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30 Days of Web tools: #8: Use Mergely to edit and compare documents

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><img height="257" src="http://www.lostintechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/after-fork-edit.png" width="400" /><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have you ever tried to open two documents to compare them? You wish you could see immediately what changes you have already made? Comparing, editing and sharing documents is really a way of life for most of us – and Mergely provides a way of doing this easily. </span></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is Mergely and how does it work?</span></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mergely is a useful online tool that can help you merge text documents and highlight changes made to existing documents.  To do this you open Mergely and paste the original document into the left column. Make changes in the right hand version and the edited changes can then e seen in the right column</span>.<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When you are finished you can generate and share a URL and send the documents to someone else.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFk2i3BRv6w7Yh5J_ISmrf4TkVm2NuIG91pFK_NNRAg-gbSpKnmAJE7F_INeJqYCZx1m4Unm78owSacLmL7F8I1Dx9ti7NkbyMlmsXT5SKR0orb6PJyUzilMGeATd2hGM8e3DMpi70XQg/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmGWP9bUNeJZyvvDRjbMutnsHYpWXeFZveIo1JejuojT1ZcnM5L4WzIY5rRmLAMaQ9zpAynZ897joslDQbiw3idHVq0vqIZfJLCnEiz4_YpqVAEHvQhED64MpsYinGX53DEi_crQfc-Q/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a> <br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><b>What are the Mergely buttons used for?</b></span> </div><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></b>  <br /><h4> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyjOgr36v_KI_8mEn4ciMbGy5iPT22wSNAG7iO5PToJ1tmitt_6KIXuxF8pWcsGC_7XWQ4Yj7B1KOcNFGHHBDF5v0ijhbv6yEXQKCeQI6Y5mQB4zxrKz5EMOtaklV9BD89Xir-xeYEZc/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4_kHYq8muxfdXS_5PtCKkmAoSZWTvi5muivkj3fEXHeG518xYbxONN6sAIdVtaB9oAErX_hL0RNkWAQncxP1O4o8tgc3xfGkSUBi-fuxeO4UmOsNSWOn7n-xmZ3Wewe09VNXDY2QnKg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></h4><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next to the search box, you will find seven buttons. <br />*The first one is a search button. <br />The second one lets you replace the right file with the left or the inverse. <br />*The third one is for swapping left and right. <br />*The next one clears the entire scroll area, and the last button is to download and save a file. <br />*The next two buttons are are download buttons (one as a .diff file)<br />*The last one is to open a file on your computer and load it if you so wish.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BVo1EhqFdik_Y-S1i-QWDF6w4P8FxSl7zvUXLsbiyiCYR7mw3jKBj4xR8XZUC4inJbfvPFq2ZhJt7fewbp5I7j2gGtfZ0S-T6iaoinfsIISmSyehV7sJ_IqG96phnD62B0cLhWIiXJk/s1600-h/image%25255B11%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="56" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5q1R-K1WNdQMZztzsLmaYTMzUWOtNdasWHxST1HRcN2l5GP33N5d0mpsVs0Q4LdAmpxfVgT_I1wWSi6zp3VPDLvHMyLqyp0sZfsoO7LSyWV7ET2HtC5DbtcLxDEND7fSlplHbPap-qo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a> <br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The main save button allows you to save a file online. When you click on save a message appears.</span></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcYjaZ0-U0YytWdHbdOzJzH6MsEUrDStatO2tU8M6rTlBSUHaocxNcGuSvMjY0rt6_VAWgKA487cA_D4zegaT3HbaB8rNkUMf75P1_9TysLpPn9V7QV0ykv0ZG5kw1oh81exgFCsWllM/s1600-h/image%25255B16%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjod-RxoNifkaAGRIgh9GBiIte_hv2oZVjkon2oSX1Zw5NeHkPSUDOKVbolTqjdKzWtBAbU_D4dlxrQkILXQTQJ8L1YFroo0HfqaKCgemOngsJLyeFXHON1wpESagJWmwaus68poNod348/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="365" /></a></span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two new buttons appear.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRMbj1fpS6mtSEO-5OeY5OEIR2PCKxMZV8qRheC7c9ENe-4WrVco6WLXmR-nwkUey_McuRED-sRHwX9bexmt2ZNPPpQspngZB7zUiWhgqQeBQZCh0wrqaTDd2qASmnMIfRTJuOBA0iL0/s1600-h/image%25255B21%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLL4cRo-xC7ddnGlRyXQ4P-riLU3h_97mCTn4U_3Dq_MsqHeFYrWF3K1y1dA4p_tas2yobDXsIoYJFbVobJbyhv1IohhwECIg2lb-E97HKqXxXzTRMDkwM9Sacs4psKvfg4Ldctma7cs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="415" /></a><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>'Share'</i>  gives you a URL that you can share and open from any remote location.</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioN_YAP6GD58_7BfsRPq3gFI569hXANR49gQRu3bUVNBkqv_fZf-oi2OBbj1IXAB63VAjO4LO9eNaVRP01KAuaRGSORDl2BJn-91BOeJ4svFazGkAgPup7TSJf56iwC2XiHJCRGuOOt2k/s1600-h/image%25255B26%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Vq0YoCBXnenLI3nOADRJmwFl9EX9RFz0oWbTc5BBSQtqL_SO8Hg-Q3WpDNTxyPhv_fqC2nGBlBMQw-c9o4GIBsVtKZYwQSyUm0DkjWqxzFlA4I8bSq5FuGdhNMD4y1NF9r-0N6xpcxE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="393" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b></b></span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>'Fork'</i> creates a new version of the same documents with a new unique URL. It helps for multiple sharing and making back up copies. </span></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary of features</b></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Free and easy to use. </span> </li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Compare documents and highlight changes. </span> </li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Upload documents from your PC</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Either download or share these as a unique URL.</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Classroom uses</b></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">This is a handy tool for Language teachers to teach writing composition and show how to edit a document. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">A useful feature is the ability to share a URL to share with others. This will enable documents to be passed around</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Students could </span><span style="font-size: small;">use Mergely to review a document without editing the original.</span></li></ul></div>

