Links and Resources: April 11, 2008

• Web Work in the Era of Free attempts to address how the web worker remains viable in an environment where more and more stuff is "free".
  
• Okay, this is a fun one. DIY kit lets houseplants Twitter when they need water describes how a group modified a plant water meter to send a tweet when it needs water.
• Zotero is a Firefox browser extension to help you research and cite references on the web. I don't use it, but there seems to be a lot of folks who really like it for academic work. Sounds like a good tool for the college-bound student.
• The post A Path to Becoming a Literate Educator is a Dave Warlick's 12 steps to becoming literate in the tools of 21st century learning.