but with Firefox and the GMif Greasemonkey script, this functionality is already available in Flickr.

Greased Lightbox is a Greasemonkey/Creammonkey user script designed to enhance browsing on websites that link to images such as Google Image Search, Flickr, Gmail, and Facebook. It basically allows you to follow a link to a larger image without leaving the page.

flickr leech is a tool from Houser Design that will pull thumbnails from flickr and display them on a page. It will pull the first 200 images based on any of the following criteria: Interestingness, Username, User ID, Photoset, Group Pool and Tag.

Writely Confirms Google Acquisition: Looks like Google bought Writely...

One additional feature is that we can utilize Bonjour (Apple's implementation of Zero Config networking) within our network to connect and record audio sessions.... The actors will all be connect via iChat locally and will recite their lines while the teacher machine is connected and recording the session in GarageBand.

Parks lead a fascinating life and his work and life cover a large period of time which saw many changes in our country.... These primary sources are such great tools for ourselves and our students as we work to share the stories of others and as we work to give our students the perspective of their lives and work.

Lots of good conversation about trusted sources of information and the need at all levels to teach students media literacy skills.One woman was a bit confused about Wikipedia and she thought it was a site that Will ran.... Will made great use of Jon Udell's Heavy Metal Umlot screencast and I could tell the audience was much more receptive to the idea of Wikipedia when they saw the amount of work and passion that went into growing and keeping clean this small part of the commons.

The teacher also is concerned about state regulations and such and making sure the bean counters know how many minutes of professional development you received.... My recent opportunity to attend IL-TCE provided me with a chance to talk with David Jakes and Will Richardson about technology, and some of the issues, challenges and opportunities that social software brings to the classroom.

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