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 * 9/17/2009** **3:45-5:15**
 * **Subscribing to all the sites**
 * Sunny U Book Study
 * Google Docs
 * Book Study Wiki
 * **Introduce Google Docs & Spreadsheets**
 * Track tasks and time
 * Share and collaborate
 * Intro to Blogs - What blogs can be used for?
 * **What is a Blog?** [|Wikispaces -Support Blogging.com]
 * Intro to Wiki - Log your favorite quotes - In Plain English
 * What is a Wiki?
 * **Blogs Reading and subscribing - add to the shared spreadsheet**
 * Learning with Blogs and Wikis - ASCD Educational Leadership Article
 * Vicki Davis - [|Ten Habits of Bloggers That Win]
 * Intro to Sunny U Wiki to get your assignments and add information


 * Homework:**
 * Provide 3 URL's to valuable educational blogs that you've researched and add them the BLOG LOG. (Google Docs)
 * 1) What did you find on the blogs that you researched that will help inform your teaching going forward?
 * **Listen to the [|Tim Holt's interview of Willingham] - post a comment to our questions on [|our Book Study Blog]**
 * 1) What is your opinion of Daniel Willingham’s statement that the “mind is not designed for thinking”?
 * 2) What are some implications of this statement for teaching and learning?

Here is an excellent site for suggestions on some of the best educational blogs. [|Blog List]