As a French instructor and head of the World Language Department at CHS I often hear student comments such as ‘Why do we have to do this?’ or ‘When am I ever going to use this?’ or ‘What does this have to do with me?’.  I am honored to take this opportunity to let everyone know the answers to these questions. Since two semesters of the same world language are required not only by the State of Tennessee but nation-wide to get into a university, cl … Read More

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In Plain English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA

Google’s Take: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html

Google’s Ideas for What you can do with each type of document and “Getting Started Guides” for each one:

http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=49008

Strengths:

• free
• cross-platform
• embeds in blogs and wikis
• VERY similar to accepted word-processors and other programs
• Can be as PUBLIC or as PRIVATE as you want it to be

Rather than my accumulating ideas – how about you post how YOU see you and / or your students using Yodio in the academic year to come?

As a French instructor and head of the World Language Department at CHS I often hear student comments such as ‘Why do we have to do this?’ or ‘When am I ever going to use this?’ or ‘What does this have to do with me?’.  I am honored to take this opportunity to let everyone know the answers to these questions. Since two semesters of the same world language are required not only by the State of Tennessee but nation-wide to get into a university, cl … Read More

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The night before we were also told someone from ACIS would call between 9-9:30 am the next morning; this call didn’t come during this time period because the ACIS office does not open until 10am. Rather, I had to call them and leave a message asking about our progress and further instructions. I did not realize at the time but not being at the airport significantly earlier than our 11:30 arrival was a huge mistake and a  waste of time as well. 

After contacting ACIS and speaking with Alexa who had emailed me our new flight plan, we left the hotel around 11am. Arriving at the airport at 11:30 am and immediately proceeding to the United help desk and requesting to speak with the Service Director. We were emailed flight reservations by ACIS through Amy’s Blackberry (see chart below).  Wait – don’t get excited YET!  You should know at this point that flights were so scarce that the group had to be split in two / seemingly three groups in order to be able to make flights due to seating shortages: the Schlandts, Anne, Mollie and Rachel were to fly through Frankfurt to Paris and Ben, Jamie, Savannah and Amy were to fly into and out of Toronto. A United service manager is apparently an empty title that comes with little-to-no training or authority. Ismal [I do apologize for misspelling his name] was spoken to rudely by his subordinates and he allowed it, so clearly there is an issue or two within the hierarchy of the ticketing agent system itself.

Not ideal but we’ll take what we can get …

When we arrived at the United desk we were greeted by Franz Jean-Jacques who from that email out of all 9 of us he could only find Jamie’s reservation.  The others with Jamie’s group on a flight to and out of Toronto were kicked out of the system. It was thus another adventure to try to reschedule these flights.  Franz almost finished these and told us what we needed to get from Lufthansa in order for him to find the other five’s reservations in the system.  Then, despite his service manager offering him overtime to finish, he left for his break. 

When Fabian came to take over for Franz thirty or so minutes later, we had to retell this fiasco from the ground up to get him up to speed so he would know how to finish doing what Franz had left.    By now it was almost 2 o’clock and the flight to Toronto left at 3:05 which meant they had to check-in, pass through security and change terminals very soon. The problem with that group doing that was Lufthansa’s computers had malfunctioned and they were doing EVERYTHING on one computer in the back room.  I could not leave for Toronto not knowing if the Frankfurt groups’ tickets were in order, so I told Fabian to exchange MY Toronto ticket and Mollie’s Frankfurt one so she could go on the earlier flight and I on the later thus being able to verify that everything for the 2^nd flight was in good order.

Well, the Lord truly works in mysterious ways because what Fabian said he did was keep me on a flight to Toronto albeit an hour later and he moved Mollie from the Lufthansa group to the Toronto group but on that same later flight with me.  [sorry Mollie] He also put Mollie & Amy on a different flight out of Toronto to Paris – what a lame-o listener Fabian was!  So now the Toronto group consisted of Ben, Jamie, Savannah flying at 3:05 and Mollie and Amy who thought they left at 4:40.  Ben’s group was to take an Air Canada flight at 20:35 and Mollie and I were to take a 19:05 Air France flight while the rest of the group was scheduled to leave Dulles for Frankfurt through Lufthansa at 5:45 then jump over to Paris.  Lost yet?  Confused?   Why are Mollie & Amy on a 16:40 with a 19:05 flight out while Ben et al are on an earlier flight to Toronto with a later departure?  Good question.  But we are on our way to Paris, right?  Well, kinda. 

So, let’s recap what Fabian told us:

The seemingly joint arrival in Paris looks good, right?  This notion, however, is founded upon the premise that the flights out of Toronto to Paris were legit and in order … decidedly bad move on my part trusting this because they were not.  

