Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/30/2008
Do2Learn: Educational Resources for Special Needs
games, songs, communication cards, print resources and information for special needs
Principles for Evaluating Websites ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes
How do you know whether something you read on the web is true? You can't know, at least, not for sure. This makes it important to read carefully and to evaluate what you read. This guide will tell you how.
LearnEnglish Kids is for children who are learning English. Find games, songs, stories and lots of activities - and learn English too.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/26/2008
Interactive whiteboards are gaining in popularity in schools. SMART technology is one of the most popular interactive whiteboard options.
AIM (Animation, Interaction, Multimedia) Your Projects with Flash: Flash Projects
You'll find many examples of Flash technology on the web. The following links take you to websites that contain Flash projects.
ZoeyBot - An Educational Website for Kids
ZoeyBot is a free educational service for kids, parents and teachers. On this site Kids can perform safe searches for articles, videos, tutorials and more. ZoeyBot is like Wikipedia and Google - Just for kids!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/25/2008
Math: Smart Board Activities | eThemes | eMINTS
These sites have smart board activities for geometry, number and operation concepts, functions and algebra, fractions, and statistics. Explore the many different applets. Included is an eThemes Resource for Geometry for Junior and High School.
Glubble Family Edition for Firefox allows your child to freely discover the best of the web you choose with your family circle online.
Freeology - Free Printable Teacher Forms
Features PDF templates for Parent Contact, Late Assignments, Hall Passes, Bookmarks, Poetry, Ways Teachers Motivate, Weekly Calendar, Birthday Log, Homework Pass and Borrowed Items.
100+ Ways to Score Freebies For Your Classroom | Smart Teaching
You'll learn how Inspiration's integrated diagramming and outlining environments work together to help students comprehend concepts and information.
Tech Tip for Teachers - Word
Creating Headers & Footers in WORD
1. Choose Header and Footer from the View menu. You will see the Header and Footer dialog and a heder box should appear at the top of the current page.
2. If desired, enter the information for the header, formatting it as you would format normal text in your document.
3. Click on the Switch Between Header and Footer tool on the dialog box.
4. If desired, enter the information for the footer, formatting it as you would format normal text in your document.
5. Click on Close when your headers and footers are defined the way you want them.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/23/2008
Finding Information on the Internet: A TUTORIAL - Table of Contents
This tutorial presents the substance of the web searching workshop (current schedule) offered by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley.
educational-origami » Bloom's Digital Taxonomy
This is an update to Bloom's revised taxonomy to account for the new behaviours emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous. Bloom's revised taxonomy accounts for many of the traditional classroom practices, behaviours and actions but does not account for the new processes and actions associated with web 2.0 technologies and increasing ubiquitous computing.
Learning Modules from NASA
Learning technology teacher development blog: Creating audio-visual monologues
Unpacking Computers
Well, this was a very exciting day...technology at CSE began taking shape. I began delivering iMacs and document cameras to each of the classrooms. I also unpacked the iMacs for the computer lab and the MacBooks that will be housed on the two mobile carts.
While unpacking I thought about all of the wonderful learning and exploring that will take place on these computers. As the first day of school for CSE approaches, I am both anxious and excited. Leaving the classroom and becoming the Computer Resource Teacher, I am truly looking forward to this next step in my career.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/21/2008
Welcome to a wiki containing SMART Board Resources for all educators.
100+ Resources for Teaching Without Textbooks | Teaching Tips
Instructify » Blog Archive » See elements in action with the Periodic Table of Videos
See elements in action with the Periodic Table of Videos
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/20/2008
The Official Flat Stanley Project
An international literacy and communications activity for primary and junior students, teachers, and families.
Saint Michael Computer Class » kindergarten
Concepts and Projects for Grade Levels
summerparent-childsites » Links
Links to helpful sites.
Google Earth for Elementary Teachers
NECC Notes - Elementary Tech Teachers
3, 2, 1 Action: Producing a School News Show
NECC Notes - Elementary Tech Teachers
Monday, August 18, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/16/2008
A quickstart guide for internet research with Google Notebook.
