http://clipmarks.com/how-to-clip/Clipmarks: Clipmarks is a browser addon in Firefox or a toolbar for Internet Explorer. I don’t think it’s compatible with Opera’s browser or Mac’s Safari yet. On Clipmarks.com, you can see clips of text, images or video about all sorts of topics that other people find while surfing the web. Clipmarks allows you to cut and paste the web. Literally. Only, instead of using Microsoft Word or whatever else and re-formatting constantly, you do it in one place. You can highlight text in the form of paragraphs or sentences, pictures, and even video. Yes, VIDEO – mostly flash embedded video, but still – a cool feature. The best part about clipmarks is it’s direct to blog feature, where you can post directly into most blogging platforms, and include a response and a title above your clippings.  

Here’s a link to find it on the web:
http://clipmarks.com/install

Here’s the firefox addon site:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1407/

Google Notebook: Google Notebook is similar to Clipmarks. It does many of the same things using a slightly different interface with compatibility for Google’s webmail and other online productivity software such as Google docs. The only thing with Google notebook is that you need a Google account. Also, you publish directly in a notebook format. I don’t think it’s compatible with any blogs, however.

Here’s a how to video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QILd8RhmJ0Q&feature=related

A more advanced how to video: (USING NOTEBOOK IN A CLASSROOM/GROUP RESEARCH SETTING)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLKhhbT492M&feature=related

Here’s a link to find it on the web:
http://www.google.com/notebook/download

Here’s the firefox addon site:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1407

Why use Clipmarks or Google Notebook?

1) Save the trees: instead of printing the whole site, print only what you need.
2) More precise information sent and received – only save what you think is important.
3) They make collaboration easier – the person who receives a Clipmark or a Google Notebook can choose whether or not they want more information, and can click the link to the page the information was derived from if they do.
4) You can use it to reference articles and information from the web more easily. This is great for teachers finding lesson plans, students comparing products or features (great for father’s day when trying to find the best barbecue under $1000), great for getting rev iews from many different folks. Great for parents at that PTA meeting who need to find recipes for the next pot-luck. Any task that involves summarizing and combining a va rie ty of disparate sources of information is made easier using either of the above.
5) Both can be accessed by cellphones, and information can be sent to them as well.
6) If you’re on a trip overseas, you can include pictures (linked via your uploads to flickr) and clipped information on the historical sites you visited.
7) Use them in conjunction with Stumbleupon ([ http://www.stumbleupon.com/about.html ]http://www.stumbleupon.com/about.html) and you’ve just cut your endless google searches down!
8) ENJOY!!

Google notebook cannot clip video. That being said, it’s much more stable, less glitchy and less of an intrusion in your browser. Further, most video links are embedded (flash) anyway, and you can always just link the url. If you want ease of use and minimal intrusion, go with Google notebook. If you want a more comprehensive set of features, and the option to export directly to blogs is important, go with Clipmarks.

The articles describe: graphic novels created by software called Comic Life; collaborative global projects made possible through socially responsible social networking tools, such as Taking IT Global (http://takingitglobal.org); student podcasts using Portable Radio (http://portableradio.edublogs.org); and video podcasts that reinforce themes in a French class. The articles offer valuable teaching techniques, and the web sites referenced could lead to many more opportunities.

This edition of Voice (Vol. 10, No. 4 to be even more specific) is available in hard copy, but can also be accessed online at: http://www.etfo.ca/Publications/Voice/Pages/default.aspx. The main articles are all available in PDF format.

It addresses what I think are the central components of holistic education -- mind, body, and soul. I just saw the movie Young @ Heart, and it was remarkable. It's about a seniors' chorus -- the average age of the members is 80-something. They sing songs by artists like Coldplay, Sonic Youth, and James Brown. The members all seem to refer to the fact that singing affects their minds, bodies, and souls. It's one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. http://www.foxsearchlight.com/youngatheart/

  http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video This is a neat site that allows you to watch or listen to many famous speeches, books, etc. I'll post a description from the website below. LearnOutLoud.com has scoured the Internet to bring you over 500 free audio and video titles. This directory features free audio books, lectures, speeches, sermons, interviews, and many other great free audio and video resources. Most audio titles can be downloaded in digital formats such as MP3 and most video titles are available to stream online. Enjoy!

http://media.libsyn.com/media/thecleversheep/amdec.mp3 - this is a podcast mini-doc about my online school's year-end picnic/get together, done by a provinical e-learning coordinator. He talks about the "relationship" factor in online learning as being the fourth 'r'. I thought this tied in nicely with our course.

http://www.drawingday.org/ - Drawing Day is a worldwide drawing event encouraging everyone to drop everything and draw for the sake of art. The internet is an open canvas. Help us create 1 million drawings online this day and boost online art communities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE - This is the link to a YouTube video on Web 2.0. I think this concept has much to do with the conversations that we have been having about the evolution of learning and collaboration.

http://www.youthography.com/ - I attended a Student Success Team workshop put on by my board this past week. There was a great speaker named Max Valiquette who is co-founder of a company called Youthography. His presentation was two hours long and focused on the evolution of youth culture and the effects of technology especially on how they operate. He then outlined the implications (in his view) for education. Very good presentation.

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There is a wonderful actress/educator that if you have the opportunity to see, take it. Her name is Deneen Frazier Bowen and she did a presentation called "The Natives are Restless" for an NECC (National Education Computing Conference) conference in Philiadelphia in 2005. I tried to get her video conference, but for some reason, it will not download to my computer anymore.

Her 1-hour key-note presentation is available in quicktime and is downloadable on mp3. It is not as interesting as the video, but it is still worthwhile listening to because she introduces her character "Dr. Priscilla Norma" and dramatizes 3 gamers who are not good at school, but can share their success stories as gamers. They are different ages and as she acts them out, she shows her point of how technology can involve students holistically.

You can listen to this presentation on the Apple Learning Interchange website under her name, http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/item.php?itemID=11748 

Enjoy and if you find the video link, let us know.

http://www.statscan.ca - The website for Statistics Canada is an excellent resource for teachers that I use all the time in my classes. It is really easy to navigate and simple to use. In addition to statistics, there are many other features. My favourite part of this site is a function called "The Daily" which has articles on various topics. The articles are archived, so you can see ones from the past as well. You can search this site by topic, location and dates. When I am researching to prepare a lesson plan, I often find a lot of American information, so this site is great to find Canadian information to compare with the U.S.