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October 26th, 2009 - 2:00 pm § in TeacherHax, Web 2.0

Smart Dumb Phones: Cool Uses for Low Tech Cell Phones (NO iPhone REQUIRED!)

[Translate] Image by Ninja M. via Flickr There’s no denying that the iPhone has become an amazing tool for taking your internet connected life mobile. However, many of its functions are available to even the lowest tech “dumb phones” on the market. This post will show y[...]

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September 3rd, 2009 - 2:22 pm § in Featured Posts, TeacherHax

Over-Extending your Firefox with Extensions? Use Different Firefox-Powered Browsers for Different Tasks!

[Translate] Everyone loves Firefox because there are so many great user-created Add-Ons that make your web browser into much, much more. Add-ons allow you to customize your browser to make tasks easier. This extra performance comes at a slight cost; the more add-ons you pile on, the more sluggi[...]

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August 5th, 2009 - 3:19 am § in Blogging, EdTech, TeacherHax

Turn student blogs into an online class community

[Translate] Image by eyesplash Mikul via Flickr I have been interested in using blogging software to create online learning communities for a while now. This last year, I had students start Blogger.com, Tumblr.com, and Posterous.com blogs, then subscribed to all of their blog feeds with m[...]

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May 18th, 2009 - 5:46 am § in EdTech, TeacherHax

Is it OK to have student friends on Facebook? What do you think?

[Translate] Image by dan taylor via Flickr What follows is an account of how I amassed a coterie of past and present students as friends on my social networks. I share this in the attempt to find out where other teachers draw the line between their offline and online selves. Would you frie[...]

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January 28th, 2009 - 5:24 pm § in FreeAppoftheDay, TeacherHax

Digg, StumbleUpon, Yahoo Buzz, Delicious, and ShareThis

[Translate] When you create a blog post that you want the world to see, social bookmarking sites are the way to attract new eyeballs to your work. Digg, StumbleUpon, Yahoo Buzz, Del.icio.us, Facebook, MySpace, and Fark are just some of the best. The best way to allow your readers to vote up your [...]

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May 8th, 2008 - 4:24 am § in EdTech, TeacherHax

Social Networking: A Teacher's Guide

[Translate] A few years ago, one of my college buddies from back home told me to start a MySpace page, so I did. Before the weekend was over, three of my students had found it and linked me as their friend. Before the end of the year, I had over 90 friends– most under 16 years [...][...]

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