The Microbe Zoo: Middle-schoolers match microbes with regions of the world
HAMILTON, Georgia Growing up in rural Georgia, middle-schoolers tend to imagine that life-threatening parasites or bacteria are worlds removed from their bucolic community. [Innovation Odyssey]

Ten Reasons Why It ain’t about the technology, it’s about what you do with it: This article, ”
Is our children learning?” from Red Herring offers the usual Luddite screeds about technology in the classroom not living up to the potential predicted by its evangelists. Sigh.
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another test

Aaron Swartz has set up his RSS aggregator to create an email list of his weblog…
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Here is an example of posting an image using Movable Type. The software gives you the option of uploading an image and creating a clickable thumbnail.

Intel Education - An Innovation Odyssey Day 157

BURIEN, Washington%uFFD1With its 81 acres of woodland and meadow, Westcrest Park is a popular urban retreat, offering panoramic views of the downtown Seattle skyline and an off-leash area where dogs can run free. But heavy use from humans and pets poses a threat to the other species that make their home in the forest habitats and open spaces. That’s where students from Highline High School enter the picture, armed with the tools of technology and the desire to make a difference.