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If you’ve spent any time on the internet, you’ve already been indoctrinated into the world of Making Money Online. Just do a search using one of the big 3 search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft), and you’ll see ads beside your results.
When we were growing up, we made money as teens by mowing the lawn, babysitting [...]

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This week, we brought in Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) into our classroom as a class reward for our Intermediate students as well as for our daily physical activity (DPA) requirements.
We’ve been thinking about bringing in Dance Dance Revolution into our classroom since last summer,  but didn’t actually start to research specifics and the benefits of [...]

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UPDATE: We tested Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) in our classroom. Read our review on using DDR in the Classroom. 
I’ve decided that I’d like to experiment with Dance Dance Revolution in my classroom.
Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) is a video game by Konami that was released in the arcades of Japan in 1998 and is now [...]

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Sure, it’s summer time, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have a few ideas brewing on the back burner.
Here are some technology things that you could do with your students. Not everything may be feasible (i.e. cost factors) or appropriate (i.e. security or privacy issues):

some of the things we’re already doing,
some of the things we’re [...]

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Sure, it’s summer time, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have a few ideas brewing on the back burner.
Here are some technology things that you could do with your students. Not everything may be feasible (i.e. cost factors) or appropriate (i.e. security or privacy issues):

some of the things we’re already doing,
some of the things we’re [...]

[Read more →]