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      <title>home : 1st day of class</title>
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      <description>The planetarium was incredible.  I never before have viewed all the satellites that surround earth. I always wondered what that would look like.</description>
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      <title>Carol Govek : Schedule demands</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:34:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A year later has brought forth another challenge.  I could dialogue with my 4th grade colleagues at Wilson Primary Ctr., share ideas, and exchange worksheets for Science classes.  &lt;br /&gt;
We began teaching Social Studies during Reading time, and began grouping our students for Math to reteach skills. It seems we need to find more interactive ways to reteach Math skills to students during our 30 minutes SUCCESS time. Any ideas?</description>
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      <title>Carol Govek</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:20:47 GMT</pubDate>
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FIRST WIKI PAGE&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;RESOURCES OF INTEREST:&lt;br/&gt;
I found the fraction, venn diagram, and coordinate grid useful for teaching the concept, enriching students, and remediating 4th grade students. There&lt;br/&gt;
are other areas that I see I could use for Science, Reading, and Social Studies.&lt;br/&gt;
I would like to explore more of the topics and use the discussion and lessons in my classroom.&lt;br/&gt;
I WOULD TELL: I would like to talk with my own 4 grade colleagues as well as the ladies in 4th grade who attended this workshop.&lt;br/&gt;
Perhaps the most important person to contact will be my principal who needs to know this and the good reason.&lt;br/&gt;
I had in choosing this workshop over a SBCSC workshop I was asked to attend.&lt;br/&gt;
MORE WS TRAINING:&lt;br/&gt;
I would like to see more training specifically for the elementary grades - 3rd &amp;amp; 4th. It needs to be specifically only focusing&lt;br/&gt;
on these grade levels. I would like to see the INDIANA objectives entered in so we can build a particular KEY for our lessons.&lt;br/&gt;
HOW:&lt;br/&gt;
How about gathering at the South Bend Public Library room in the lower level. &lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;Immediate response no longer viable.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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      <title>Carol Govek (Reverted to Jul 24, 2009 12:58 pm: immediate response)</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:19:47 GMT</pubDate>
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My colleagues&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
RESOURCES OF INTEREST:&lt;br/&gt;
I&lt;/ins&gt; found the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;Math skills via Shordor valuable, but&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;fraction, venn diagram, and coordinate grid useful for teaching&lt;/ins&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;schedule demanded our computer time be dedicated&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;concept, enriching students, and remediating 4th grade students. There&lt;br/&gt;
are other areas that I see I could use for Science, Reading, and Social Studies.&lt;br/&gt;
I would like&lt;/ins&gt; to&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt; explore more of&lt;/ins&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;Compass Odyssey program provided by&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;topics and use&lt;/ins&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;SBCSC. Thus,&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;discussion and lessons in my classroom.&lt;br/&gt;
I WOULD TELL:&lt;/ins&gt; I &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;have used&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;would like to talk with my own 4 grade colleagues as well as&lt;/ins&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;math activities only for individuals for extra activities.&lt;br/&gt;
Now,&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;ladies&lt;/ins&gt; in &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;2010, Wilson Primary is focused on&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;4th grade who attended this workshop.&lt;br/&gt;
Perhaps&lt;/ins&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;8 - Step Process that includes an extra 30 minutes into our curriculum day. This period, called SUCCESS, is for teaching skills&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;most important person&lt;/ins&gt; to &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;students&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;contact will be my principal&lt;/ins&gt; who &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;were unable&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;needs&lt;/ins&gt; to &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;pass&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;know this and&lt;/ins&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;corporation made assessment on that skill. It demands&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;good reason.&lt;br/&gt;
I had in choosing this workshop over a SBCSC workshop I was asked to attend.&lt;br/&gt;
MORE WS TRAINING:&lt;br/&gt;
I would like to see&lt;/ins&gt; more &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;planning and extra meeting time&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;training specifically&lt;/ins&gt; for the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;teachers.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;elementary grades - 3rd &amp;amp; 4th.&lt;/ins&gt; It &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;has and will directly impact our time frame&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;needs&lt;/ins&gt; to &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;teach Social Studies and Science.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;be specifically only focusing&lt;br/&gt;
