TIE.net Finds 02/15/2010

• English Rules | Grammar Rules | Punctuation and Capitalization Rules

  Tags: grammar, writing, punctuation, reference, resources, language, education, PLN, tools, web2.0, capitalization, languagearts, literacy, English, language arts

• Stixy: For Flexible Online Creation Collaboration and Sharing

  Upload your work, add comments, share files, and more. Invite your co-workers and start collaborating. Copy and paste from, and link to, any web site. Share with your friends to get their input.Upload photos from your last vacation. Design, and add a few comments if you like. Allow "guest view" so the whole wide web can see, but not add, edit, or delete.

  Tags: collaboration, web2.0, tools, sharing, photos, design, ajax, cool, PLN, stixy

  • - By Marge Runkle

• The 10 best museum websites - Times Online

  Museums are rarely able to exhibit more than a fraction of the material they own, and even then the best stuff is too often sealed off behind glass or mobbed by school parties. There are no such problems on museum websites, where space is unlimited and objects, scanned in high definition, can be browsed in close-up. Here is the pick of the world’s collections.

  Tags: museum, 10_best, artifacts, online_learning, field_trip

  • - By Marge Runkle

• 12 Word Cloud Resources, Tips, & Tools

  "Learning new vocabulary can be quite daunting for most students. We just have to look at the literacy rates to see how much children struggle with vocabulary. Rote learning of vocabulary does not really work. Experience has taught me students remember what they use and explore. Students need to have fun, engage with the material, and explore how their new knowledge works. "

  Tags: wordle, word_clouds, how_to, PLN

  • - By Marge Runkle

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