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This is a neat tool that searches lots of different sources for your topic: Answers.com - Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more

Panel: Ethics & Interactivity

I have been immersed in the beginning of the semester and not reading the blogs so I missed this story from last week. Seems The Washington Post decided to allow folks to post anonymous comments to their blog and were shocked to discover that some people posted profanity and other ugliness. (Guess they never taught middle school ;-) They took down the comment feature, an act that garnered excessive criticism. It's a fascinating story and the NewsHour did an extended feature this evening. Tomorrow, January 25, the Post is having a live online discussion. Use the link to participate:

Panel: Ethics & Interactivity

Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth: Students Expose Sex Offender Through Wikipedia Research

From Andy Carvin, one of my favorite bloggers, an article about students using wikipedia to reveal a sex offender:

Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth: Students Expose Sex Offender Through Wikipedia Research

ABC Arts Online: Winged Sandals

I found this while I was looking for something else ;-) I guess that's the story of the web. A very cool interactive introduction to Greek Mythology:

ABC Arts Online: Winged Sandals

AssortedStuff

I'm blogging a blog but if you aren't reading Tim Stahmer's blog, you are missing some great stuff. He posts almost every day with thoughtful comments on news and events in the world of education (mostly):

AssortedStuff

Innovate - December 2005/January 2006 Volume 2, Issue 2

An online peer-reviewed journal from Nova Southeastern University that covers a variety of topics related to online learning and using the web. I found an article about games and simulations and another good one about developing electronic portfolios: Innovate - December 2005/January 2006 Volume 2, Issue 2

Computer Games for Teaching

From the BBC, an article about studying the use of computer games for teaching and learning: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4608942.stm

I was particularly interested because I've just started reading What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee. PC GameZone has an interview with Gee about video games and learning.

eSchool News online - Tech fosters Chinese language learning in U.S. schools

From eSchool News, a story about the rise in popularity of learning Chinese. I want it on the record that at a workshop last September, I recommended that students should learn Chinese (after I finished Tom Friedman's book). It's going to be a 21st Century Skill:

eSchool News online - Tech fosters Chinese language learning in U.S. schools

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Kaine Names New Education Secretary

From The Washington Post, an article about Governor-elect Tim Kaine's new Secretary of Education, Thomas Morris, currently President of Emory and Henry College.

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Best Ed Tech Stories of 2005

From eSchool News online: A two-part story of the top ten ed tech stories of 2005. The stories range from globalization to environmentalism to the $100 laptop. Here's the link to part II. I'm not really sure that the debate over evolution is an "ed tech" story but that's my own opinion.

Science on a lighter note offbeat tales of 2005

Just for fun: offbeat science stories for 2005...Science on a lighter note offbeat tales of 2005

The year of the digital citizen

From the BBC, an article that shows the shift from entertainment to communication that took place in the digital world in 2005. We can all be broadcast journalists now just using our cell phones and flickr. This seems to me to have profound implications for educators:

BBC NEWS | Technology | The year of the digital citizen