Amongst the problems with the Toronto flights was this:  despite what Fabian had told them, Mollie and Amy were in fact on the same flight as Ben and the girls.  They missed getting on this flight because they didn’t ‘hurry’ to the gate because they were supposed to be on the 16:40.  When they realized this error, the gate had just slammed shut for the final boarding procedures to begin. Crushed hopes .. however. Amy fell to her knees in desperation.

When Larry Vand.. from Wisconsin (a United employee) exited the gate, he listened to the ever-lengthened tale of woe and scheduled Mollie & Amy first on stand-by for the next flight to Toronto, that 16:40 flight they thought they were on to begin with.  He told them that their Air France flight was already in the system as delayed so more than likely they would make that connection even with customs and check-in at the Air France gate.  Larry was refreshingly helpful. After getting the standby tickets, Amy and Mollie darted yet again to the next waiting area where their Toronto flight would board. Even with forty minutes to spare they refused to leave the front of the non-existent stand-by line. They stood at the front in desperation for what seemed to be the last chance for Paris.

While waiting, Amy received a call from Alexa (ACIS) stating that because there was probably no chance of making the connector flight in Toronto for Paris due to the closeness of the landing and arrival time AND as United had booked them on an Air France flight out of Toronto, ACIS felt that United would therefore put us on a different Air France flight out of Dulles.  So, they wanted us to get out of the stand-by line and to go get back into the customer service line to attempt transferring to a “newly found” direct flight to Paris from Dulles leaving that night at 10pm.   Sigh.

After telling the gate attendants that they would not be going to Toronto and that they could board the other two stand-by passengers, Mollie & Amy hesitantly proceeded to the customer service line [which was very near] to attempt to get the Paris flight.  While there they receive yet another phone call from ACIS; Alexa then said that there was a 20:35 Air Canada to Paris from Toronto and if they missed their flight there would be reservations for this flight for them.    If they did not catch the Air France flight, their directive was to call ACIS and let them know and there would be reservations for them for the next flight out to Paris. So, Amy & Mollie returned to the gate where the Toronto flight was boarding and asked if they could in fact board that plane.  The gate attendant said they had already taken us out of it; Amy asked if that meant they couldn’t put them back in it.  They could, they did, Mollie & Amy boarded and took off for Toronto.

Mollie & Amy were on a plane things appeared to be “looking up.” Once they arrived in Toronto they had 30 minutes to go through customs, check in, go through security, transfer terminals, find the Air France ticket counter and make an attempt for Paris. Arriving at the air port there were three different instructions given to them on how exactly to go through customs and where it was. Thus there was more confusion, in turn, more valuable time wasted. They made it through customs without issues and they were on their way to make the flight to…where were they going again… PARIS. How could anyone forget? Once receiving many different versions of where the Air France INTERNATIONAL check in counter was they proceeded to the terminal 3 on the other side of the entire airport. While on the way they noticed a sign stating the flight was running one full hour behind, you would think things are turning around slightly.

When they arrived at the proper counter area, the line to check in for Paris was a minimum of 250 people. By this point they were so fed up/tired/hungry/bitchy/desperate to make it to Paris, they stealthily skipped into the FRONT of the line to check-in. After many stops and starts they were at a counter ready to check in with a worker that had – wait for it – a smile on her face. This was very welcomed and reassuring until they noticed the “Attendant in Training” badge underneath her name. After she heard a bit of the last 48 hours, sympathy is all she could offer them because the tickets that were issued for them in Washington were STANDBY tickets and all of the 250+ people in line were attempting to get on the very same flight – AND THEY WERE ALL IN FRONT OF US.  In brief, there was no possible way they were getting on that flight. No problem, right?  They have a “backup plan,” so they called ACIS per instructions and asked about the second flight to Paris.

Scott, the lucky man on-call, informed us that the “backup” Paris flight was for tomorrow at 20:35 pm not tonight. What a difference a single word can make.  Amy was beside herself.  He said we could try to transfer onto this flight tonight but it looked over-sold already.  So they ran to the other terminal for Air Canada [from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1] to see. We were in fact too late to board even if there were spots because we arrived with only 55 minutes before the flight took off – you had to have a full hour. [ Insert yet another grunt of disgust here.]  They called Scott again and he informed them to get the Air Canada desk to reissue valid tickets for tomorrow night. At the Air Canada desk they were informed that they needed to go to the United desk because United issued the tickets and it was their problem. He said // she said // he said // she said … Mollie and Amy, feeling very dejected, proceeded to United counter J only to find NO UNITED EMPLOYEES. The desks looked as though sagebrush was about to come rolling by carried by the wind of silence.  

