After reading Will's post the other day, I realized my students could "read" a poem together and annotate in diigo. We created a private ninth-grade group in diigo this year to explore sharing of bookmarks. I hadn't yet realized the value in annotating with comments.So yesterday, we opened up "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks,…
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Learning the value of a network
Something I've tried to teach my students this year is how to learn together. Over the past couple of years, I've found great value in sharing with my network of colleagues from around the world.Twitter, of course, has been part of that network. Curious, I tried to search for my first "tweet," wondering what in…
You have to use it to believe
Zotero is one of those applications I've had on my computer for, oh at least a year. Occasionally, I would pull it up and save something, but then I'd forget to go back to it. I tend to use my diigo/delicious combo for saving and annotating websites, and I hadn't done much research lately (one…
Time and choices we make
Dean Shareski posted a tweet the other day (I hope it was Dean). He said someone asked him how he found the time to do what he did."I don't "find" the time," he said. "I make the time."My first thought was, yes-absolutely. And I retweeted it.But, now I am wondering if some of this networking…
Do you ever feel this way?
Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons. Today, I”m stuffed.