on these grade levels.&lt;/ins&gt; I &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;wonder how&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;would like&lt;/ins&gt; to &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;use teaching time more effectively?&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;see the INDIANA objectives entered in so we can build a particular KEY for our lessons.&lt;br/&gt;
HOW:&lt;br/&gt;
How about gathering at the South Bend Public Library room in the lower level. &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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      <title>Carol Govek</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:13:19 GMT</pubDate>
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I&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt; - update&lt;br/&gt;
My colleagues&lt;/ins&gt; found the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;fraction, venn diagram, and coordinate grid useful for teaching&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;Math skills via Shordor valuable, but&lt;/ins&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;concept, enriching students, and remediating 4th grade students. There&lt;br/&gt;
are other areas that I see I could use for Science, Reading, and Social Studies.&lt;br/&gt;
I would like&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;schedule demanded our computer time be dedicated&lt;/ins&gt; to&lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt; explore more of&lt;/del&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;topics and use&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;Compass Odyssey program provided by&lt;/ins&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;discussion and lessons in my classroom.&lt;br/&gt;
I WOULD TELL:&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;SBCSC. Thus,&lt;/ins&gt; I &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;would like to talk with my own 4 grade colleagues as well as&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;have used&lt;/ins&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;ladies&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;math activities only for individuals for extra activities.&lt;br/&gt;
Now,&lt;/ins&gt; in &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;4th grade who attended this workshop.&lt;br/&gt;
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I had in choosing this workshop over a SBCSC workshop I was asked to attend.&lt;br/&gt;
MORE WS TRAINING:&lt;br/&gt;
I would like to see&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;corporation made assessment on that skill. It demands&lt;/ins&gt; more &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;training specifically&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;planning and extra meeting time&lt;/ins&gt; for the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;elementary grades - 3rd &amp;amp; 4th.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;teachers.&lt;/ins&gt; It &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;needs&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;has and will directly impact our time frame&lt;/ins&gt; to &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;be specifically only focusing&lt;br/&gt;
on these grade levels.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;teach Social Studies and Science.&lt;/ins&gt; I &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;would like&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;wonder how&lt;/ins&gt; to &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;see the INDIANA objectives entered in so we can build a particular KEY for our lessons.&lt;br/&gt;
HOW:&lt;br/&gt;
How about gathering at the South Bend Public Library room in the lower level. &lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;use teaching time more effectively?&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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      <title>Overview of Local Opportunities</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:46:34 GMT</pubDate>
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(June 22-26, 2009) prepares K-12 teachers for the BioEYES classroom activity.&lt;br/&gt;
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QuarkNet&lt;br/&gt;
Physicists and K-12 teachers collaborate to make modern physics more accessible to K-12 students and the larger Michiana Community.&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;blockHeader&quot;&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;Teachers and physicists meet weekly during the academic year to discuss physics, teaching, research and other topics of interest.&lt;br/&gt;
http://www.nd.edu/~quarknet&lt;br/&gt;
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I2U2&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;blockHeader&quot;&gt;...&lt;/div&gt; Universe (I2U2) &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt; provides&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;provides&lt;/ins&gt; scaffolded online&lt;br/&gt;
LIGO e-Lab using environmental sensing data (seismic, weather, magnetometer) - __http://www18.i2u2.org/elab/ ligo/teacher/__&lt;br/&gt;
QuarkNet cosmic ray e-Lab using data from some 200 classroom detectors across the US and some international locations - __http://www18.i2u2.org/elab/ cosmic/teacher/__&lt;br/&gt;
CMS e-Lab, using data from the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider - http://www18.i2u2.org/elab/cms/teacher&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;blockHeader&quot;&gt;...&lt;/div&gt; online follow-up.&lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
http://www.i2u2.org&lt;br/&gt;
Tom Loughran at 574-631-3362 or loughran.8@nd.edu&lt;br/&gt;
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Digital Visualization Theater&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;Images from a very talented College of Science Photographer (to whom proper credit will be given shortly:)&lt;/del&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Participants&lt;br/&gt;