Amy used the information phone to call United Customer Service while Mollie roamed around in search of anyone wearing any small piece of United identification.  While roaming, she ran into Jamie and Savannah with Ben not far behind.  What we did not realize is that the Air Canada flight we ‘missed’ was the EXACT SAME ONE THAT Ben, Sav and Jamie were scheduled for.  Come to find out Ben & Sav too had standy-by tickets; Jamie’s was legit.  Thus Air Canada came and removed Ben and Sav from the flight because they had paying customers for those seats, not transfers from United that they will get paid for some-day.  So, Jamie had to get off to – unaccompanied minor and all.   Thus they were all reunited in lovely Toronto.

After their reunion, as luck would have it,  another United flight was cancelled so some CSAs came to ticket area J to help these passengers.  Mollie saw them and received a cold reception from a male CSA who said she was not ‘priority’ like the passengers from the canceled flights were.  Anne-Marie approached the group and Mollie began telling her our sordid little tale.  She said she couldn’t issue us real tickets because she was not ‘qualified’ to do this … Mollie, Ben & Sav had been yelling at AM and the relocated passengers as well telling them how horribly we had all been treated over the past two days. AM took Mollie & Ben into a back office and began helping them. 

In the meantime …  Amy was on the phone with the customer service agent who had gotten Mollie and Amy transferred to a Torontoà Montreal; Montreal à Paris ride for the next day.  She thought everyone else was already on their flight to Paris, right?  Then Amy became aware of the reunion when she saw them ALL walking down the terminal toward the infamous ‘desk J’…  After the reunion of the group, Mollie found Anne-Marie, praise the Lord. 

Mollie told Anne-Marie the whole, pitiful story and Anne-Marie went to working on getting all the others, now reunited, transferred to this same flight itinerary, the flight from Montreal to Paris suddenly went from having 30 free seats to 0 free seats in an instant.  Apparently [in airline lingo that none of us understand] someone was in Mollie’s profile and when Anne-Marie came out of it, an entire block of seats had been reserved.  There were no more seats on this flight … Anne Marie gave us the name of her Customer Service Manager, Cynthia Posadas, who would help us in the morning.  Anything Anne-Marie did would have to be redone in the morning by her because Anne Marie is not a certified ticket issuer .. yet more airline lingo that we don’t ‘get’ but that kinda makes sense. 

Regardless, we would spend another day of our *^$^&*%@4! ‘vacation’ in another *^$^&*%@4! airport that was not in *^$^&*%@4! France!  [Ben's words edited by Amy to maintain what's left of our integrity.] Of course we let ACIS know ALL this in no uncertain terms … certainly they were doing what they could do but to no avail because the airlines were in control.  United had their money and could care less what ACIS said. We, however, were caught in the middle of this play-ground battle.   UGH!

It took another 2 hours to confirm scheduling everyone else for the 20:35 for Paris the next evening [PRAYER] and to get a hotel room, transport and food courtesy of United (via Anne-Marie).  We almost had to go ‘white trash’ on a lady from that cancelled flight who did not understand why we were being given such ‘priority’ by Anne Marie .. she’s really luck she did not belabor that point.  So we hopped a shuttle to the rather posh hotel in Toronto, met a sassy desk manager named David, ate for the first time that day and then crashed … albeit for just a little while.

Stay tuned for Day 3 of this …. Adventure??? =(

Can you believe it isn’t over yet???

Almost everyone’s arrival at McGhee Tyson was hindered by SOMETHING: construction back-up on Pellissippi Parkway and fender-benders because of it, Mollie lost her keys, Olivia forgot her soccer bag requiring another stop by Amy … we all should have known something was amiss – it was a full moon.

Once we assembled we were unable to eat with parents despite minors in the group because of heightened security precautions. OK – security measures, we get it. We proceeded through the security check – Amy had put the hairspray and sunscreen in the wrong red bag so she lost them to FAA / TSA. Ben and Anne were thoroughly searched by security – a random selection, of course.  This had nothing to do with the fact that Ben was born in the Middle East, I am sure.

An announcement was made that the flight we were to get on was delayed in Chicago due to mechanical issues. In all, our departure from Knoxville was delayed by 3 hours – that’s all. Thus we were told by Kay B that since it was a mechanical issue, when we got to Dulles if we missed our connector flight [which was also delayed for some reason making our connection possible even if by a slim margin] we would be rescheduled on other flights in the United ‘family’ and if there were no accommodations possible on their own airlines, we would be put on another airline.

Arrival in DC – somehow our mechanical issue has been entered into the computer as a WEATHER delay and therefore United is not at liberty to process us through other airlines. We find this out through a series of discussions, each one beginning at the very beginning of this misadventure which used SO much time. This seemed to be a tactic of the airline which allowed all the flights to fill up and / or take off while we were regurgitating our tale of woe YET AGAIN.

Before you read on you should know that the names of the persons involved have NOT been changed to protect the innocent – there were no innocents except for US!

