My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (March 8, 2015)

From Brendan Schneider – Some good insights on how to use Facebook for marketing/engagement

A good framework to share with teachers looking to get started with PBL.

Apple Overhauling iPad for Education Program to Simplify Sharing Devices and Apps http://t.co/gkeuloLQ3Z

“The measure of a free society is not how it treats its good citizens, but how it treats its dissidents.” http://t.co/8BsMBFAZ7x

Best part of #LFL15 connecting with my good friend @patrickmlarkin https://t.co/pZKwjlE1Ik

My day began with a Facebook suicide letter from a friend. http://t.co/wFSaG629DV

Interesting look at how the textbook companies are dealing with the digital shift.

Great site for new tweeters!

From Richard Byrne – Text 2 Mind Map and MindMeister’s Google Docs Add-on bridge the gap between the outline format and the mind map format.

From Getting Smart – “My School Information Design Challenge” 

A4: Interesting article by @patrickmlarkin http://t.co/bCv6S4j0RN bottom of the article talks about innovation #perrychat

from Richard Byrne

Good overview of 50 of the top Chrome Extensions for Teachers

From Scottsburg, Indiana

The Common Core has become a flashpoint at the nexus of education politics and policy, fueled by ardent social media activists. To explore this phenomenon, this innovative and interactive website examines the Common Core debate through the lens of the influential social media site Twitter. Using a social network perspective that examines the relationships among actors, we focus on the most highly used Twitter hashtag about the Common Core: #commoncore. The central question of our investigation is: How are social media-enabled social networks changing the discourse in American politics that produces and sustains social policy?

Today, however, Thompson and her fellow drivers understand they are uniquely positioned to play important roles in children’s experience of school, beyond getting them there and back home safely. 

From Justin Reich

Check out 5 Google Chrome Apps for Social Studies Teachers http://t.co/zfhCziB6Ri #edchat

Goodies galore! Our new #GoogleClassroom updates make it a treat to teach. Learn more about what’s been added: http://t.co/IADBC3G8zD

10 Intriguing Photographs to Teach Close Reading and Visual Thinking Skills http://t.co/xmU8s2sFTK http://t.co/hq03qjQEk5

How can games support classroom practice? via @eschoolnews http://t.co/KOlq1PpCBe