Sponsors&lt;br/&gt;
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      <title>Communication</title>
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Communicating&lt;/ins&gt; using the web of &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;michianastem&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;Michianastem&lt;/ins&gt; wikis&lt;br/&gt;
Below is a list of the wikis currently part of the Michianastem web. Join any of them you like to add content, or just subscribe to notifications to keep up on what others are doing in each area. View the presentation slides to find out how.&lt;br/&gt;
The michianastem wiki web&lt;br/&gt;
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      <title>Interactivate Computational Science resources for mathematics learning : re: Indiana Standards</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:17:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Thank you for all this work, Carol.  As often happens, this effort has shifted to the back burner during the academic year.  We have not abandoned it, however, and your leadership will help us considerably as we recover our momentum for the project.</description>
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--A fully funded workshop for elementary school teachers at PurdueMarch 1, 2010 deadline!&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;INSPIRE, the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning at Purdue University, will again host a one week professional development academy for elementary educators who are interested in learning about innovative ways to integrate STEM learning into their classrooms. The Summer Academy provides participating teachers with the chance to work alongside engineers and education researchers to learn what engineers do and how they solve problems, and what this means for educating young learners. &lt;br/&gt;
At the INSPIRE Academy, teachers get hands-on experience with science and mathematics standards-based curricula that are designed to convey the nature and practice of engineering. Teachers are also given the opportunity to practice teaching the engineering design process to young students before taking their new knowledge and skills into their own classrooms.&lt;br/&gt;
This year’s INSPIRE National Academy is being conducted at Purdue (West Lafayette campus) from July 18-23, and is open to teacher teams (up to 7) from school districts across the nation. It is a great professional development opportunity for those educators who are able to attend.&lt;br/&gt;
In addition, each participating teacher will receive a travel reimbursement as well as a $750 stipend, and will also be eligible to receive continuing education credits for completing the Academy.&lt;br/&gt;
There is a March 1st deadline for online team applications to attend the 2010 INSPIRE Summer Academy, and we encourage you to apply online.&lt;br/&gt;
For additional information, and to download the Call for Academy Applications, you can click on the link below, or please feel free to contact me directly:&lt;br/&gt;
https://engineering.purdue. edu/INSPIRE/News/Features/ 2010NationalINSPIRESummerAcade my&lt;br/&gt;
Daniel Somerville&lt;br/&gt;
P-16 Outreach Coordinator&lt;br/&gt;
Purdue FIRST Program Advisor&lt;br/&gt;
College of Engineering, Purdue University&lt;br/&gt;
Civil Engineering Building G-167D&lt;br/&gt;
550 Stadium Mall Drive &lt;br/&gt;
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051&lt;br/&gt;
765-496-2449&lt;br/&gt;
dsomervi@purdue.edu&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Internet Safety&lt;br/&gt;
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http://www.ciconline.org/media-smart&lt;br/&gt;
ND Graduate Fellows&lt;br/&gt;
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      <title>INSPIRE 2010</title>
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INSPIRE, the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning at Purdue University, will again host a one week professional development academy for elementary educators who are interested in learning about innovative ways to integrate STEM learning into their classrooms. The Summer Academy provides participating teachers with the chance to work alongside engineers and education researchers to learn what engineers do and how they solve problems, and what this means for educating young learners. &lt;br/&gt;
At the INSPIRE Academy, teachers get hands-on experience with science and mathematics standards-based curricula that are designed to convey the nature and practice of engineering. Teachers are also given the opportunity to practice teaching the engineering design process to young students before taking their new knowledge and skills into their own classrooms.&lt;br/&gt;
This year’s INSPIRE National Academy is being conducted at Purdue (West Lafayette campus) from July 18-23, and is open to teacher teams (up to 7) from school districts across the nation. It is a great professional development opportunity for those educators who are able to attend.&lt;br/&gt;
In addition, each participating teacher will receive a travel reimbursement as well as a $750 stipend, and will also be eligible to receive continuing education credits for completing the Academy.&lt;br/&gt;
There is a March 1st deadline for online team applications to attend the 2010 INSPIRE Summer Academy, and we encourage you to apply online.&lt;br/&gt;
For additional information, and to download the Call for Academy Applications, you can click on the link below, or please feel free to contact me directly:&lt;br/&gt;
https://engineering.purdue. edu/INSPIRE/News/Features/ 2010NationalINSPIRESummerAcade my&lt;br/&gt;
Daniel Somerville&lt;br/&gt;
P-16 Outreach Coordinator&lt;br/&gt;
Purdue FIRST Program Advisor&lt;br/&gt;
College of Engineering, Purdue University&lt;br/&gt;
Civil Engineering Building G-167D&lt;br/&gt;
550 Stadium Mall Drive &lt;br/&gt;
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051&lt;br/&gt;
765-496-2449&lt;br/&gt;
dsomervi@purdue.edu&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/style&gt;This page can become a master list of resources available to STEM educators in Michiana&lt;br/&gt;
It will be useful only if we populate it with resources, and do so economically. As the list grows, the organizational requirements will change. So post, organize and reorganize; shop early and often.&lt;br/&gt;
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--A fully funded workshop for elementary school teachers at PurdueMarch 1, 2010 deadline!&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Internet Safety&lt;br/&gt;
http://www.kidsnetsoft.com/html/safety.html&lt;br/&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:42:19 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blockHeader&quot;&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;This page is meant to introduce you to Web 2.0. User-generated content is perhaps the focal meaning of web 2.0. Ordinary users went to the old web to get information; in web 2.0 they go to bring content themselves. Everyone is a web developer. Users configure resources served on the new web to suite their own purpose.&lt;br/&gt;
Web 2.0 resources&lt;br/&gt;
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Here&#039;s&lt;/ins&gt; a categorized&lt;div class=&quot;blockHeader&quot;&gt;...&lt;/div&gt; 2.0 tools,&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt; compiled by education majors at Purdue,&lt;/ins&gt; each with&lt;br/&gt;
Directory of Educational Resources&lt;br/&gt;
Google Wave &lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blockHeader&quot;&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;Web 2.0 resources&lt;br/&gt;
Here&#039;s a categorized list of web 2.0 tools, each with a tutorial, each with lesson plans showing how this application might be used in educational contexts. This must be one of the best web 2.0-for-educators sites.&lt;br/&gt;
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Directory of Educational Resources&lt;br/&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:21:42 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blockHeader&quot;&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;This page is meant to introduce you to Web 2.0. User-generated content is perhaps the focal meaning of web 2.0. Ordinary users went to the old web to get information; in web 2.0 they go to bring content themselves. Everyone is a web developer. Users configure resources served on the new web to suite their own purpose.&lt;br/&gt;
Web 2.0 resources&lt;br/&gt;
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Here is a&lt;/del&gt; list of&lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt; 42&lt;/del&gt; web 2.0 &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;resources, compiled by education majors at Purdue, all of them presented in overview&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;tools, each with a tutorial, each&lt;/ins&gt; with lesson plans &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;for&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;showing&lt;/ins&gt; how &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;they&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;this application&lt;/ins&gt; might be &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;integrated into classrooms at various levels. The whole site--nested&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;used&lt;/ins&gt; in &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;Confluence, which is a fancy wiki much like wikispaces--is a user-generated space. Content is delivered with&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;educational contexts. This must be one of&lt;/ins&gt; the &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;expectation that readers will contribute additional content (by way of comments.) The audience is global. This is a great introduction to&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;best&lt;/ins&gt; web &lt;del class=&quot;delete&quot;&gt;2.0 for educators.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;insert&quot;&gt;2.0-for-educators sites.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:14:27 GMT</pubDate>
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Web 2.0 resources&lt;br/&gt;
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Here is a list of 42 web 2.0 resources, compiled by education majors at Purdue, all of them presented in overview with lesson plans for how they might be integrated into classrooms at various levels. The whole site--nested in Confluence, which is a fancy wiki much like wikispaces--is a user-generated space. Content is delivered with the expectation that readers will contribute additional content (by way of comments.) The audience is global. This is a great introduction to web 2.0 for educators.&lt;br/&gt;
All things web 2.0&lt;br/&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:11:35 GMT</pubDate>
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In a world where anyone can put content online and you can form a great many collaborations, it is crucial to be able to handle the flow of information. RSS feeds, readers and personal web pages are relatively newer technologies to help with information flow. But with the advent of powerful and simple search technologies, even good-old email can be used much more efficiently to process the flow of information. Here&#039;s a useful tutorial developed by HP--set in Microsoft Outlook, but covering basic skills transferable to any email/webmail context--showing how to become a lean, clean, email-processing machine.&lt;br/&gt;
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What are they? This tutorial gives a good account.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Dabbleboard&lt;br/&gt;
This is an interactive whiteboard. If you wrap it with JING or some other screencasting software, you can make and embed online whiteboard presentations...&lt;br/&gt;
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The michianastem wiki web&lt;br/&gt;
kindergarten.michianastem.org&lt;br/&gt;
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3. Visit the soon-to-be-populated Funding wiki.&lt;br/&gt;
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