Upon our arrival in Dulles we waited at a service desk and we were 2nd in queue when I was approached by a United rep Paul S. from Madagascar. [He said he is the ONLY rep from Madagascar so United, you know who he is! ] He said he could help the next two people at ‘this desk over here’. Thus I followed – BIG mistake. Initially he seemed helpful; however, he ended up wasting more time by waiting for approval from a very hateful African [nationality, not race] woman who was very hard to understand. ACIS told us there were plenty of seats on a 10pm Air France flight that night – shoot for that. OK.  Finally, an hour or more later, after looking in the system at our tickets, waiting for phone calls and other opinions, he finally said because they were bulk tickets he was unable to help us at all especially for the Air France flight and thus we had to go to gate C20. Leaving that desk felt wrong … little did I know exactly how wrong it was!

When we arrived at gate C20 to a line of 100+ people, 25 of which were asleep at the front of the line waiting on service, we decided to call ACIS again. I spoke with Maria who assured me that the best option at that point was to go to a hotel for the night. She gave me instructions on how to get the shuttle and which hotel to go to.

So, to the hotel we went … we were all already tired but more than that, we were very sad that we were going to miss  our first day in Paris. =( le sniff 

In the 14 years that I have been traveling with ACIS I have NEVER had anything like this to happen .. guess probability was in favor of my trip being screwed up royally!!! 

Day 2 got even worse … Day 3 was not much better than day 2 except that we DD finally arive in France … check back for the ‘rest of the story’.

I suffered (yes, suffered) through scientific based calculus at an engineering university so I could be accepted into an MIBA program [I was.].  Through this I was going to find a placement in international business .. then God took over and saved me from a life of misery in a career I could NOT have enjoyed. I could have prospered professionally and financially, but I would have been in emotional poverty for a lack of PASSION.

I NOW have passion in my profession. I have a PASSION  …

…. for working with teens
…. for helping them learn HOW THEY learn best
…. for showing them that learning IS FUN
…. for helping them learn to laugh at themselves in a healthy way

…. for helping them see that different is not bad .. different is unique and unique is very, very cool
…. for modeling the fact that learning never stops
…. for finding the wildest, weirdest ways to help my students learn (CONFORMITY = PROFANE)
…. for passing on my passion for France / the French / anything francophone

And to think I tried to suppress this passion purposefully .. All through undergrad my major professor, Claire Brandicourt Saint-Léon, who was at the fore-front of integrating technology into foreign language education in the late 80′s and 90′s, would say to me:

Amy, when you have your own classroom and students you always want to contemplate … [ insert profound statement here]

When she finished [I always let her finish her statement] I would say to her:

Madame, I’m not going to have either of those things.

“Madame” would just nod her head patiently and remind me:

You always say that but you will promise to remember to think of these things I just mentioned, yes?

How does this story close?  Madame ALWAYS got her way! =D

This wonderful woman saw my passion LONG before I did and encouraged it at every opportunity albeit in her own unique way.  Had I only listened to the wise Madame Claire Saint-Léon I could have saved myself all that Calculus consternation .. but I am stubborn.    Passionate about so much .. but stubborn.

My prayer: that my passion holds and grows, that it [continues to] touches and transforms, and please Lord, give me that same wisdom to see MY STUDENTS’ passions and to help them see it, too.

Who saw your passion?

PS – I just found CSL on Facebook – can’t wait to reconnect!

RT @bjnichols Create Balanced Assessments http://bit.ly/4T2uPc #edchat #edtech 9:21 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from web

ClaireInParis

• Mystery pictures: help identity (Library of Congress) http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157623063035332/detail/ 5:49 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from web
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• Bis: Suis-je une quiche ? Je n’arrive pas à ajouter des trucs (textes, liens, etc) dans la “side column” d’un blog tumblr. On fait comment? 5:06 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from web

digitalnative

• Holiday Flowchart: Inappropriate Times To Use Your Smartphone With Family http://gizmodo.com/5434170/ #humor #smartphones 4:32 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from web
• RT @tombarrett 44 Interesting Ways to use your Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom http://bit.ly/NSGrC –> Some interesting ideas here. 2:53 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from Tweetie
• RT @cristama: “Build Literacy Skills with Wordle” http://bit.ly/PHKgF (via @edteck …great resource, thanks!) 2:49 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from Tweetie
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• RT @elemenous: Check this video out — Christmas Prank On Louie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afreOsPe83M 12:26 AM Dec 25th, 2009 from Tweetie
• What is Critical Thinking? How do we teach it? And how does it fit into great Project Based Learning? http://bit.ly/7lLBDT 11:35 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from Tweetie

