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Web 2.0 Backpack

Posted: June 25, 2007 in edtech, education, highschool, k12, school, web2.0

I liked this article, the Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students (thanks Lifehacker!). The big players like Google Docs and Spreadsheets or Wikipedia are there, as you might expect. I am interested in checking out the note taking category because I’m curious to know how an online option beats Notepad.

While listening to Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing podcast, I learned about the chance to submit essays to This I Believe. Selected essays are read by their authors on NPR. I’ve heard the NPR program a few times and have been really moved by several of the essays. When I visited [...]