In 2010, we’re going to be giving away quite a few free items to our blog subscribers.

We started doing this with an earlier blog post, and so many readers liked the idea (hey, who doesn’t like getting free stuff, anyway?) that we’ve decided to do a lot more this year.

And, as an added benefit to our readers, we will be announcing all Freebie Contests to our blog subscribers first.

So, blog readers will learn about the freebies before anyone from Twitter, Facebook, Ning, and the other social networking sites we use.

Great article over at Webstudio13 about some basic Twitter etiquette rules and tips… 50 of ‘em in fact.

Some of my favorites, that I see violated waaaaaaaaaay too often in the Twittersphere:

Can’t make it to FETC this year? Don’t worry. Stay tuned to our blog!

Hello Friends:

We have a winner in our DISRUPTING CLASS book giveaway, but you'll have to watch the video to see who that is.

Also, please make sure to watch the video to the end, as there's a surprise in there for you as well.

In addition, we suggest you subscribe to our blog, in the upper right-hand corner of the screen because we'll be announcing future Freebie Giveaways ahead of time to our blog subscribers.

This week was pretty slow due to the upcoming holidays, but there were still lots of excellent posts! Here's the recap some of our favorite EdTech posts from this week!

Blog Posts:

Giving Children the Tools is Not Enough By Tom Barrett

The first #web20wednesday tech tool I'm lovin' is ClassTools. ClassTools allows you to create free educational games, activities, and diagrams - easily! You can then host them on your own personal blog, website or intranet! And guess what? (This is the part I really love) It's free!

Where Does Teaching PC Apps Belong?

There continues to be ongoing debate, and it varies from state to state, about where and when our schools should teach basic computing application skills such as Microsoft Office or similar packages.

Here’s a short article from Education Week that talks about this issue in light of the recent decision in Texas to allow districts the option of teaching computer applications.

"It's no secret that people learn in different ways, so why, the authors of this book ask, 'can't schools customize their teaching?' The current system, 'designed for standardization,' must by its nature ignore the individual needs of each student. The answer to this problem, the authors argue, is 'disruptive innovation,'"...(read more here)

We want to give this goodie to you for free...watch below and find out how you can win!

Busy week? Don’t worry we’ll recap some of our favorite EdTech posts from this week!

Blog Posts:
Five Ways to Build Your Own Educational Games By Richard Byrne

I think most of us have heard about sites like GoAnimate for creating cartoons, however, sometimes you may just want the old school comic strip! @Bwasson has given us a few great sites for this, Make Beliefs Comix and Toonlet.