Happy Thanksgiving November 26, 2008
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Yeah! Thanksgiving. Family, friends, time to share, have fun and always learn at least a little. Scholastic has a neat little piece on the First Thanksgiving where you can learn about the Mayflower, daily life and a feast, there is a neat little turkey game (this one looks like more fun but I can’t get it to work 
– maybe you can) and of course the President pardons the turkey again. I also can’t seem to get my act together to mail cards so I enjoy things like the virtual vintage Thanksgiving card option.
Whatever you do, I hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
Dr. Howard Zinn November 16, 2008
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Is the closing keynote speaker for the NCSS right now, I’m going to post about it soon, I really need to learn how to live blog. ww
Voki – My Newest Intrigue November 14, 2008
Posted by Wendy Wolfe in Friday Five, Webbased tools.Tags: NCSS08 Voki Avatar
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New session, and 5 minutes in, I am very happy. Have you seen Voki? I hadn’t! Anyone can make their own avatar and have it talk. Pose a question to a student (or group of students), have them create a first-person response, listen to each other’s recording, this is going to be great!
A Neat Time Line Tool… November 14, 2008
Posted by Wendy Wolfe in Friday Five, Webbased tools.Tags: Timeline
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Greetings from Houston, TX and the National Conference for NCSS (National Council for Social Studies)! It is rather foggy and muggy and there was a little snafu for getting my badge, but we’re set and I already learned about a tool that is new to me: xtimeline – a way to create interactive and multimedia time lines, individually or collaboratively if you wish. I will definitely take five tonight at the hotel, probably more, and explore the potential.
Happy Friday!
