Education & Tech News for Educators 12/27/2008

Be Your Own Bank.
We -predict that one of the first places that budgets will be cut will be the education system.

Social Networking Pros & Cons.
What remains to be seen is if face to face contact, and trusting personal relationships will continue. Pixels on a screen will never replace a hug or pat on the back.

Teachers Are Irreplaceable, Right Up Until The Moment They Are Replaced.
Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody needs to be re-read.

Microblogging in Education
Microblogs are important tools not only for networking, communication and learning, but also for forming communities of practices.

The rest of my favorite links are here.