• FeVote – Suggestion Boards for Social Suggestions, Ideas, Feedback, Feature Requests

  FeVote lets you submit and vote on suggestions for the sites, services, and products you use.

  Tags: social, vote, ideas, poll, voting, suggestions, feedback, featurerequest, web_2.0

• TidalTV

  Tags: no_tag

• Free Technology for Teachers: Find Flickr Images by Tag and or Location

  Tags: flickr, map

• Watch the Presidential Inauguration online – a list | Thoughts from a tech specialist…

  Tags: inauguration, education, streaming, twitter, video, Obama, president, live

• From the Desk of David Pogue – Twittering Tips for Beginners – NYTimes.com

  Tags: twittering, twitter, tips

• Purple Planet Music

  Great, free, royalty-free music for everyone. Three versions of each track available.

  Tags: music, royalty free music

• Discovery Educator Network – NECC Ning

  This group is for the Discovery Educator Network. I thought it would be easier to have a group here instead of going to the DEN Ning.

  Tags: NECC2009, NECC09, DEN, discoveryeducation, discoveryeducatornetwork, discovery_education_streaming, social_networking

• Mind42.com

  Useful sites for teachers

  Tags: mind42.com, web2.0, tombarrett

  • useful sites for teachers by tom barrett – By Sheri Edwards

• Explaining Collaboration to Learners

  collaborate vs cooperate: teaching it

  “This is what I have, what can I add to it? How do I make my partner look good?”

  Tags: learners, collaboration, teaching

  • Collaboration vs cooperation – By Sheri Edwards
  • In a collaborative workspace, people amplify one another
  • The first is, “Accept every offer.”
  • “Make your partner look good.”
  • Focus on “This is what I have, what can I add to it?  How do I make my partner look good?”
  • An interested person leans in and listens closely when group members have something to say; an interested person is curious about solutions other than the first one suggested.  An interested person is more concerned about the process than their role in it.  An interested person does more to amplify the people around them.
  • receive information as well as send it.
  • Communicate, Not Transmit

  • Collaboration in the Classroom?

    So, what do learners need to know to better understand what collaboration really means?

    • Collaboration absolutely requires the participation of two or more people; if you could accomplish the work by yourself, you’re cooperating, not collaborating.
    • Collaboration Is enhanced by “accepting every offer” and “making your partner look good.”  Focus on what you can add to what others have suggested rather than revising or fixing their ideas or solutions.
    • Collaboration is facilitated by group members that focus on being *interested* rather than being *interesting* – be curious about others’ ideas, explore the possibilities, enjoy the process rather than focusing to quickly on the outcome.
    • Collaboration demands bi-directional communication in which your ideas are shaped by the ideas of others; you must work to make sure your ideas are comprehensible.

• Website of the Week | Teaching in the big wired world

  This is one wise young woman’s way of generating interest in using Web 2.0 tools.

  Tags: reluctant, teachers

• iPods, iPhones in Education » home

  Tags: iphones

  • new wikispaces site on iphone use in classrooom – By Sheri Edwards

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