Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 12/01/2008

• DRAWMINOS

  tags: dominos, flash, fun, drawminos, game, kids

• HOW TO: Convert Your Blog Into a Podcast on iTunes for Free

  tags: podcast, itunes, text-to-speech, blog, audio, podcasting, text2speech, mashable, web2.0, technology

• Sites for Teachers

  tags: education, teachers, teaching, resources, lessonplans, lessons, teacherresources

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/29/2008

• Techlearning > > The New Rules of Copyright > October 15, 2008

  tags: copyright, techlearning, creativecommons, creative_commons, article, resources, teaching

• GreatSummary - Summarize a Document

  tags: summarize, summary, greatsummary, website, tool, Research, Writing, literacy, web2.0

• Pathfinder

  tags: digitalstorytelling, pathfinder, technology, integration, media, images

• Storybook Anytime | Children's Books | Illustrated Stories | Preschool Activities

  tags: storybook, ebook, preschool, elementary, technology, library, integration

• Grade Level Chart of 21st Century Literacies Lessons

  tags: 21stcenturyskills, 21stcenturylearning, information_literacy, literacies, lessons, technology, integration, lab

• Kids free printable activities that are safe preschool fun. Arts and Crafts, and preschool activities,Mazes, games, reward charts and certificates, iron-ons, paper crafts/ZiggityZoom.com

  tags: ziggityzoom, crafts_ziggityzoom.com, preschool, fun

• :: e-Learning for Kids ::

  tags: elearning, math, education, smartboard, interactive, e-learning, science, languagearts, smart, DEN

• Ipod Tips And Tricks: how to transfer music from ipod to itunes

  tags: tricks, itunes

• education & tech: 5 Ways to use Web 2.0 in the Classroom - Annotated

  tags: classroom, web2.0, media, technology, integraion

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/26/2008

• Penny Postcards

  tags: postcards, history, socialstudies, american, state, colorado, DEN

• Karaokeparty.com - Free Online Karaoke Party Game

  tags: karaoke, web2.0, karaokeparty, music, songs, fun, DEN

• 4Kids.org

  tags: 4kids.org, math, interactive, languagearts, games, ila, lab, fun, den, capitals, partsofspeech

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/25/2008

• Google Docs Templates

  tags: templates, GoogleDocs, docs, Presentations, newsletters, businesscards

• SpinandSpell.com

  tags: spelling, spinandspell, education, smartboard, elementary, spinandspell.com, languagearts, literacy, technology, interactive, ila

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/24/2008

• Copyright and Fair Use for Educators and Students | Thoughts from a tech specialist...

  tags: copyright, digitalcitizenship, professionaldevelopment, education, specialist

• Kendra's Coloring Book

  tags: coloring, interative, fun, lab, kids

• Funschool - Fun and Educational Games and Activities for Kids

  tags: fun, education, funschool, kids, interactive, elementary, learning, coloring, lab

• Educational games Childtopia

  tags: reading, writing, interactive, education, childtopia, Kindergarten, elementary, lab

• Free and Open Source Educational Software: THE MOTHER LODE! | Welcome to NCS-Tech!

  tags: software, opensource, ncstech, technology, lab

• Using GoogleEarth in the Classroom | Collateral Learning

  tags: googleearth, technology, integration, resources

• Jukebox

  Printable color computer/technology skills, mini-posters and activity sheets

  tags: tools, lesson, technology, resources, skills

• Photojojo » Hold the Camera, Kid: Luring your Child into the World of Photography!

  tags: photography, kids, photojojo

• storytlr | your life online

  tags: web2.0, storytelling, lifestreaming, storytlr, blogging, tools, socialnetworking, technology

• Print Bingo Cards

  tags: bingo, generator, bingo card generator, languagearts

• Diigo Blog » Wear your “Diigo Education Pioneer” Badge with pride :-)

  tags: diigo, education

• Giz Explains: Every Video Format You Need to Know

  tags: codecs, format, reference, giz, videoformats, avi

• Center for Technology and Teacher Education: Content Areas

  tags: teacher, education, technology, content

• National Archives Experience

  tags: History, archives, socialstudies, resources, primarysources, digitalimages, audio

• A Hotlist on December Holidays

  In addition to using books and magazines to find out about December Holidays, why not also use the power of the Internet?

  tags: december, holidays, celebrations, multicultural, eduhound

• Education World ® Lesson Planning: December: A Month of Multicultural Holiday Celebrations

