Week of December 21 - December 27, 2008

Hello EdTechTalkers:

Welcome to this week's edition of the EdTechTalk (ETT) Weekly Newsletter!

It is time to finish up 2008 and prepare for 2009.

This was an exciting week with The Edublogger Awards ceremony and winners finally being announced. Our own Vicki Davis was a double winner with her Cool Cat Teacher Blog http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com winning for Best Teacher Blog and the Flat Classroom Project 2008 http://flatclassroomproject2008.wikispaces.com winning Best Educational Wiki. But most exciting of all was the winner of Best Educational Use of Audio - Ed Tech Talk ! It's wonderful for our edtechtalk people to get some well deserved recognition! Congratulations!
Enjoy the learning this week. Have have a very Happy New Year!
Shows this Week

Teachers are Talking - Episode 14 http://edtechtalk.com/node/3471
Steve Dembo joined Lisa Parisi, Cheryl Lykowski, and Susan van Gelder to discuss his work with Discovery Channel, the 30 day bloggers challenge and more.

21st Century Learning #89 http://edtechtalk.com/21cl_89
Holiday Shopping Guide and Plans for 2009
December 18, 2008
Two quick rounds of geeky holiday wishes and then some goal setting for 2009.
We wish you all a happy holiday season and look forward to getting back together in 2009.
Our next show will be January 8, 2009 at 1:00pm (NOTE NEW TIME).

EdTechWeekly#108 - Year End Episode http://edtechtalk.com/edtechweekly108
Dave, John, Jeff, and Jen wind down the year with a few new links, a reflection of what was in 2008, and what may come in 2009 and beyond.

Teachers Teaching Teachers #133 - Holocaust Educators Network: Teachers on a Journey - 12.17.08 http://edtechtalk.com/node/3467
On a snowy, windy night last week, Dr. Sondra Perl, Lehman College, CUNY, NY and five National Writing Project (NWP) teachers from rural sites joined us to describe their journeys as teachers of Holocaust studies. We took a look at their experiences in 10-day seminars that Dr. Perl led this summer and last summer. We learned more about how these teachers have integrated teaching about the Holocaust into their work with students. Perhaps you will be inspired by these teachers to begin your own journey into studying and teaching about the Holocaust.

WOW2 Show #101 with guest Ryan Bretag http://edtechtalk.com/node/3465
A wonderful talk on all things EdTech with our special guest, Ryan Bretag.

Edublog Awards Ceremony 2008 http://edtechtalk.com/edublogs2008
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