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Skydrive and Digital Partnering

Use Skydrive to have students collaborate. Instead of traditional pair groups, where students sit together in the same physical space, use Skydrive to engage in digital partnering. What is Digital Partnering? Digital partnering is a pair group that uses technology … Continue reading

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Commenting and Skydrive in the Classroom

SkyDrive offers a unique way to share completed work with others. Instead, of posting the work to a bulletin board you can place it online. Imagine your students opening a document posted to SkyDrive. In the left pane is a … Continue reading

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SkyDrive Registration Tips for Educators

I want to be able to use SkyDrive, a free online service, with my students to store files, share work, and collaborate on school projects. The school has Microsoft Office on all computers and the majority of students (if not … Continue reading

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Exploring Skydrive in the Classroom

To the cloud! I want my students to be able to use the Internet to share files and collaborate with their fellow classmates. This can be a scary undertaking. In this blog article, I share with you my attempt to … Continue reading

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SkyDrive in the Classroom

SkyDrive – Easily share or upload your files to this free online storage What is SkyDrive? Windows Live SkyDrive is part of Microsoft’s Windows Live range of online services. SkyDrive is a file storage and sharing service that allows users … Continue reading

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Endangered Species Online Resources for Students

In a final sequel to my previous blog on social bookmarking, I’d like to feature the Endangered Species stack. These sites were compiled for students to use as they were doing their research for the TechnoKids projects TechnoReport, TechnoEnvironment, and … Continue reading

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Environmental Online Resources for Students

In my last blog entry, I wrote about how social bookmarking can be an effective and time saving tool for teachers. Delicious is an example of a social bookmarking site that teachers can use to view or collect themed links … Continue reading

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Ancient Egypt Online Resources for Students

The study of the civilization of Ancient Egypt seems to be a universal theme in elementary school Social Studies. As an added bonus, kids love this theme! Learning the details of mummification, building pyramids, and the mythology of Ancient Egypt … Continue reading

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Two Hours Wasted Trying to Find a Web 2.0 Tool to Use at School

Most people write about their successes. I am going to tell you about my failure. The failure to find a Web 2.0 tool that would work in my school setting. Web 2.0 tools are online apps that can be used … Continue reading

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A Teacher Speaks Out: Yes, you should teach Internet skills!

I recently conducted an interview with the classroom teacher upon the completion of teaching TechnoJourney to learn more about her thoughts and ideas about the experience. Your students just spent the past few weeks completing activities from the technology project … Continue reading

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