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I loved this Podcast. I found it on U.S. News and World Report. The report talked to a college basketball player and how he juggles all of his obligations with school and with basketball. These athletes go nonstop from class, to practice, to doing homework. A lot of the time they are traveling for road […]

I found this podcast on LearnOutLoud.com. It was about Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders and a man named Alec Ross. He began with the Teach America Program and then quickly started a now profit organization which had different political candidates go to him for advice. One of his big ideas was on the campaign to text to a certain number […]

Chapter four was very interesting.  It described different ways that teachers in different subject areas use web tools in their classes. I would have never thought of some of these ideas! It shows how creativity is a big part of teaching. When students can do something new, exciting, and different; it becomes more interesting and students are […]

Chapter three starts by discussing web tools as well as how people perceive free software. It discusses how administrators, teachers, students, and parents can use free web tools. I found it very interesting the misconceptions that people have about open source software. The misconceptions include free means junk, open-source software only runs on a Linux […]

I found this chapter rather interesting and surprising. The chapter began by discussing different ways that people use the Internet such as communicating, shopping, research, etc. One quote I found interesting was “students are strong believers in the power of technology to enrich their learning experiences. They have ideas about their futures that include using […]