Cooliris, Inc. | Beyond the Browser
Your favorite sites. Full-screen. 3D
Back to School: August 2008 | Scholastic.com
Scholastic Professional Media has teamed with SMART Technologies to design these get-to-know-you lesson activities.
These lessons are cross-curricular and cover a variety of topics of introduction, including:
* Setting Goals
* Establishing Classroom Rules
* Learning Names and Qualities of Classmates
* Reviewing Science Lab SafetyOut of Isolation Circles:Web 2.0 for Teacher Professional Development
Music Activities and Arts Integration Lessons by Phil Tulga
If you're interested in connecting music to other areas of the curriculum, this page is for you! It contains links to all of my free arts integration resources, multimedia activities, and homemade instrument projects. Enjoy!
Education World ® Internet Scavenger Hunts
To make it easier for teachers to search our archive of Internet Scavenger Hunts, we have reorganized them by month. Click a month below for Internet Scavenger Hunts that are appropriate for that month. Click the "Anytime Scavenger Hunts" link to search out Internet Scavenger Hunts that might be used at any time during the year.
The Internet is an enormous collection of answers. The challenge is to find them. These information scavenger hunts will help you discover how diverse this resource truly is. You will also gain experience harnessing the Internet. There are over 200 activities offered.
Twittering, Not Frittering: Professional Development in 140 Characters | Edutopia
Members of the education community microblog about what they're doing.
Teacher Book Wizard Widget | Scholastic.com
The Teacher Book Wizard is the FREE ultimate children's book search engine. Drop the widget on your site to give it the power of Teacher Book Wizard search.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Teacher Book Wizard from Scholastic
The Scholastic Teacher Book Wizard allows you to search a book by author, title, or keyword. Teachers will find:
- Book and author information
- Reading levels
- Book-based lesson plans, booktalks and discussion guides
- Series lists
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/15/2008
otot » Cool AAC and Literacy Supports 2
Here is the Apple Text To Speech Talking Word Wall:
Stilling the Mind: An Interview with Linda Lantieri | Edutopia
Teachers can create moments of calm in the midst of classroom bustle -- and help students learn better.
Start Me Up: Project-Learning Primers | Edutopia
Plan your first project-learning lesson with these online resources.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/14/2008
Microsoft Virtual Earth: The Integrated Mapping, Imaging, Search, and Location Platform
Online Spelling Program - SpellingCity.com
We are an online spelling program that makes practicing for spelling tests fun.
- Over 35,000 spelling words and eight spelling games!
- A REAL person who says each word and sentence
- Thousands of free spelling lists. Or save your own!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/13/2008
U Tech Tips » Blog Archive » Things I love about my mac: iChat
Things I love about my mac: iChat
Social Graphs of On-line Communities and Social Networking Sites
With all of the blogosphere buzzing about "social graphs", what does a social graph look like?
The Florida Center for Reading Research
Literacy resource
Font Conference - CollegeHumor video
I just love fonts - had to bookmark this site.
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 08/11/2008
Publish Yourself Online
Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher
The links below are categorized to help you find Web 2.0 tools that might be of use to the K-12 classroom teacher.
Dipity is the easiest way to tell the stories of topics and people.
Glogster.com - Poster yourself - Make your interactive poster easily and share it with friends. It is fantastic!
Colorado History in Photos, Primary Sources, and Virtual Tours - Doing History
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Sites I Bookmarked 08/10/2008
This list compiles some of the best Web 2.0 applications for classroom use.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Looking Back
Each year I try to walk away with one or two “must dos.” The amount of information that was shared during our week at Discovery was incredible – trying to tackle it all would be CRAZY!!
So, just what are the “must dos” I came away with this year? As for working with students, I am absolutely ecstatic that I finally learned how to utilize green screen with my Mac. This will open up a whole new world to my students and me.
On a professional level, I will embark on social networking – learning from others and sharing with others. I feel terrible. My mother, who has jumped into this crazy world of technology, recently took a trip. Prior to the trip I had convinced her to start a blog. What better way to keep friends and family updated on her journey? I attended my third Institute and didn’t blog once during the week…he would be very disappointed. Well, watch out for my wiki and beware of my blog!
THANK YOU to everyone at Discovery Education for making the 2008 LC Institute an amazing week!
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