Events and Happenings, plus:

From the Twitterverse:

* michelledodd Have you seen Twitter Handbook for Teachers by @lasic? http://bit.ly/Z8a70 (via @elemtech)@suewaters

* suewaters @AngelaMaiers here is archive from yesterday online session http://is.gd/vZm9

* AngelaMaiers RT @coolcatteacher @suewaters: students talking how blogging impacted them http://is.gd/w6oW

* chadratliff Just read the article, 'Putting Leadership Back Into Strategy' by Cynthia Montgomery. Excellent.

* clifmims Animated Map of Reports of Swine Flu Cases in the U.S. http://ping.fm/0P4vC

* willrich45 RT @steveediger Students as "Free Agent Learners" http://bit.ly/S5fjQ Interesting research. Are we prepping our students for this?

* willrich45 Do a Twitter search for "earthquake" right now. News as it happens.

* smhamilton Glogster now offers a site for teachers--http://www.glogster.com/edu/ Easy-to-set-up, private classroom accounts.

* LadyParadis Shadows surround me / I wear them like a warm cloak / another day sleeps #Haiku

Listener's Letters:

Gents,

Again, I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your show. Once a week, I get up early with the birds, make a cup of coffee and listen to your podcast in silent reverence. Actually, scratch that. I get up with my two little ones, plug in my headphones as I run around trying to get ready for the day…but your show does have a Zen quality that calms me down and gives me confidence to face the day with my MS students.

I do have a question…next year, I am implementing a 1:1 notebook program with our middle school students. What resources would you recommend as I start staff training in using moodle and notebooks in the classroom? I know this is a huge question…but to whom else can I turn in my time of need?

Thanks guys and keep up the good work.

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