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Apps and tablet news

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WuQm5in7x6pb7eX5WL9Pwi-V20JDp7PXztfOmg108UDmfC1eT7UKI68W1Wxfd-FFAyg9OaiD4nLsx_KhVhumD6P3JI0a_35JVJ4u8kxmpY9D1Ydki5e-_KFeAtHc4zo0pgaLKrOT37cp/s1600/iStock_000016515746XSmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WuQm5in7x6pb7eX5WL9Pwi-V20JDp7PXztfOmg108UDmfC1eT7UKI68W1Wxfd-FFAyg9OaiD4nLsx_KhVhumD6P3JI0a_35JVJ4u8kxmpY9D1Ydki5e-_KFeAtHc4zo0pgaLKrOT37cp/s320/iStock_000016515746XSmall.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">iStock photo - All rights reserved.</td></tr></tbody></table>Cool apps and tablet news across my radar recently. <br /><ul class="diigo-linkroll"><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/20-iPad-Apps-for-Educators-50001270/">20 iPad Apps for Educators - Resources - SML</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A pdf with 20 ipad apps for educators - this may be something you could email to your teachers if they've just gotten ipads to teach them how to open and read a pdf on their ipad. This is really just a powerpoint converted to PDF but it does include links and screenshots.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education.">education.</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tech2date.com/40-ipad-apps-for-language-learners.html">Tech2Date » 40 iPad Apps For Language Learners</a></div><div class="diigo-description">40 ipad apps for language learners that teach language and culture. My top complaint continues to be the lack of feedback to parents and teachers, however, if you're implementing iPad 1:1, this is a must review list.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://static.chrisbray.com/bookmarklets/#tumbler">Adding Bookmarklets on iPad and iPhone</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Instructions for adding a safari bookmarklet for just about every service (except Diigo) on Chris Bray's website. If you have an ipad or iphone and want to send things to your Tumblr blog you can follow these instructions. (For pinterest, go to the Pinterest website.)</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Tumblr">Tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Evernote">Evernote</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipadchat">ipadchat</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://alienblue.org/">Alien Blue - Reddit Client for iOS</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Reddit is increasingly a site where technology news breaks as well as having a tight integration with top technology sites like Twit.tv (they use Reddit to curate topics for the show.) This app is the highest recommended app for using reddit on the ipad and for that reason I've installed it.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/reddit">reddit</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipadchat">ipadchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.icab-mobile.de/">iCab Mobile - The Internet Taxi for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This web browser for the ipad integrates tightly with dropbox. If you want to download and save to dropbox from your ipad web browser, this is worth it.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/dropbox">dropbox</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipadchat">ipadchat</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://ipadinsight.com/ipad-apps/demo-display-recorder-ipad-app-hurrah-and-how-did-this-make-it-into-the-app-store/">Demo: Display Recorder iPad App – Hurrah and How Did This Make It Into the App Store? — iPad Insight</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Display recorder is a cool app that lets you record everything on your ipad screen. This is a demo. I found out about this at socialedcon during our smackdown. Unfortunately it has been taken down out of the app store for some reason, but I'll mention it because it was there.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/05/goclass-create-and-deliver-lessons-on.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29">Free Technology for Teachers: GoClass - Create and Deliver Lessons on iPads</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Another lesson deployment app for the iPad that you can compare to NearPod. Another one worth testing.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flippedclass">flippedclass</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.collobos.com/index.html">Collobos Software</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This software is supposed to make it easy to airprint all of your printers so you can print from iPad or iPod ir iPhone. It uses Bonjour and comes highly recommended. My sister is a graphic designer and says all of her friends are raving about it right now. Worth a try as her friends are super picky.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a></div></li></ul><ul class="diigo-linkroll"><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tweetmagapp.com/">TweetMag</a></div><div class="diigo-description">An app that uses your Twitter account to make magazines.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipadchat">ipadchat</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://help.getpocket.com/customer/portal/articles/483627-using-the-pocket-bookmarklet">Pocket | Using the Pocket Bookmarklet</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Detailed instructions for installing pocket onto any web browser including for mobile devices.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pocket">pocket</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://help.getpocket.com/customer/portal/articles/483679-how-to-save-to-pocket-on-ipad">Pocket | How to Save to Pocket on iPad</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Instructions for adding Pocket (formerly read it later) to the safari web browser. This is the sole competitor for Instapaper in my opinion. Cool App.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.smore.com/n57d-iste-2012-the-big-events">ISTE 2012: "Other" Events | Smore</a></div><div class="diigo-description">You should read this page if you're at ISTE and if you're not. It is created using Smore - an app recommended at the smackdown today. It includes many of the other events of iste that you'll want to join.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste">iste</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.wollage.com/">Wollage , the social-scrapbook!</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A new social network around scrapbooking called Wollage to share memories. This might be a great one for using this summer.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ird">ird</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.socrative.com/">Socrative | Student Response System | Audience Response Systems | Clicker | Clickers | Student Clickers | ARS | Mobile Clicker | Software Clicker</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Socrative is an app that turns any device into part of a student response system. Not sure why I haven't written about before as it has won all kinds of awards. If you have BYOD or iPad or any type of 1:1 technology, Socrative is a must use so you don't have to buy a separate response system.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/assessment">assessment</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/draw-something-by-omgpop/id488627858?mt=8">App Store - Draw Something by OMGPOP</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This is like pictionary with friends. Draw something and send it to a friend and have them guess what it is. This app is on sale right now. Lots of fun.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/drawing">drawing</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2011/12/are-we-really-evaluating-use-of-ipads.html">Apps in Education: Are We Really Evaluating the Use of iPads in Our Classroom</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Research and information collected about ipads and app use in education.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/12/capture-memories-and-save-them-to-ibooks-with-my-istory">Capture Memories And Save Them To iBooks With My iStory -- AppAdvice</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Take photos and text in this iPad app and create an iBook to share. This is very cool. You could use this for journal ing in a 1:1 iPad program.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Ebook">Ebook</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iBook">iBook</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://discussion.evernote.com/topic/22720-skitch-for-ipad">Skitch for iPad! - Evernote User Forum</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Skitch for the Ipad is here. This whiteboard drawing, mind mapping ipad tool saves to evernote. If you love evernote, this is a must download tool.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/skitch">skitch</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://booksandglitter.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-symbaloo-do-you.html?spref=tw">Books and Glitter: I Symbaloo--do you?</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Many teachers are raving about symbaloo, here is a another one.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/web2.0">web2.0</a> <br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.buzztouch.com/pages">Free iPhone App Builder | Free Android App Builder | iPhone and Android CMS</a></div><div class="diigo-description">An app building content management platform. This was recommended to me by Jarrod Robinson (Mr Robbo the PE Geek - a very helpful guy).</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://en.linoit.com/">Online Stickies - lino</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A sticky note account. I may use this for my pkflow method that uses stickys. This website lets you have a page with online stickys and notes. Cool tool that reminds me of corkulous on the ipad.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/webapp">webapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu">Google Apps for Education | Official Website</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Official website of Google apps for education. If you're interested in setting this up for your school or college, here is where you start.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cloud">cloud</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="https://docs.google.com/#home">Google Docs - Home</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Google docs is a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation software of choice in the cloud for many that need to be collaborative. But perhaps the most useful thing to me is google forms which let students make the form and put it out on the web for others to answer. Then, examining results is as simple as pasting into a word cloud maker.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tool">tool</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cloud">cloud</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tilespeak.com/">TileSpeak: Play Mahjong, Learn Chinese!</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Teacher yourself chinese and play mahJong at the same time. This is an app.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/chinese">chinese</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/language_teacher">language_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/language">language</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8&ls=1">ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard for iPad on the iTunes App Store</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Hook your ipad up to your projector and it becomes a personal whiteboard. IWB's are they as useful?</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iear">iear</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/techintegrator">techintegrator</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.showmeapp.com/">ShowMe - The Interactive Learning Community</a></div><div class="diigo-description">The showme app on the ipad has some fascinating potential. I am going to play with this over the summer. Would love to hear from anyone who is already using it.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/freeapp">freeapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/freeipadapp">freeipadapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iear">iear</a></div></li></ul><div class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher">here</a>.</div>

