Voting ends soon in the Imagine Cup!

Right now my students are enjoying Kodu and making Xbox style video games on the PC to teach digital citizenship. Here are some very advanced student projects and I hope you'll vote! (It ends 14 hours from the time of this post -- some time about 4 am EST April 1st, 2011. So, review and vote.From one of my friends at Microsoft: "It's no secret...

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Some Day: Inspiration to Find Happiness TODAY Amidst the Stress

Image by twm1340 via FlickrSome days you open the milk in the fridge and it has gone bad but you don't realize it until a big clump of pre-cottage cheese has fallen on the cereal.Some days your youngest child comes in with a "Moe" haircut because he wanted to get the hair out of his eyes and couldn't wait until Monday. Some days you go to...

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Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 03/31/2011

Education | Mint.com interactive online game to help students see the "impact of smart money decisions." tags: education money finance math math_teacher Cranes For Kids For every crane you make, oshkoxh will donate clothing to the children of Japan. ...

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Questions to Help Examine Your Learning Practices

Image via WikipediaBut I've spent the morning captivated. Enraptured. I have a segment of my RSS reader called "hotlist" and into it go the blogs and feeds that I can't ignore - my "media diet" as Mark Hurst of Bit Literacy would say.Relationship Gem #1: My friend, David Truss In the first post in my reader -- I had to stop and say - Happy...

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Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 03/30/2011

My Own Social Media Experiment « coal cracker classroom Love this response, bonus opportunity by Suzie Nestico. When she emailed and asked for a response and the first would get bonus - 5 replies - listen to what DID get them to respond:"I sent a message to my students via our Google Group around 8:00PM on Sunday night. This message said, “Need any more bonus? Respond to this message for...

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