I was going to begin by showing you igoogle but apparently it is slated for shutdown in November. Here is a link to alternatives :
http://www.howtogeek.com/129155/6-alternatives-to-igoogle-for-personalized-homepages/
I was also going to show you google reader but it has been discontinued too. Here is their reasoning:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html
Google Chrome Apps
-demo
-assistive technology
-Chrome Speak
-Speech Recognizer
Use of social media to continue dispersing information. My teaching colleague on facebook sends out lots of interesting posts about education. I consider this to be an important part of my PLN (personal learning network) Because facebook is something that I check often I am exposed to these new ideas through her.
Edutopia: www.edutopia.org
-Website established by the George Lucas Foundation
-Schools that work: Profiles best practice projects in specific schools
Mind Shift: http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/
-Blog that was set up by NPT (National Public Radio) and KQED (branch of Public Media for Northern California.
-Main headings: Games and Learning, Big Ideas, Teaching Strategies, Children and Media
Choice Literacy: http://www.choiceliteracy.com
-Paid website.
-Are we missing anything if we aren’t accessing paid content?
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Anyone know of any good Canadian versions of these types of ideal or best practice websites?
RSS Feeds?
My FB friends are my newsreader group. If there is something that is going to interest me, it is going to probably come through them. I have a great network of critical educators who post on social justice issues in education. They keep me up to date on what is going on. I also follow progressive educational organizations for democracy in education. It really helps me stay up to date. The field of education in Canada is really not well represented online. Most of the best information is coming from the US and that is where most of the good cloud apps are located as well. We could really use a Canadian-made tech culture online.