English Education Professor

We have seen the city; it is the gibbous
Mirrored eye of an insect. All things happen
On its balcony and are resumed within,
But the action is the cold, syrupy flow
Of a pageant. One feels too confined,
Sifting the April sunlight for clues,
In the mere stillness of the ease of its
Parameter. The hand holds no chalk
And each part of the whole falls off
And cannot know it knew, except
Here and there, in cold pockets
Of remembrance, whispers out of time.

According to iSuppli Corp., only $185.49. The research and analysis firm says it has done a “teardown analysis” of Amazon’s popular electronic reader (which retails for $359) and estimates its material and manufacturing costs to be $185.49.

via How much does it cost to build a Kindle 2? | csmonitor.com.

Cool Cat Teacher Blog describes 122 cool apps (most of them free) that she uses as an instructor. A great list!

A really cool scheduling application that integrates with my Google Calendar.  Neato Short Demo.

Timebridge sends me the weather and schedule for the day.

A book on Twitter. Interesting how you can make a 250 page book on a genre that is not yet defined.

This book will help you:

• Connect with colleagues, customers, family, and friends
• Stand out on Twitter, whether you are new to the service or already have experience
• Avoid common Twitter gaffes and pitfalls
• Use Twitter–and the best third-party tools that help you manage it–to build a critical professional communications channel

If you want to know how to use Twitter like a pro, The Twitter Book will quickly get you up to speed.

via The Twitter Book | O’Reilly Media.

Some other tools are animoto, PhotoStory (for PC), VoiceThread, and Kerpoof
SPCD student examples
Civil War Sallie’s blog on this blog you will find quite a few examples of digital storytelling embedded in the posts
Digital Storytelling information on digital storytelling, along with links and hand-outs for how-to’s
Creating Lifelong Learners great info on digital storytelling
Integrating Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom
Meg’s Digital Storytelling Resources for Educators examples and resources

-From the Leisure Zone

Articles & Free Pubs About Response to Intervention (RTI)

Response to Intervention: Guidelines for Parents and Practitioners. Hale, James B., Ph.D, Associate Professor, School Psychology Program, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

via Response to Intervention / Response to Instruction (RTI): New Ways to Identify Specific Learning Disabilities – Wrightslaw.

From the Histories

HVI1: King Henry accidentally starts the wars of the roses and gets engaged to a French girl. Incidentally, Joan of Arc is captured and killed.

HVI2: King Henry marries his French girl. Royal catfights end in impasse. The men battle at St. Albans and King Henry’s side doesn’t lose.

HVI3: Tension over succession, Queen declares war on Yorks, graphic violence ensues. Lancasters fall, Edward IV weds unwisely, takes power.

via Pandora’s Skull: All the Twittered Shakespeare Synopses.

A novel idea: The machine that can print off any book for you in minutes | Mail Online.

Idioms. A group of words or a phrase having a meaning not deductive from the individual words themselves. Basically, phrases or slang words that are part of a language that have a background meaning that isn’t always seen on the surface.

via GMAT Verbal: Idioms and Usage | GMAT Prep.