  Do your students celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Three Kings Day? Maybe they celebrate St. Lucia Day or Ramadan. December offers great opportunities for teaching about our multicultural world.

  tags: celebrations, multicultural, december, holidays, eduhound

• Celebrate Winter Holidays | Scholastic.com

  Students explore interactive scrapbooks to learn more about Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Make a scrapbook of your students’ holiday traditions using free clip art images.

  tags: scholastic.com, winter, holidays, christmas, hanukkay, kwanzaa, traditions

• Help Kids Understand the Financial Crisis | Scholastic.com

  Help your students understand the economy and the financial crisis with age-appropriate language and context.

  tags: scholastic.com, article, finance, money

• Giving | Scholastic.com

  Children learn that they can be gift givers without spending money.

  tags: scholastic.com, giving, thanksgiving, november, gifts

• The First Thanksgiving Student Activities for Grades PreK-12 | Scholastic.com

  tags: thanksgiving, scholastic.com, socialstudies, prek-12, education, november, interactive

• Mini Page from Newspaper

  When you get to the website scroll all the way to the bottom and there is a mini-page link to click on the lower right corner.

  tags: minipage, newspaper, fun, kids

• Inspired Learning Community

  tags: inspiration, concept_mapping, lessons, kidspiration, tools, technology, teaching, collaboration, resources

• NETC | Strategic Planning For Technology

  Provides planners with concepts and resources to assist them in developing effective technology plans for their school or district.

  tags: netc, technology, edtech, eduhound, planning, plans

• National Center for Technology Planning

  A clearinghouse for the exchange of many types of information related to technology planning. This information may be: school technology plans available for downloading online; technology planning aids (checklists, brochures, sample planning forms, PR announcement forms); and/or electronic monographs on timely, selected topics.

  tags: technology, planning, technology_planning, education, edtech, research, TechnologyPlanning, eduhound

• National Education Technology Plan

  To help facilitate the involvement of organizations and individuals in developing the Plan, the Department of Education awarded a contract to a team consisting of the American Institutes for Research, the International Society for Technology in Education, and the State Educational Technology Directors Association. Each worked closely with the Department to coordinate input from the public and disseminate information about the Plan development process.

  tags: education, technology, edtech, standards, nclb, 21stcenturyskills, research, teaching, eduhound

• Technology Plan

  Bellingham Public Schools Technology Plan
  The Technology Plan plan begins with a vision for student learning, a statement of beliefs, and a rationale for creating and continuing to build networked learning environments.

  tags: techplan, TechnologyPlanning, Education, plan, technology, eduhound

• Generation YES » Youth & Educators Succeeding

  Generation YES: Vision to Action: Adding Students to Your Technology Plan
  Writing a technology plan and want to make sure that it includes authentic student involvement and leadership? Please see the document (pdf) by Dr. Dennis Harper that provides research, sample language, and models of student action (link to document can be found at the upper right of the homepage).

  tags: education, technology, web2.0, edtech, student, integration, pedagogy, eduhound

• Tech4Learning, Inc. WebEx Enterprise Site

  tags: tech4learning, webinars

• Untitled Document

  tags: motivation, inspiration, kid

• SMART Training Center

  tags: smartboard, smart, training, online, technology

• Tools to Engage, Create, and Share | Tech4Learning

  tags: technology, resources, software, education, media, teaching, development, tech4learning

• Bringing Composers into Classrooms Through Skype : September 2008 : THE Journal

  tags: classrooms, composers, skype, education, interactive, technology

• MEET ME AT THE CORNER

  tags: SocialStudies, Video, education, fieldtrips, children, storytelling, Geography, podcast, technology, virtual

• Exploring the Genre of Review Writing | Scholastic.com

  In this unit, students will investigate three areas of review writing: food, movies, and books.

  tags: scholastic.com, writing, Language_Arts, reviews

• Bring Hispanic Heritage Month to Life | Scholastic.com

  Celebrate the cultures and traditions of those who can trace their roots to Spain, Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking countries of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

  tags: scholastic.com, september, hispanic, heritage, latino

• Colonial Williamsburg - Kids - Visit Us

  tags: williamsburg, virtual, fieldtrip, socialstudies, history, american, interactive, technology

• Virtual Field Trips Menu

  tags: virtual, fieldtrip, colorado, denver, doinghistory, technology

• Reef Videoconferencing

  tags: videoconferencing, science, interactive, environment, reef, coral, technology