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The world is my pearl #flatclass

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8107002@N03/3121817819" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="Flat Classroom Skype" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="180" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/3121817819_bced0e0fe5_m.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 240px;">Flat Classroom(r) Skype (Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8107002@N03/3121817819" target="_blank">superkimbo</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8107002@N03/3122642350" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="Flat Classroom Skype" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="180" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/3122642350_c622f19853_m.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 240px;">Flat Classroom(r) Skype (Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8107002@N03/3122642350" target="_blank">superkimbo</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Often, we envy those who had the ability to "discover" things and yet many seem to gravitate to discussing answers that have already been found. Many think everything that has been discovered is all there is. They lack imagination and wisdom.<br /><br />I choose to live my life on the new frontier, the frontier where we are discovering what it is like to connect classrooms and students in ways never before imagined.<br /><br />These things we do strike fear in the hearts of warmongers and the media who would rather kids believe their propaganda and hateful words that someone is evil just because they are different. I fear that when ambassadors and bureaucrats realize we are operating under their radar, without their facilitation or official "endorsement" that they will cringe and become angry.<br /><br />The fact is that the world is flattening and teachers don't need someone with money and power to pull the trigger on a sanctioned interaction. We can collaborate and connect with free tools at lower bandwidth than many thought possible and we are, every day. Few know what we're doing but we do and we smile with the knowledge that our children travel with us around a world that is more reachable than ever before.<br /><br />Pascal said "Those we call the ancients were really new in everything."<br /><br />See those who discovered as beginners and life takes on a new meaning.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/" target="_blank">Flat Classroom(r) project</a> is my new frontier. I am sad for those schools who honestly think they can have a world class education without connecting to the world. The world isn't my oyster - it is my pearl and the pearl of my students.<br /><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=c6b1f31b-50f1-4327-9a89-4356ba29d0a3" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

flatclassroom The world is my pearl #flatclass

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SYRIA: BIO CHEMICAL WARFARE EQUATION

