V.R.Burton’s Blog

RT @Office: Tweet this phrase to enter: I want to #Join2010 May 12, 2010 @ 11am EST http://cot.ag/aM6U5L ^AG # RT @ASCD: #ASCDpolicy New ED planning grant application now available for Promise Neighborhoods program. http://bit.ly/c2ZsI0 # RT @Thinkfinity: Louisiana Purchase made today in 1803. Free educational resources for in & out of the classroom. http://bit.ly/9i7xTG [...]

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“I am old now and have not much to fear from the anger of gods.” http://is.gd/bLvpS RT @TwitterLit: # If doctors were paid according to the amount of patients that lived, no-one would look after terminally ill patients. RT @marynabadenhors: # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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@librarybeth and I are surprised to see GA is set to drop the “computer skill competency” requirement for teacher certification. Hm. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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If I normally get up at 5am, why is it almost impossible wo get up at 6am on day 2 of our Spring Break? # @shandawoods Yes. After midnight. Guess my body is rebelling. It’s Spring Break. I should be on the beach or a cruise or something. # Trying to organize my work samples. [...]

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@nealmcquaid @noelbellen @TheNewClassroom @UchtmanD Thanks for following and being a part of my Twittersphere. # @sigilt has published their spring copy of innovative learning, read it here: http://bit.ly/dyA8FO # @tracyrenee70 You don’t have to eat it all. You can have a “taste” # @tracyrenee70 We all deserve the little treats in life # Powered by [...]

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 Wiffit allows you to set up a wall with feeds that are created into PostIt notes.  I did one collecting ISTE tags for great pre-convention news.  Oops.  Obviously ISTE is a word in several different languages because I don’t see many feeds in English.  Oh well.  Neat Web 2.0 tools.

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Besides going paperless for Earth Day (http://bit.ly/ceNpZ7) 5 More Ways to go green http://bit.ly/bB8DyU RT: @englishteach8 @k_ferrell: # technology education, technology lesson plans | Digital School …: http://bit.ly/GzYyL RT: @storytellin # Michelle is about to speak on Take Your Child to Work Day. Watch live at 10:30am ET: http://bit.ly/19NzSg RT @BarackObama: # Powered by Twitter [...]

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Thursday we celebrate Earth Day by going paperless! (1400 classes.) || Pledge now: http://ow.ly/1B1jt RT: @TeachPaperless @_zebrastripes # I’m attending Impact EVERY Student: Simple Strategies That Provide Big Improvement — http://turningtechnologies.eventbrite.com # Just imported the members of my Ning to GROU.PS will one easy click. http://bit.ly/bEBspo #jppss RT @plnaugle: # Online Earth Day activities for [...]

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NOLAnews Old Algiers Riverfest celebrates traditional music and its connection to the Mississippi River http://bit.ly/a8Q8Wf # Vicarious Learning: Developing Cultural Literacy Through Global Collaboration | Radio TICAL http://bit.ly/a9BQv0 Link to MP3 # NOLAnews Jefferson Parish schools to tackle childhood obesity http://bit.ly/aDMzM6 # Top 10 Ways to Access Blocked Stuff on The Web – http://is.gd/bxd3w RT: @tonnet # [...]

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LiveBinder users @LiveBnder wants to hear paperless ideas, challenges or success. : http://bit.ly/cCf1Yv # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Thanks @marynabadenhors for Digital Stories: Photostory Step by step http://bit.ly/aKwosa # Know of good deals in New Orleans? Tweet @CenterdinNOLA #nola # DClibrary’s glog page (@dimac4) is full of great examples of student glogs. http://bit.ly/dhi7FW RT @mtechman @mrschu81 # RT @TIME: Should schools bribe kids for grades? | http://su.pr/AINEja # RT @TIME: See the cartoons [...]

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@WALibraryiMom Thanks for reading and thanks for the Kudos. Have a great weekend. # Michael Steele said “They must drain the Kool Aid from their veins.” Who is “they”? I don’t have Kool Aid in my house let alone in my veins. # @mtechman So does that mean that I am too stupid to think [...]

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I have found links to my wikis and blogs on a variety of different sites.  I have installed a FeedJit widget on my blogpages and it allows me to see how people get to my sites.  It reports the URLs for the sites that fed into my site so that I can keep track of [...]

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Setting up my LinkedIn Acct # American detained in North Korea 4 illegally entering the country was sentenced 2 8 years of hard labor http://on.cnn.com/96ddxo RT @cnnbrk: # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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@dweekly PBWorks is great and I’ll always use it. W/ Google, kids have 1 email and access to Google’s blogs, documents and sites. # @dweekly PBWorks will always be one of my resources. They helped me tremendously. Their training and how to videos are great. # @lbrochard Thanks for listening. =) # @WisdomForKids @listlessGigi54 @peterjohnfenton [...]

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@brandonhebert @lbrochard Thank you for the ReTweet Love {)\ # Friday Fill-Ins: http://fridayfillins.blogspot.com/ Great site for quick blogging topics # @esinglet Tried all 3. Will use PBWorks as my personal file cabinet but will be using sites as classroom platform. Google one stop shopping # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Presentations are to complement your delivery not replace it.

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Poet’s work by Lorine Niedecker : The Poetry Foundation [poem of the day] http://bit.ly/dpNGbS # Poetry Posters http://bit.ly/bXAope and http://bit.ly/ay5sgy # Self Portrait / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation: http://bit.ly/dcVqnc # “30 Beautiful Examples of Animal Photography” – http://digg.com/d21NQzC?t16 RT @digg_images # Stories In Flight | FlickrPoet: http://bit.ly/7IliNY # My sample “Hurricane [...]

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Found a tool for organizing sites, http://bit.ly/3E5s0w RT @tzelden Here is mine http://bit.ly/8Zyqgr # Fantastic Flexible Math Foldables http://bit.ly/3qptg RT @plnaugle: # Freeology – Dynamic Story Starter: http://bit.ly/d75uMD # Freeology – Free Printable Inspirational Quote Posters: http://bit.ly/cMlrx6 # Cybersafety Games http://bit.ly/bgB9Hu RT @plnaugle: # @tomwhitby International butt dialing, something to look forward to =D # [...]

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LA Youth Adv Council (LYAC) is honoring young people who demonstrate outstanding leadership. Forms available at http://civiced.louisiana.gov # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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