Larryferlazzo

• “In search of the world’s hardest language” The Economist http://tinyurl.com/yk9ndrl 4:32 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from Seesmic
• The Top 10 Everything of 2009 http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1945379,00.html?iid=moreontime 1:43 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from Seesmic
• The Top 10 Most Fascinating Urinals http://www.urinal.net/topfive.html 1:39 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from Seesmic
• 2009 Plagiarism Round-Up http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/12/16/2009-plagiarism-round-up/ 12:01 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from Seesmic
• Christmas By the Numbers infographic http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2775/4174688965_2e41eb4b28_o.jpg 9:43 AM Dec 25th, 2009 from Seesmic
• RT @chuckholland: A good list of list. RT @educatedlife Best of the Decade – Best Lists in Pop Culture & Tech http://bit.ly/7mZOE0 8:37 AM Dec 25th, 2009 from Seesmic
• RT @kdwashburn: Love this one! RT @eduratireview: Best of ’09: Sailing the 7 C’s of Motivation http://bit.ly/6YhBuU 11:16 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from Seesmic
• Museum of Mod. Art interactive on Tim Burton http://tinyurl.com/yl6dvkg 8:56 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from Seesmic
• Studying Young Minds, and How to Teach Them , NY TImes http://tinyurl.com/ydk78p8 11:30 PM Dec 20th, 2009 from Seesmic
• Top 10 Best Opening Title Sequences of the Last Decade http://tinyurl.com/yd97ptu (via @InterestingPile) 8:40 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from Seesmic
• Documenting The Decade, NY Times http://submit.nytimes.com/documenting-the-decade?hp 8:38 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from Seesmic
• 100 award-winning posters on topic of freedom of expression http://www.poster4tomorrow.org/gallery/ 8:28 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from Seesmic
• Neat clip from PBS film on origami “Between The Folds” http://www.greenfusefilms.com/ 8:27 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from Seesmic

languagechicks

• Bebe Lilly singing Petit Papa Noel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IXHqN0mOFQ&feature=related 9:20 PM Dec 19th, 2009 from web
• Free Petit Papa Noel coloring page. http://foreignlanguagefun.com/2009/12/free-petit-papa-noel-coloring-page/ 9:16 PM Dec 19th, 2009 from web
• Francophones-Big, Bad guy in Sherlock Holmes movie is fr France. Full French conversation during a fight. Voila! 4:22 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from web

bhsprincipal

• RT @web20classroom: Do They Really Not Matter? http://post.ly/G5U8 Nice post on learning styles! What do you think? 9:01 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• Pretty funny post on being disconnected from the internet. I tried to disconnect myself for a few days but failed! http://bit.ly/7YGNNX 2:24 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from TweetDeck

TechnologyToday

RT @captic Beyond School: On Using Tech Without Understanding It http://bit.ly/-tu @cburell – A point I constantly try to promote! 12:04 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from web

tomwhitby

• RT @PennOlson 20 Hilarious Twitter Comic Strips | Penn Olson http://bit.ly/1xYnwK 10:24 PM Dec 20th, 2009 from TweetMeme
• PLN: A problem with Educational Reform is that we need to reform the CULTURE and not just the Educational System. 8:38 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from TweetDeck Retweeted by you and 3 others
• RT @Larryferlazzo: National Geog. video of animals opening Christmas gifts http://tinyurl.com/ycuwb3h 11:32 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from TweetDeck

jkdham

RT @courosa: .@philhart the ping works fine, but can’t browse in either IE or FF. What about Chrome? 10:11 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from Seesmic

FranceAmerique

• Fin de la grève sur le RER A à Paris http://bit.ly/6Dd9TA 9:40 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from twitterfeed
• Marion Cotillard en Interview dans France-Amérique. http://bit.ly/7LcVWF 5:40 AM Dec 25th, 2009 from Facebook

web20classroom

• Using Technology In Schools Without Understanding… http://post.ly/GG0n 8:31 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from Posterous
• RT @SimpleK12: Over 100 free virtual field trip links here: http://bit.ly/6DeCr 10:12 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• The TED Talks @Larryferlazzo Uses In His Classes…http://is.gd/5zY0t 8:46 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• RT @dianadell: Periodic Table: http://ow.ly/NKfa toggle through the elements, for atomic number, symbol and weight—plus links to Wikipedia 3:34 PM Dec 19th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• RT @dianafingal: Learn how easy it is to “widgetize” your sites in ISTE’s L&L mag. http://bit.ly/5Db8q2 4:52 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• Holiday Edition: Least Restrictive Environment for Educators http://j.mp/4QRAfz 8:08 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from Reader2Tweet

kristenswanson

Great resource: Spreadsheets, spreadsheets, spreadsheets! http://ow.ly/16dx7Q 7:21 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from HootSuite

MatthiasHeil

Fundstück: The God Gene http://j.mp/7tzDRe 6:13 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from Reader2Tweet

Fundstück: Jesus in Islam | Mehdi Hasan http://j.mp/7U8ZN7 10:12 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from Reader2Tweet