<h1 style="color: red; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Current Mainstream Media Headlines: </span></h1><h1 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">U.S. Concerned as Syria Moves Chemical Stockpile</span></h1><h1 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Israel advised to brace for Syrian missile attack – conventional or chemical</span></h1><h1 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Syria Chemical Weapons Arsenal: Stockpile of Chemical Weapons Reportedly Moved Out Of Storage</span></h1><h1 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">                                                                 ........... </span></h1><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> SYRIA’S ARSENAL OF BIO CHEMICAL WEAPONS: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">INFORMATION WAR, STRATEGY OR REALITY </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQFByGnqZd6Bgjexf1jJV5su9cNnNU1ltXJ9JvdSrZYxivWGG1MsWETcUg17xvtVdlLFEDvqHWxlUfXXqsWRF0nPdy0tdAvnOqR4LSRtPLAYb8-8Z9dReRfAC9DL3WNl41JT0igAgwAkC/s1600/pg39.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQFByGnqZd6Bgjexf1jJV5su9cNnNU1ltXJ9JvdSrZYxivWGG1MsWETcUg17xvtVdlLFEDvqHWxlUfXXqsWRF0nPdy0tdAvnOqR4LSRtPLAYb8-8Z9dReRfAC9DL3WNl41JT0igAgwAkC/s400/pg39.gif" width="362" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s interesting to see that <b>only now</b> (this week), western mainstream media and governments are picking up on the subject of SYRIA’S bio chemical weapons arsenal and threat of using them. </span></div><h1 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring<span style="font-weight: normal;"> has reported on subject matter </span>since March 2012<span style="font-weight: normal;">. It is hard to believe that Western military intelligence have not been aware of the fact that Assad possesses these weapons and is willing to use them if pushed into the corner, thus it would seem that at this stage of the Syrian conflict, the protégées of covet warfare in Syria are stepping up the info war by deliberately publishing the Syria’s Bio Chemical threat through their media outlets, such as FOX, DailyMail UK, Reuters and indeed all major western mainstream media “opinion makers”. Headlines such as</span>”U.S. Concerned as Syria Moves Chemical Stockpile”, “Israel advised to brace for Syrian missile attack – conventional or chemical”, “Syria Chemical Weapons Arsenal: Stockpile of Chemical Weapons Reportedly Moved Out Of Storage” <span style="font-weight: normal;">are currently circling the media landscape. </span></span></h1><h1 style="color: red; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">COVET WAR: THE BETTER OPTION THAN FULL SCALE INTERVENTION</span></h1><h1 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The fact that Syria possesses these weapons together with an advanced missile system is one of the reasons Western powers, in favor of toppling the Assad Regime, have opted for covert warfare rather than full-scale Libyan style intervention. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></h1><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">To reiterate:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">On <b>8 of March</b> <b>2012</b> <b>Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring</b> stated that Syria does possess bio chemical weapons and that sooner or later they will either be used by Assad, if pushed into the corner. <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/given-fact-syria-does-possess-chemical.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/given-fact-syria-does-possess-chemical.html</a>, or by western allies, in favor of toppling the regime, as a “Psy Ops” tool to either increase covert operations, or to justify a full out military intervention. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">On <b>20 of March Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring </b>wrote: Syrian Missiles will pre emptive any military intervention. See: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/syrian-missiles-will-pre-empt-any.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/syrian-missiles-will-pre-empt-any.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">On <b>7 of July Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring</b> wrote:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">UNLIKE IN EGYPT AND LIBYA, THE SYRIA’S ASSAD REGIME WILL LEAVE WITH AN IMPACT, IF TOPPLED…….</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One should not underestimate SYRIA threat of using its bio chemical weapons arsenal if pushed into the corner. This could also have devastating consequences for TURKEY. <b>The fact that SYRIA possesses these Bio chemical weapons is probably the main reason foreign intervention by western powers is put on hold, for it would affect the entire region.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Read full article at: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/turkeys-sunni-crescent.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/turkeys-sunni-crescent.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See also: <b>Useful excuse for foreign intervention: Syria’s bio – chemical weapons arsenal</b><b>?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syrian-conflict_11.html%20"> </a>and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syria_11.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syria_11.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7iD8GR70i3R2LGcgIB9DQpQbCxhXiTmSmR-nyoslb7cvKQlPkZKHU3Cxvf6LyJ2nWS6s18C4UOgrxK6rbElqFtTtYsimn_HhzCv3qqxxjHTuVGcOPglVl5F1cJprQRSjjfLEZl0hVsBb/s1600/T-iEifjiPqwm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7iD8GR70i3R2LGcgIB9DQpQbCxhXiTmSmR-nyoslb7cvKQlPkZKHU3Cxvf6LyJ2nWS6s18C4UOgrxK6rbElqFtTtYsimn_HhzCv3qqxxjHTuVGcOPglVl5F1cJprQRSjjfLEZl0hVsBb/s400/T-iEifjiPqwm.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Debkafile, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">an Israeli information outlet wrote on 14 July 2012:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ISRAEL ADVISED TO BRACE FOR SYRIAN MISSILE ATTACK – CONVENTIONAL OR CHEMICAL</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="articlebody">As the already unthinkable pace of slaughter in SYRIA accelerates further, </span>WESTERN military sources warned that not only ISRAEL, but additional strategic targets in MIDDLE EAST lands deemed enemies by Bashar Assad should prepare for him to launch surface-to-surface missile attacks. The assaults would start out with conventional warheads, but as the regime continued to be hammered, the beleaguered ruler might well arm the next round of missiles from his huge stockpile of mustard gas - not to mention sarin nerve poison and cyanide.<br />Western intelligence sources say Assad has a list of targets ready to go. Analyzing the SYRIAN war game taking place last week, they calculated that Wednesday and Thursday, July 11 and 12, the SYRIAN army practiced shooting missiles at strategic centers in ISRAEL, TURKEY and JORDAN.<br />But while most Western officials now confirm that Assad has moved his WMD warheads and shells out of storage, they are already divided on what it means. Some US officials are soft-pedaling the menace, offering the theory that the SYRIAN ruler is only safeguarding his unconventional weapons from falling into rebel – or what he calls “terrorist” – hands.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other Western intelligence watchers, especially in BRITAIN, believe he is preparing a campaign of ethnic cleansing at centers of revolt and report that chemical weapons have already been transferred to Homs, Latakia and Aleppo for operational use.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Comment by <b>GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS AND MONITORING</b>:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>PSY-OPS OR LEGITIMATE INFORMATION  </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="articlebody"><span style="color: blue;">“Unthinkable pace of slaughter in SYRIA”, “</span></span><span style="color: blue;">hammered”, “the beleaguered ruler” are hardly terms used to reflect objectivity, but rather to opinionate readers. To imply that, according to Western intelligence watchers, especially in BRITAIN, the Assad regime is preparing a campaign of ethnic cleansing at centers of revolt shows that Debkafile is used as a tool, by those who run the info and covert war against Syria, to opinionate readers. Using the term BRITISH intelligence watchers, instead of BRITISH intelligence indicates that the ethnic cleansing assumption probably comes from the BRITISH based “</span><b><span style="color: blue;">Syrian Observatory for Human Rights</span></b><span style="color: blue;">” which it is alleged of being a one man show, run by a man called </span><span style="color: blue;">Rami Abdulrahman</span><span style="color: blue;">! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>GAME-CHANGING PREDICAMENT FACING THE WEST – CONVENIENT DOOMSDAY SCENARIO </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"><br /></span>That is one game-changing predicament facing the West. It would quickly assume a regional dimension if TURKEY, ISRAEL and JORDAN were to come under SYRIAN missile assault.  Air and missile reprisals against SYRIAN military or regime centers would carry the danger of Hizballah retaliation from LEBANON leading to direct attacks from IRAN. Before going down that road, ISRAELI Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and TURKISH Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan – who are not on speaking terms – would certainly confer with US President Barack Obama.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Comment by <b>GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS AND MONITORING</b>:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue;">THE USE OF BIO CHEMICAL WEAPONS BEARS HUGE RISKS FOR ONE’S OWN FORCES IF USED IN ONE’S OWN “BACKYARD”</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">“Game-changing predicament facing the West”, phrases used as warmongering tactics to justify full scale intervention? Though Assad will most probably use his bio chemical weapons as a last resource if cornered, it is common knowledge that bio chemical weapons could “backfire” if used in one’s own back garden or near vicinity of the “neighborhood”. A fact all military strategists are aware of and thus usually used as the last tactical resource. The threat however becomes legitimate if Assad launches missiles with bio chemical warheads that reach further north into TURKEY as well as SAUDI ARABIA, for it would not bear the danger of affecting homeland territories. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>COVERT WARFARE CARRIES A PRICE IN FAILURE AND CASUALTIES</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Even then, their consultations would not necessarily lead to action.<br />For example, three weeks have gone by since SYRIA shot down a TURKISH Air Force reconnaissance jet and yet after, close consultation with Washington, the Erdogan government was persuaded to leave the incident without response. Administration officials explained to the TURKS that covert warfare carried a price in failure and casualties.<br />This US attitude might well embolden the SYRIAN ruler to risk his arm with limited missile strikes against TURKEY and ISRAEL and bank on the Obama administration twisting their leaders’ arms behind their backs to prevent them making any serious response.</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div>

SYRIA: BIO CHEMICAL WARFARE EQUATION

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Senior Product Development Engineer (optics, laser, Thin film, Metrology)(#108272)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Position</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">: Senior Product Development Engineer<br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Location</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">: Milpitas, CA<br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Duration</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">: Full time<br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Job Description</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">:<br /> The FaST Division develops and supports products in the areas of Film and CD Metrology<b><br /><br />Sustaining Engineering / Continuous Improvement Project Role:</b></span></div><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">Responsible for engineering activities on existing products. These activities will include the development and release of new options, features or cost reduction improvements that provide more value to our customers (external or internal). Integral to this role is an understanding of the customer’s use-case and successfully working in conjunction with other groups to define the requirements. Must have the ability to follow through and release / support these product enhancements effectively. Train service and manufacturing employees. May be required to travel to customer sites to efficiently and effectively resolve technical issues (Fly and Fix).</span></div><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />System Driver Role</b><br />Maintains and coordinates daily schedules, prioritizes system usage, and supports all functions of the tool which include weekly health checks, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair, system calibrations, SW/HW upgrades, revision control, testing, debugging and data analysis of measurement performance. Completes the initial diagnosis of any system issue. Must have the knowledge and experience to effectively work with experts in optics, laser, stage, loader, image computer, and algorithms to actively assist in resolving the issues. Is expected to be a key contributor in design reviews and during the engineering / alpha builds and test phases of programs, which includes testing against design tolerances and marketing specifications of a product release. Prepare first draft of system alignment, calibration and troubleshooting diagnostics. Train service and manufacturing employees. May be required to travel to customer sites to efficiently and effectively resolve technical issues (Fly and Fix).<br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Key Responsibilities</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">:<br />Gain a systems-engineering level knowledge of highly complex, leading edge metrology systems by working with design engineers during the development process. Assess system optics, electronics, software, and mechanics with respect to design for reliability, stability, and serviceability.  Help develop, and validate maintenance, troubleshooting, and part replacement procedures, BKMs and Recipes. Leverage alpha and beta tool builds and customer engagements to obtain a level of system understand that will allow you to support the product post release. Support internal and external customers in the operation, installation, upgrade, diagnosis, repair and application of semiconductor wafer metrology systems.</span></div><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">Respond to situations where first-line support has failed to resolve problems by providing written plans of action by e-mail or hands-on assistance at customer sites in the US, Asia, and Europe. Train tech support personnel and others and assist in developing training materials. Gather and analyze data from the field to identify sources of systematic issues across tool populations. Write technical reports to communicate issues, analysis, technical assessments, system status, and engineering recommendations.</span></div><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">Act as a two-way conduit for information transfer between the engineers who are responsible for designing our products and field service teams who are responsible for product maintenance and support.</span></div><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">The person who will thrive in this job is interested in technology, human factors, and business, is motivated by helping others succeed and by driving improvements, and enjoys communicating and building working relationships.</span></div><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />Minimum Qualifications</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">:</span></div><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 8 years of experience.<br />OR<br />Master's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.<br />OR<br />Doctorate (academic) with at least 3 years of experience.</span></div><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">Kindly send your resumes to</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><span style="color: blue;">Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</span></u></span></a></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div></div>

Senior Product Development Engineer (optics, laser, Thin film, Metrology)(#108272)

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Library Assistant - E. O. Smith High School

<strong>Library Assistant -</strong> <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>E. O. Smith High School</strong></span>, Storrs/Mansfield, CT (10 month position beginning late August, 2012). Job requirements: Enthusiastic and committed individual with a desire to supervise and work with teens. Responsibilities include managing the circulation desk and overdue materials, organizating all periodical and newspaper subscriptions, providing reference assistance to students and staff, maintaining library usage statistics, and computer trouble shooting. Ability to attend to task details with self-direction, excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task a necessity. Minimum two years of college and/or library experience preferred; library technician/technology assistant certificate also welcome. Looking for previous work experience with teenage students and familiarity with all components of Microsoft Office. Please send letter of interest, resume and three letters of reference to: Bruce W. Silva, Superintendent, Regional School District #19, 1235 Storrs Rd., Storrs, CT 06268.

Library Assistant - E. O. Smith High School

Library Assistant - E. O. Smith High School , Storrs/Mansfield, CT (10 month position beginning late August, 2012). Job requirements: Ent...

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QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Calibri;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Well, it’s over and we are heading home. Thanks be to God.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Looking back on General Convention as a whole, this is how I would sum it up:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Some good things happen here. A lot of good people gather for the purpose of doing good things, but the things done are not as good as the people. This legislative assembly is a piece of the Church, but it is not the main act. The main act plays out in congregations around the world – in churches large and small, in sacristies, kitchens, and fellowship halls, in hospital rooms, and homes, at food banks and in social ministries of justice and mercy. Having periodic conventions is a necessary support to all that, but the fact of the convention, the event, is not the same as the actions taken, the decisions made. Those actions and decisions are not insignificant, but their significance pales in comparison to the daily life of the Church lived in the midst of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">At this convention, the headline news is the approval of a provisional rite for blessing same gender relationships. Ironically, that creates a somewhat more restrictive situation in Nevada than we had before – but I think it is a good one. Until this week, acting on the basis of a Primates’ Communique, I have not formally authorized blessings but have informally assured priests they would not suffer any adverse consequences from doing them. I honestly don’t know what forms of blessing people may have been using. As of now, we have a prescribed rite and that is the one our priests will be required to use. From an Anglican perspective, it is good for us all to be on the same page. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can keep our story straight about what we are doing. Of course, no one who opposes such blessings will be required to perform them. So for us, the practical effect of the change is subtle, but this formal authorization has an important symbolic value for the LGBT community. The importance of that symbol should not be gainsaid.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">The other big issue was structural reform. Given all the paranoid accusations flying around before Convention, I was quite surprised and extremely pleased that the conversation was rational and the proposal passed unanimously in my committee, then in both houses. Regardless of how it all plays out in the future, that was good.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Will structural reform actually happen? The verdict is still out. We had several opportunities to initiate or clear the way for structural reform now. We turned down every single opportunity to open the window. The reason usually given is that we should not make changes piecemeal or incrementally, that we should entrust it all to the task force and do revolutionary things all at once in 3 years. Maybe. But in my experience, change happens incrementally and piecemeal – especially in the Episcopal Church. Deferring decisions by referring them to a not-yet-created task force may be just a way to give the appearance of change without actually doing anything. No one at this Convention had an ox gored except the three committees that are in charge of structure generally. Of the big decisions we did not make, I was actually in favor of only one of them. So I am not complaining that we did not act now. We may act more wisely and effectively in the future. But I am just noting a definite uncertainty about whether we will dare to make changes next time. If we would not do a few things now, will we really do many things then?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">The overall impression I have of General Convention is that we are work very hard, excessively hard, in the belief that we are doing something important. We imitate the ways of important people in the world, people who are important because they exercise power. One of our translators noted, not of us in particular but of people in general, that we strive so hard to have a purpose – not realizing we already have a purpose. We lack repose. We lack serenity. We miss the opportunity to appreciate and enjoy each other because we are pushing so hard to make ourselves matter. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Business must be transacted. Decisions must be made. But our structure and our process, based as they are on governmental structures and processes, are not spiritually helpful. We have been confused about this ever since Constantine legalized us a good long while ago. I missed Indaba groups this time. I longed for a Circles of Trust conversation. I wanted to hear people’s stories. If we set the business in that context, as even some of our best business leadership theorists recommend, I believe we would have better decisions and we would become better people in the process. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><!--EndFragment-->

