Tebow Time!

So many of you said you were Tim Tebow fans!  I saw this today:

Yep, Tim Tebow reading Dr.Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham, live beginning at 9 a.m. EST on February 15, 2012.  To join the webinar go to America's Biggest Storytime on that day and time.  (I'll be there, too, with a trillion kids from all over the country!)

Politically Correct

Today is the Florida primary!  Are you informed enough to vote?  Will you be ready for the November elections?

For those looking to get serious, Google recently released their Politics & Elections hub. Republicans and Democrats alike can easily track the candidates’ trending habits, color-coded election results, and breaking news sorted geographically for your convenience.

Browse articles by popular issues like the economy (you may have heard of it), healthcare, and immigration. A dedicated YouTube hub highlights each day’s top five videos.

Feeling not-so-bi-partisan? The On the Ground section features crowd-sourced content of citizens confronting politicians and ralliers getting rallied up.

Yes, Google is more than a search engine.

--from Netted by the Webbys

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A New Improved Google Earth

According to the Google blog, Google Earth 6.2 was released on January 26 and is ready for download. Some of the new features:

• Send images directly from Google Earth
• Share screenshots from your virtual exploration on Google+
• View seamless imagery of geographic landscapes all over the world
• Get improved search results and new suggestions
• Find biking and transit directions

Check it out!  And check out Google Earth for Educators.  If you think it's just for geography or just for fun, you couldn't be more wrong!

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5 Tips For Staying Motivated While Studying Online | Emerging Education Technology

Some good tips here to make your life and your course easier!

What tips or tricks do you have for staying focused?  For getting the most out of your online courses?

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10 Reasons to Use Technology

YouTube is full of great videos for teaching and learning.  Did you know:

• 48 hours of video are uploaded every minute, resulting in nearly 8 years of content uploaded every day
• Over 3 billion videos are viewed a day
• Users upload the equivalent of 240,000 full-length films every week
• More video is uploaded to YouTube in one month than the 3 major US networks created in 60 years

Unfortunately, YouTube is often blocked in many schools and districts because there is some inappropriate content, too.  But that may change with the recent introduction of YouTube for Schools.  There are many alternatives to YouTube:  SchoolTube, TeacherTube, and Edublogs.TV among them. Here are 47 alternatives!

And there are ways to use YouTube safely, too.  That's the difference between knowing about technology and knowing how to use it in education!

Here's a YouTube video about innovation and technology in education: