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Wikispaces: 100,000 Free K-12 Wikis – and 250,000 More!

Sep 9th, 2008
by pollyalida.
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2 1/2 years ago, Wikispaces committed to giving away 100,000 ad-free, private, unlimited use wikis to K-12 educators. They reached that number this weekend. And are ready to start on the next 250,000! Wow.

250,000 More K-12 Wikis Like the first 100,000, all of our K-12 wikis feature all the benefits of our Plus service:

  • full privacy, only the people you allow in can see your wiki
  • no advertising, your online classroom will remain ad-free
  • unlimited use, as many users, pages, edits, and files, as you like, no limits
  • a customizable look and feel, so you can make it feel like home

Share Your Wikispaces in Education Story: Have a great story about how you’ve used Wikispaces? Share it!

Games in Education Symposium – Aug 19-20

Aug 17th, 2008
by pollyalida.
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This looks really interesting. Wish I could attend.

The second annual Games in Education Symposium, free to middle and high school teachers, is scheduled for Tuesday & Wednesday, August 19-20th and will take place at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium.

The PBwiki Back to School Challenge

Aug 8th, 2008
by pollyalida.
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Seems that PBwiki is giving away premium accounts to librarians and educators. Sign up now at the PBwiki Back to School Challenge

Announcing a new way to make PBwiki a part of your classroom this year with:

* A FREE Premium PBwiki ($250 value)
* Tools to help spread the word
* Support for using 21st century collaboration tools in your classroom!

It’s free to join. Sign up to hear about the launch before anyone else.

Free Learning Opportunity

Jul 25th, 2008
by pollyalida.
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It’s not too late to join in the All Together Now Learning 2.0 program that started this week. It’s being led by Michael Stephens of Tame The Web.

Free, fun, you’ll learn a lot, you’ll connect with new colleagues. The program will cover 12 topics over the 6 weeks. Join in, have some fun and learn.

To sneak a peek and see who’s already signed up, check out the lists of participants.

p.s. This is being run by School Library Journal, but it’s not just for school librarians!

School Library Journal – Learning 2.0 Program

Jul 20th, 2008
by pollyalida.
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Hey there, all you school librarians!! Don’t miss this chance to participate in the School Library Journal’s 2.0  learning program and explore the world of 2.0 tools and learning.

The program, All Together Now: A 2.0 Learning Experience, is free and starts Monday July 21.  This is a self-guided program, but you’ll have lots of company to share your ideas and experiences with.  And Michael Stephens of Tame the Web will be offering guidance and advice throughout the program via a blog.

The program wraps up in early September, just in time for you to put your new skills and ideas to work during the school year.

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7/21/08 – NOTE: To get started visit the program’s blog

High School Students Create Calculus Wiki to Help Future Students

Jun 19th, 2008
by pollyalida.
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From Jan Tunison at Scotia Glenville High School (NY):

Scotia-Glenville BC Calculus Wiki

Our BC calc students created a wiki for future classes to use. The students did a great job, especially with adding math content and the editing of math symbols, etc. The awesome teacher of this class allowed her students the freedom to create content, drive the vision of the wiki, and solve problems, and her students rose to the occasion. The student who actually created the backbone for the wiki is an incredible student.

This is an an impressive project! Well done!

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