SMSprincipal

RT @ToughLoveforX: These 14 visionaries are shaking up how we educate our most disadvantaged kids. Forbes http://ilnk.me/1155 12:50 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from TweetDeck

annehodg

Recommended @Aminhotep to @MrTweet ‘Tristan is a critical thinker whose blog is worth reading if you’re into techno…’ http://bit.ly/8krT3b 11:36 AM Dec 25th, 2009 from MrTweet

plnaugle

Enjoy this Christmas puzzle http://bit.ly/6Uzafz. 10:42 PM Dec 24th, 2009 from TweetDeck

TeachPaperless

Christmas Eve Geography Lesson with the kids this eve: http://tinyurl.com/ybyhb6r 3:54 PM Dec 24th, 2009 from web

frenchetc

Adv Podcast: 3 grandes fêtes de fin d’année http://bit.ly/4Ix1tB 12:45 PM Dec 24th, 2009 from twitterfeed

tonitheisen

• Exploring Google Squared. Here is one with French cities: http://bit.ly/6q1ApN 10:09 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• RT @mundaysa: Excelente ejemplo de Voicethread en primaria. RT @lesliedavison: http://bit.ly/6LpFfR magnifique! 8:58 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from TweetDeck

TrDev

#lrnthe Brain-Based Learning: This article discusses brain physiology, brain-based learn.. http://bit.ly/5QCXuK #bacal #lrnchat 7:12 PM Dec 18th, 2009 from twitterfeed

mlleberry

#NPRFilms “The Rocca Horror Picture Show” “School of Rocca” 9:04 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from web

stevejmoore

[watching] Changing the pedagogical DNA of teachers http://bit.ly/7KexNJ 6:54 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from web

rmbyrne

Google Fusion Tables – Easy Data Visualizations http://ff.im/-cXKsl 5:03 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from FriendFeed

pewresearch

15% of cell-owning teens have received sexually suggestive images of someone they know via text message. http://bit.ly/76UNbL 4:11 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from web Retweeted by you and 4 others

Teens and Sexting: http://bit.ly/76UNbL #millennials 1:44 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from web Retweeted by you and 7 others

mcleod

• The power of Twitter http://post.ly/H1jP #socialmedia #technology #twitter from Posterous

languagechicks

• Planning for Jan: MLK Jr’s I Have a Dream speech in 10 languages. http://www.english-zone.com/holidays/menu-mlk.html from web
• French song 4 King’s Day – J’aime la galette. http://bit.ly/5XsmCa 6:56 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from web

ShellTerrell

• Mindmapping – a keen alternative for online video tutorials http://bit.ly/6aZrBF gr8 idea! about 4 hours ago from web
• Using Cell Phones & Google Voice in Foriegn Language http://bit.ly/6IhBnu #edtech #esl 12:52 AM Dec 31st, 2009 from web
• Using Serious Games and Simulations: A Quick and Dirty Guide http://bit.ly/7aM7oE 12:51 AM Dec 31st, 2009 from web
• Targets & Tech: 4 Ways to Show That You’re On Track http://bit.ly/5lKFLf 12:50 AM Dec 31st, 2009 from web
• Web 2.0 for Rookies: What is a Wiki? http://bit.ly/6LyuR3 #edtech 12:49 AM Dec 31st, 2009 from web

digitalnative

• Survey explores ethical implications of teens’ social networking; training in ethical decision making is necessary http://bit.ly/6k8Ref 10:02 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from Tweetie
• Web 2.0 For Rookies: What Is Microblogging? http://bit.ly/8FTh2I 4:16 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from Tweetie
• RT @rww 8 Things Every Geek Needs to Do Before 2010 http://bit.ly/7H8eP6 4:13 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from TweetMeme
• Did some updating on http://ipodliteracy.com 2:39 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from TweetieRT @timoreilly: Body by Victoria. Fabulous CSI analysis of photoshop mods in recent Victoria’s Secret photo: http://bit.ly/5QnMuB amazing! 5:57 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from Tweetie
• RT @tweetmeme Affordable iPhone and iPod Accessories http://bit.ly/9162vO 4:50 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from Tweetie
• RT @presentationzen Sample sign: Yellow on white makes for weak color contrast http://post.ly/H06q about 6 hours ago from Posterous

