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[|A Learning Manifesto from Christian Long]
 * 1) “Playing Small Does Not Serve the World.”
 * 2) What Would Socrates Do?
 * 3) Nobody Cares if You Walked Up Hill Both Ways Barefoot in the Snow.
 * 4) Got Passion? If Not, I’ll Tell You What To Care About.
 * 5) My Memory Is Only As Big As My Heart. Otherwise, I’ll Stick with Google.
 * 6) Look it Up or Die.
 * 7) Collaboration Ain’t About Holding Hands. Itâ€™s about Going Cool Places Fast.
 * 8) This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record.
 * 9) It Ain’t About the Technology. It’s About Being Inside the Story.
 * 10) Nobody Knows the Answer. Get Comfy with the Questions.

Social Bookmarking Diigo: [|www.diigo.com] Delicious: [] Classroom example -

ASSIGNMENT [|Rigor Redefined]

[|In the Way of Learning]

RSS feeds/Aggregators iGoogle: [] Google Reader: [|http://reader.google.com] Classroom example - US Contemporary issues classes - set up feed for topic of semester-long project

Google Docs: [|http://docs.google.com] Use your google account login! Classroom example -

Wikispaces Sign up for an account: http://www.wikispaces.com/ Classroom example - Sarah's wiki with the sixth graders at Greensboro Day School

Ning Sign up for an account: [] Take a look at: [] or [|Independent School Educators ning] Classroom example - Ning for Canterbury Tales (private ning) - students set up profile of characters and interact and respond to teacher prompts as their character

Blogger Sign up for an account: [] Use your google account username and password! Classroom example - []

** Internet Searching **// Doug Johnson - [|Plagiarism-Proofing Assignments] Teach advanced search techniques - [|Google's Advanced Search] Teach web site evaluation techniques [|Noodletools] Search engines for safe searching: // · Kidsclick -- [] · Librarians Internet Index --- [] · IPL – Kidspace []

Research organization: Microsoft OneNote

Contact info:

Elizabeth Helfant ehelfant@micds.org twitter: ehelfant

[|k12Conference Online] [|English Companion Ning] [|NCSS Ning] [|Math Ning] [|EdTechTalk]