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Dispute Finder

March 4, 2010
By Clarence Fisher
Dispute Finder

Dispute FinderI’ve been fighting the browser wars pretty hard for the past month or so. While I have a Mac, I just have never been much of a Safari fan. Really no reason, I was just not comfortable with it. I had been a huge fan of Flock since it was only out in beta....
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What the World Needs Now

February 27, 2010
By Clarence Fisher

What the World Needs NowI like the idea of this video. It has to do with Education (with a capital “E”) and not with schooling. This is what happens when the John Lennon Bus shows up at TED.
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From Creating to Chatting

February 24, 2010
By Clarence Fisher
From Creating to Chatting

From Creating to ChattingFirst, take a minute to look at this infographic: I think this is similar to what many people in the edtechosphere have seen. There have been a lot of comments in the past year about the “death of blogging.” While I think...
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9 Spaces for Technology in Classrooms

February 20, 2010
By Clarence Fisher
9 Spaces for Technology in Classrooms

9 Spaces for Technology in ClassroomsI’ve been doing some thinking lately about the possibilities of using technology in classrooms. I’m sure I’ve missed some, but I’ve come up with nine different spaces of technology use that I’ve commonly seen in classrooms. The nine...
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Passion and Learning

February 19, 2010
By Clarence Fisher

Passion and LearningHeard a lot about passion based learning? Wondering what it’s all about? Take a look at this video and learn what it’s like to not be able to “go in to work,” but instead “go in to play.” Awesome stuff.
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Nervous?

February 18, 2010
By Clarence Fisher

Nervous?Google Buzz makes me nervous. Not because it is yet another social media channel that I don’t need (am I turning into an old codger?) but by the fact that is was basically built in to my google ecosystem without my permission and with no...
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Blogging Rubric

February 16, 2010
By Clarence Fisher
Blogging Rubric

Blogging RubricWith a nod to the ever-brilliant-and-willing-to-share Kim Cofino, here is the rubric I’ve lately begun to use in my classroom for grading student blog posts. This is an experiment in action and depending on how this tool works, it is very likely that it...
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