Diigo bookmarks for today 02/16/2010

• Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Media

  Excellent McArthur foundation white paper that I think is an important read for IT integrators and leaders.

  Tags: education, learning, edu_trends, edu_news, bestpractices

• TimeRime.com - The timelines site

  Tags: timeline, web2.0, history, tools, visualization, education, timelines, timerime

• In English-Crazy China, 8D World Teaches Kids To Speak In Virtual Worlds; Lands A Deal With CCTV

  MAjor innovations in Language Learning are happening in the form of some of the first and best edu-gaming sites. This site is paid for by parents and uses voice feedback to let students "level up."

  Tags: education, language_teacher, edu_trends, edu_newapp, language

• 5 Reasons to Integrate the Internet into Your Classroom

  Tags: education technology, technology in the classroom, Internet, web-based activities, interpersonal exchanges, information literacy

• Students with Special Needs Get Real World Experience

  Tags: special education, special needs, disabilities, students, working, internship, experience, job, teenagers, young adults

• Text-to-speech Software for the Special Education Classroom

  Tags: education, edtech, special education, classroom, text-to-speech, lepafrog, tag jr, SPED, texttospeech

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