Live From Indianapolis VII

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Teaching Ideas and Tips

Every day I share ideas and teaching tips. As you may know, there are some authentication issues with Diigo and blogger, so here's today's tips posted manually.<br /><ul class="diigo-linkroll" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=behavior+management" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=behavior+management">Behavior management Ideas</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Some more ideas for behavior management including some tips from experts. If your students don't mind the first time it is time to rethink. (Fred Jones Tools for Teachers is also a great book for this as well as Todd Whitakers - what good teachers do differenty.)</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/behavior" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/behavior">behavior</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/management" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/management">management</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://pinterest.com/pin/124060164705892111/" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/124060164705892111/">Teaching Ideas and Apps / Simplifying classroom rules This is a very simple, nice #classrules poster</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This is one of my favorite simplified clasroom rules posters. I am thinking to do something similar to this.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classrules" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classrules">classrules</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement">classroommanagement</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=%23classrules" href="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=%23classrules">Pinterest / Search results for #classrules</a></div><div class="diigo-description">If you're on pinterest and use the hashtag #classrules in the description it will show up on this lovely board. This is an example of how hashtags can do incredible things on Pinterest (like on Twitter.) Now is the time to share these.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classrules" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classrules">classrules</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement">classroommanagement</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pinterest" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pinterest">pinterest</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=classroom+rules" href="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=classroom+rules">Pinterest / Search results for classroom rules</a></div><div class="diigo-description">My favorite graphics for classroom rules are from Pinterest! There are some ideas for class voting, etc. but some very nice photos and graphics. I see some ideas here. One that I'm pinning to my board says "stick together" and I like that.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroomrules" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroomrules">classroomrules</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pinterest" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pinterest">pinterest</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/behavior" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/behavior">behavior</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="https://www.google.com/search?q=examples+of+classroom+rules&hl=en&tbo=1&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Utr8T6PkLIT48wSpm5TjBg&ved=0CEUQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=995" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=examples+of+classroom+rules&hl=en&tbo=1&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Utr8T6PkLIT48wSpm5TjBg&ved=0CEUQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=995">examples of classroom rules - Google Search</a></div><div class="diigo-description">When looking for graphics like for Classroom Rules, I like to do image searches on Google because you can usually find some very brief summaries. Here are some short ideas for those of you working on your wall posters now. Simple is better.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement">classroommanagement</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rules" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rules">rules</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.cybraryman.com/classroom.html" href="http://www.cybraryman.com/classroom.html">Class Room</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Great page on Classroom management and Class Rules from Jerry Blumengarten. If this is an issue for you and you really need a TON of ideas, Jerry is one of the best curators on the web!</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement">classroommanagement</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rules" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rules">rules</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/behavior" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/behavior">behavior</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTIGg3I5y8&feature=player_embedded#!&utm_source=buffer&buffer_share=5e4aa" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTIGg3I5y8&feature=player_embedded#%21&utm_source=buffer&buffer_share=5e4aa">Sesame Street: Share It Maybe - YouTube</a></div><div class="diigo-description">As you talk about Classroom Rules, you might want to use this hilarious Sesame Street Parody - "Share it, Maybe" - a parody of "Call Me Maybe" -- just so funny. (All they need is a baseball team in the back.) </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement">classroommanagement</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rules" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rules">rules</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharing" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharing">sharing</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson274.shtml" href="http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson274.shtml">Education World: Ten Activities for Establishing Classroom Rules | Lesson Plan</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Some ideas and great pointers from Education World about classroom rules.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement">classroommanagement</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rules" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rules">rules</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=classroom+rules" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=classroom+rules">Classroom Rules - Ideas</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Review and consider your classroom rules. My best advice is to keep them simple and few and if you want to go into detail, let the students collaboratively write out the details in a google doc or using post it notes as you talk about what kids should and shouldn't do in the classroom. It is great to talk about these things up front because you will understand the "pet peeves" that drive kids crazy about each other (saving yourself time.) I find that spelling out my bare minimum and involving kids in the detaiils gives them ownership.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroommanagement">classroommanagement</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rules" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rules">rules</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/resourcecalendar.aspx?nt=event&nbday=28&nbmth=7&nbyr=2012" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/resourcecalendar.aspx?nt=event&nbday=28&nbmth=7&nbyr=2012">Parent's Day Activities</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Parents Day is July 28th. Here are 15 ways to incorporate parents into your classroom with some great ideas. You start off the school year trying to establish a positive, encouraging relationship with parents. It is one of the most important things you do. You each have a role with children. Plan NOW how you are going to relate to and encourage parents in your classroom this year - here are some ideas.