Archive forJanuary, 2010

http://readingpower.wordpress.com/

Please go to new blog for “alive” links http://readingpower.wordpress.com/ 1. Improve readability of web pages http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ Drag to bookmark bar. Click when you get to a page you want to read and useless stuff disappears, text becomes black on white in decent size, pick format (do that before dragging the tool to your bar). 2. [...]

Edublogs is great, but my free version is running out of room. Find instructions at http://lynross.wordpress.com/ and also has a fun write up on photfiltre. So far the transfer of text to http://readingpower.wordpress.com/ has been easy. I have not copied images yet. I am still working out reconstructing widgets and other multimodals as it is [...]

Ten more titbits

January 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment

1. Youth Books-Cybils http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/2010/01/2009-finalists-the-best-of-the-best.html Best Books, Movies of the decade – Barnes and Noble http://bit.ly/7zlWie Peachbook Award http://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/peachbooks-readingbowl 2. Predictions 2010 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/preditions-for-2010/ 3. Digital writing ning http://digitalwritingworkshop.ning.com/ 4. IWB ning http://iwbrevolution.ning.com/ 5. Engaging learners http://alalearning.org/2009/12/30/lx/ 6. ReadWriteWeb’s Top 5 Web Trends http://bit.ly/7FiWpz 7. Google Search Evolves http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/search_options_google_search_evolves.php 8. Future of Writing http://bit.ly/7bhR3z 9. Untweeping http://twittercism.com/untweeps/ [...]

1. Give Up! http://www.chrisbrogan.com/never-give-up-no-give-up/ 2. “Partial Agreement and Refocus” V smart comebacks http://community.tes.co.uk/forums/t/184713.aspx?s_cid=16 3. Twitter for Teachers in 15 minutes http://edbuzz.org/djohnson/2009/12/twitter-for-teachers-in-15-minutes/#edbuzz 4. Best teaching books of 2009 http://tinyurl.com/yky4ylq including free book download– “Teaching as a subversive activity” 5. Relevance? http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6699357.html?q=things+that+keep+us+up+at+night Is your Library a grocery store or a kitchen? http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/90032209.html 6. Humor- 2009 USA review [...]