The Power of the PLN – Getting Started (List 1)

I’ve been on Twitter for nearly 3 years now and I am so glad I decided to overcome my doubts and stick with it back during the few few months of 2008. It has morphed into an incredibly powerful professional development tool for me. Without it, I would not be the educator I am today. [...]

The File Cabinet – yet another great collection of tools

This week is apparently “tool week” here at Thoughts. I’ve come across yet another excellent collection of online resources. This one, entitled “The File Cabinet“, is a PBWiki created by Kelly Hines, a 4th grade teacher. The collection is broken up by subject with categories for Teacher Tools, Web 2.0 Tools, Math, Reading, Writing, Science, [...]

Jerry’s Web Picks of the Week – Volume 2 Edition 5

This week’s sites include: voicethread.com, TuLyn.com for math videos, studio4fitness.tv for personal fitness videos, Periodic Table of Videos for science videos, and TeacherTube.