TEXAS my state!

The deadline for TCEA’s
TECHEDGE magazine fast approaches, so I took some time to write two
articles for publication:

1. Diigo the Web for Education: From
   TeleGatherer to TelePlanter with Diigo - With the advent of Web
   2.0, hundreds of tools are available. But you only need one to get
   started annotating and sharing resources you find on the Web. As Dr.
   Judi Harris shared long ago (http://tinyurl.com/5j5jnh),
   gathering web-based resources is part of our “hunting and gathering”
   stage of development.

   New web tools allow you to do MORE than
   just gather great resources; they allow you to explain why they are
   great, put virtual post-its on them, and then share that care package
   of great resource links with your comments with your audience of
   choice.

2. Writing the Ed-Tech List Article
   - The two top question writers hear often include, “Where do you get
   your ideas for articles?” and “How do you have time to write?” For
   example, at a recent gathering of technology directors, someone walked
   up to me and asked, “How did you take notes and format them so quickly
   on the web?” These simple questions are the foundations of new
   articles that allow me list the qualities of a wiki. For example, such
   an article would immediately mention that 1) Make your web site a wiki
   so you can edit and add to while online anywhere without special
   software (like Dreamweaver or Frontpage); 2) Allows other people to
   add content so that more than one person can maintain the content; and
   3) Choose the wiki you need based on your criteria.

   With
   those 3 points, an educational technology list article about wikis in
   education is easy to write. Charles Main shared the idea of a list
   article in The Handbook for Magazine Writing. He shared that
   the list article is designed to solve problems, present information
   and otherwise help the reader. This makes it perfect for education
   technologists to use to share their stories of success. I hope you’ll
   follow the suggestions in this article and submit your own to
   TechEdge.

I’m hoping the second article is accepted for publication. It summarizes
my approach to writing and teaching for the last few years.

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