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Entries from December 19th, 2008

Of Blogging and the Cloud…

December 19th, 2008 · No Comments · General

Last week’s titterversation with Chris Lehmann and Karl Fisch about the benefits of using free web-based tools (commonly known as “the cloud”) vs hosting your own brought up some interesting internal conversations as the week went on.  While most schools – including mine – have embraced free services like Blogger, Edublogs, Wikispaces and Wetpaint, we [...]

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Be A Contributor…

December 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · General

Part of the power of the network is that we can ask – and receive – help when we need it.  Was given this link by my supervisor yesterday.  Seems Joseph Williams at Sunset Vista Elementary is looking for help in connecting his students to photographs around the globe to use in their picture stories.  [...]

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