NMHS_Principal

• RT @Larryferlazzo: 7 Historical Websites That Let Us Go Back & Take Another Peek At History http://tinyurl.com/yarwqpy about 7 hours ago from UberTwitter
• RT @russeltarr: Fuel the Brain | Educational Games http://tinyurl.com/mseu2z 6:05 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• Layers: overlay videos,text,images on top of any web pg and share http://bit.ly/m07DT 6:01 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• RT @BON_EDUCATION: Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2009: http://ow.ly/RbM8 3:49 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• Gr8 find! RT @mayfieldc: TinkerNut, Collection of video tutorials for digital tools: http://bit.ly/87buzX 2:53 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• The Cold War Files (docs, multimedia, activites, and more) http://bit.ly/778At3 #education #history 4:13 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• Popular game for gifted students launches iPhone application http://bit.ly/8avGFu 1:57 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• Masher: Cr8 videos by mixing together video clips,music tracks,photos(similar 2 Animoto) http://bit.ly/dqRTB 5:42 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• Create your own printable magazines and eBooks w/ Zinepal http://bit.ly/dynN0 4:56 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• RT @web20classroom: Google Wave Explained “Pulp Fiction” Style http://post.ly/GNQv 4:44 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• RT @stevejmoore: RT @kylepace: RT @russeltarr: 100 Powerful Web Tools to Organize Your Thoughts and Ideas – http://tinyurl.com/m69b2x 2:55 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from TweetDeck

bhsprincipal

• Great example of a high school teacher using ipods in the classroom http://bit.ly/79eKf2 Can’t wait to share it with my English teachers! about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck
• I am not “the school” http://bit.ly/4VRdn3 My first blog disclaimer (link actually works this time) 3:59 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• RT @Pags21 RT @kellyhines: RT @NMHS_Principal: Create your own printable magazines and eBooks w/ Zinepal http://bit.ly/dynN0 12:33 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from twidroid
• RT @russeltarr 12 Expert Twitter Tips for the Classroom: http://tinyurl.com/nwtyzk 4:53 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from twidroid
• RT @SuzanneWhisler 100+ Google tips for teachers. http://short.to/11rby 4:40 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from twidroid

TNschatz

http://www.360cities.net/area/world Very cool images from around the world! about 9 hours ago from web

• Winter is here! Test your #French on winter clothing. http://quizlet.com/test/1624248/ about 11 hours ago from web
• Did she say “#Beurre, beurre and beurre”? in #french http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/business/24julia.html 11:43 AM Dec 27th, 2009 from web
• Mot du Jour: Bonne année et bonne santé ! http://bit.ly/4WLD8J 12:50 PM Jan 1st from twitterfeed
• Mot du Jour: prendre une coupe de Champ http://bit.ly/5BtGEN 2:53 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from twitterfeed

Larryferlazzo

• Take the interactive Year-End Quiz from the NY Times http://tinyurl.com/y9hh293 about 22 hours ago from Seesmic
• Why Powerful People — Many of Whom Take a Moral High Ground — Don’t Practice What They Preach, Science Daily http://tinyurl.com/ylso59z 3:03 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from Seesmic
• 17 Interesting Tricks of the Body http://rockforhealth.org/news/?p=131 haven’t tried any of these tricks, but look interesting 1:05 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from Seesmic
• RT @CRFederman: RT @mohistorymuseum: In 1910, St. Louis mag. dreamed what city would look like in 2010. http://tinyurl.com/yezk3wz 1:10 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from Seesmic
• How NOT To Communicate With Parents http://tinyurl.com/yefu77x 12:02 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from Seesmic
• 12 net technologies that shaped the decade http://tinyurl.com/yjvrnt8 4:49 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from Seesmic
• “Lowlights of a Downer Year” Audio slideshow by Dave Barry http://tinyurl.com/ybptlc7 3:04 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from Seesmic

rliberni

• RT @bjnichols: Another Great Resource from the Educator’s PLN… How to Build a Personal Learning Network http://bit.ly/50gDze #edchat 7:19 PM Jan 1st from TweetDeck

tseale

• Looking at the Top 100 Tools for the Twittering Teacher: http://bit.ly/BRNd 5:44 PM Jan 1st from TweetDeck
• A directory for following Google Twitter accts: http://bit.ly/Qrqx9 1:02 PM Jan 1st from TweetDeck

tomwhitby

• RT @kdwashburn: When I’m not laughing at this wit I’m learning from his insights: @ransomtech #followfriday 4:23 PM Jan 1st from TweetDeck
• RT @Larryferlazzo: http://www.oddlyspecific.com/ highlights funny signs 1:28 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from Seesmic
• RT @rmbyrne: 15 Tools To Help Students Get Organized http://ff.im/-ds22Z 1:27 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from Seesmic

huffingtonpost

• The Best Viral Vids Of 2009: David After The Dentist, Violated Chickens, And Keyboard Cat (VIDEO) http://bit.ly/4ERGug 12:59 PM Jan 1st from API
• Check out our picks for the decade’s best dresses http://bit.ly/4y7bNi 9:02 AM Dec 28th, 2009 from API

plnaugle

@paulbogush Thanks! Your last post of ’09 gives me a great way to start 2010. Happy New Year. http://bit.ly/8UwGDs 11:21 AM Jan 1st from TweetDeck