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/parenting" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/parenting">parenting</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/resourcecalendar.aspx?nt=event&nbday=14&nbmth=7&nbyr=2012" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/resourcecalendar.aspx?nt=event&nbday=14&nbmth=7&nbyr=2012">Bastille Day is July 14</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Bastille Day is July 14th. If you want to teach some French words, about the French Revolution or French culture, you could celebrate this holiday. You could create a fun "storm the bastille" event (of course they didn't have water guns, but it is summer in the US.) Here are some other lesson plans you can use for this holiday.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/france" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/france">france</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/french" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/french">french</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/july" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/july">july</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Reviews-of-Resource-Books-for-Teachers-50001525/" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Reviews-of-Resource-Books-for-Teachers-50001525/">Reviews of Resource Books for Teachers - Resources - SML</a></div><div class="diigo-description">I think that #engchat and reading teachers would be interested in downloading this list from Linda. She has shared a spreadsheet of reviews by graduate students of teacher books for teaching reading in the content areas. This is an example of how college professors can understand and share resources to help K12 teachers. </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/reading_teacher" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/reading_teacher">reading_teacher</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/engchat" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/engchat">engchat</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/books" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/books">books</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/reviews" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/reviews">reviews</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=winston+churchill" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=winston+churchill">Winston Churchill</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Another great example of a persistent man was Sir Winston Churchill. </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/persistence" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/persistence">persistence</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=abraham+lincoln" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=abraham+lincoln">Abraham Lincoln teachin g ideas</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Abraham Lincoln is a great example of a man with persistence. Bankruptcies, lost elections, and lonely days as well as depression plagued this great man. Teach about Lincoln but teach about the whole man.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/persistence" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/persistence">persistence</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=persistence" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=persistence">Lesson Plans on Persistence</a></div><div class="diigo-description">As you talk about the Olympics beware of putting too much emphasis on gifts. Many people are gifted but few are willing to pay the price of persistence and seeking of wise counsel to get where they are. It is a great time to look at habits and examine our own. Are we Olympic in our pursuits of our own dreams or are we happy to sit in our chair eating popcorn complaining about how we never get a lucky break. </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/persistence" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/persistence">persistence</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=7&nbyear=2012&evcode=90" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=7&nbyear=2012&evcode=90">Parent's Day</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Great resources for Parent's day. Review these and plan ahead.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/parenting" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/parenting">parenting</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroom" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classroom">classroom</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/MyPublicProfile.aspx?uc=2246999&event=21" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/MyPublicProfile.aspx?uc=2246999&event=21">Sesame Street aligned with Common Core Standards</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Sesame Street has taken more than 1000 videos (all for elementary school) and aligned them with Common Core standards on the sharemylesson website. This is a great account for elementary teachers to follow on the site.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharemylesson" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharemylesson">sharemylesson</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sesamestreet" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sesamestreet">sesamestreet</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elementary_teacher" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elementary_teacher">elementary_teacher</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elementary" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elementary">elementary</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=thank+you+letter" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=thank+you+letter">Teaching Thank you Letters</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Take time to teach children to write thank you letters. Here are some ideas.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Year-Long-Technology-Project-US-Grade-9-6138167/" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Year-Long-Technology-Project-US-Grade-9-6138167/">Year Long Technology Project for High School 9-12 - Resources - SML</a></div><div class="diigo-description">My year long technology project (Google 20% project) can be downloaded here along with a link to the website where you can see my student work. This was an incredible project and I'm integrating it into all of my courses this year.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/freshmanproject" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/freshmanproject">freshmanproject</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pbl" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pbl">pbl</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google20%" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google20%">google20%</a></div></li><li><div class="diigo-link"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=1901259" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=1901259">Cool Cat Teacher on Share My Lesson</a></div><div class="diigo-description">I'm testing the share my lesson site, in particular, the friending feature. I've friended some people that I know but was hoping that some of you who are planning to join the site  or are already there would friend me. (If you're doing common core, it is a must join to get free resources and lesson plans aligned to common core.) This is the sister site to the TES site out of the UK that I've been using for some time now and if you have a profile there, just log in with that and accept the terms to move things over. If you uploaded to the TES site, you'll want to move over those resources. Thanks for helping me test it.  Full disclosure, I've been doing work for TES and share my lesson for some time now. As you can tell, I do love what they are doing and their passion to help teachers mobilize and organize their own free content to share with others. the TES site uses the UK system and standards and now they've done the same thing in the US. Thanks for helping me test. (I would also appreciate someone sending me a message to see if that works too and you can message me any feedback and I'll pass it along.)</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharemylesson" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharemylesson">sharemylesson</a></div></li></ul><div class="diigo-ps" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Posted from <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com" href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher">here</a>.</div>

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