isa2886

Framer Beta : ajouter des cadres à vos photos très rapidement http://bit.ly/4DN195 via www.diigo.com/~isa2886 2:33 AM Dec 31st, 2009 from diigo

msfrenchteach

Awesome! Audio & Videos in French. RT @andrugraff Bon départ: beginners’ French http://bit.ly/2m9LKr via @OpenUniversity 7:40 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from web

aswinn

Snurf. RT @streamertyer: Celine Dion and Josh Groban singing together. #thingsthatshouldbeoutlawed 7:13 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from TweetDeck

web20classroom

• RT @WendyZZZZZZZZZZ: Nice graphic organizers! RT @jagkise: Another great set of thinking tools from Jim Burns http://tinyurl.com/jqk7r 5:50 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• RT @Aaron_Eyler: Effectively integrating tech into classrooms starts with understanding WHY: http://bit.ly/8xr5sl 5:24 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from TweetDeck

TeachPaperless

New Post: Things we’ve been doing over Break http://tinyurl.com/yzfbfa4 This one is about the Smithsonian’s portrait gallery 4:10 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from web

ccassinelli

Two wonderful VT resources: Educators Guide to VoiceThread and Introduction to VoiceThread http://teachingwithoutwalls.com/resources.php 11:30 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from TweetDeck Retweeted by you

eschreyer

To live your life on purpose, you must first know your purpose. To find it, you should seek it with your heart. 10:19 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from TweetDeck Retweeted by you and 8 others

tkraz

Web 2.0 for rookies. List of 200 articles on Educational Technology site: http://bit.ly/67cpoz 10:13 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from web Retweeted by you and 2 others

GoAnimate

Check out GoAnimate for tons of animation fun! A free web based animation studio. Plus check out our Character Creator. http://bit.ly/8hm0j 9:46 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from web Retweeted by you

TechnologyToday

The best ICT initiatives wont work without an integration plan- including ongoing training,support & funding #edchat http://bit.ly/4Jliio 7:48 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from Power Twitter

SuzanneWhisler

• Send instant videos to family or friends. http://www.sendshots.com/ 7:20 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from web
• How to convert your vhs videos to DVDs. I’m going to have to give this a try. http://unhub.com/KUhs 4:22 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from web

Becausefrench

On French TV movies usually start around 9PM, after the evening news 4:42 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from Echofon

JonathanNelson

CallRec.me – A way to record phone conversations http://bit.ly/7dPIPl #prly 3:59 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from TweetDeck

TeacherToolbox

• Get every National Geographic since 1888 on a 160GB hard drive http://ow.ly/QQrR 2:48 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from HootSuite
• Story Something: Create personalized children’s stories instantly. http://ow.ly/Qvz2 3:16 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from HootSuite

pewresearch

Top Stories of 2009: Public vs. Press http://bit.ly/4ENYE4 2:12 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from web

mediatrend

Un site pour googlemaniaques, où tous les logos Google. Le premier date du 1er août 1998 http://bit.ly/6sfIGT 11:55 AM Dec 29th, 2009 from bit.ly Retweeted by you and 2 others

MatthiasHeil

• Fundstück: Was von Darwin übrig blieb: Die neuen Erkenntnisse des Darwin-Jahres 2009 http://j.mp/5oUOTx 2:39 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from Reader2Tweet
• RT @dcagle “2009 Year in Review!” Cartoons http://bit.ly/80hLA7 — been waiting for those… excellent!-) 2:11 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from web
• Fundstück: Wordia: The Online Visual Dictionary http://j.mp/4Zp9vZ 8:08 AM Dec 28th, 2009 from Reader2Tweet

mbteach

@mritzius you could try this list of proxies: http://www.azproxies.com/ 11:56 AM Dec 28th, 2009 from Seesmic in to mritzius

francophilia

70s phenom Marie de France doing Brigitte Bardot songs live at Les Trois Baudets in Paris thru the 30th: http://bit.ly/5PnHtg 8:01 AM Dec 28th, 2009 from Tweetie

aaallain

RT Love this! @cristama: From BBC Schools: Dance Mat Typing http://bit.ly/4yRv4l (LOVE this site, Lyssie’s been playing it today) 11:14 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from TweetDeck Retweeted by you

tonitheisen

RT @p2pSusan: RT @DecouvrirParis Reveillon à Paris avec retransmission live dans 15 lieux de la capitale =>www.31decembreaparis.com 8:03 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from TweetDeck Retweeted by you

stevejmoore

• RT @bltg: RT @web20classroom: RT @bjnichols: Innovative Cell Phone Lesson Plan for Social Studies Educators http://bit.ly/5eupxZ #edchat 2:49 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from TweetDeck
• RT @thart74: 21st Educators Don’t Say “Hand it in.” They say, “Publish it!” -The Innovative Educator 2:49 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from TweetDeck