• National Science Center

  tags: science, nationalsciencecenter, interactive, Technology

• Columbus Zoo and Aquarium » Distance Learning

  tags: aquarium, science, animals, environment, virtual, interactive, video, technology

• OLogy

  tags: ology, science, space, astronomy, interactive, technology

• Villainy, Inc. | Maryland Public Television

  tags: math, villainy, interactive, virtual, problemsolving

• Thinkport Tool: Create Your Own Museum

  tags: thinkport, virtual, fieldtrips, museum

• Apple Learning Interchange - NECC 2008 Podcasts

  tags: necc, 2008, technology, resources, apple

• NECC 2008 Attendees | Program: Search

  tags: necc, 2008, resources, technology, conference

• Moving at the Speed of Creativity

  tags: education, blog, technology, web2.0, edtech, teaching, creativity, podcast

• Top 100 Education Blogs | OEDb - Annotated

  tags: education, blog, edublogs, blogging, learning, elearning, list

• Spiral Notebook Blogs | Edutopia

  tags: web2.0, edutopia, education, teaching, technology, blog, lucas

• ASCD Inservice

  tags: ascd, education, blog

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/20/2008

• The generation raised on the internet | The kids are alright | The Economist - Annotated

  tags: article, economist, kids, internet

• Issuu - You Publish

  tags: pdf, publishing, web2.0, magazine, tools, books, design, flash

• Guess-the-google

  tags: google, game, guessthegoogle, fun

• Educational Leadership:Giving Students Ownership of Learning:Springing into Active Learning

  tags: ascd, article, learning, education, ownership, responsibility

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/19/2008

• Test Your Geography Knowledge- The World (Oceans and Continents)

  tags: geography, continents, oceans, quiz, maps, Games

• Geospy -- National Geographic Kids

  tags: geography, geospy, interactive, continent, state, provinces, nationalgeographic.com

• World Continents Quizzes - geography online games

  tags: geography, continents, maps, socialstudies

• Continent Names-- Play Kids Games!

  tags: geography, continent

• tutpup - play, compete, learn

  tags: math, tutpup, interactive, elementary

• Grazing for Digital Natives » diigo

  tags: diigo, tutorial, wiki, resources, education, Dorman, grazing, web2.0

• December Holiday Traditions » home

  tags: traditions, wiki, holiday, december, project, culture, images, technology, education

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/18/2008

• PBS Teachers | learning.now . Collaborative Writing, 140 Characters at a Time | PBS

  tags: twitter, Learning, writing, web2.0, teaching, education, collaboration, learning.now, PBS

• Simple audio annotations in Google Earth at Digital Geography

  tags: annotations, google, audio, googleearth, technology, education, integration

• Listen and reading comprehension

  tags: comprehension, reading, listening, childtopia, laguages, literacy

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/17/2008

• techLEARNING.com | Education for the 21st Century: The Basics

  tags: techlearning, ebook, 21stcenturyskills, technology

• Free Genealogy and Family History Online - The USGenWeb Project

  tags: genealogy, history, family, research, states, USGenWeb

• Free Technology for Teachers: 20+ Educational Alternatives to YouTube

  tags: teachers, YouTube, web2.0, alternatives, vídeos, education, technology, free, blog

• Majority of Kids Are Computer Savvy

  tags: savvy, technology, Kids, education, article, research, elementary

• vectorkids - State Capitals

  tags: geography, SocialStudies, maps, states, capitals, vectorkids, edcuation, technolgoy, SMART, smartboard

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/16/2008

• Education World ® Technology Center: Archives: Techtorials

  tags: tutorials, Technology, education, pd, techtorials, PowerPoint, word, web2.0, mac, lab, DEN, professionaldevelopment, howto

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/15/2008

• Tidy Favorites

  tags: tidy, search, bookmarks

• How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations

  tags: powerpoint, youtube, tutorial, presentations, education, technology, DEN

• School Bully Publications | Online Games Software Sales | Tasmania, Australia

  tags: interactive, smartboard, SMART, technology, education

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/14/2008

• Can Technology Drive Change in Professional Development? : November 2008 : THE Journal

  tags: professionaldevelopment, 2008, technology, education, thejournal, article

• CYOA Assignments

  tags: technology, resources, integration, virtual, education, lessonplans

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/13/2008

• Your Page Title Here - Annotated

  tags: bigideasforeducation, davidwarlick, Ideas, education, blog, endstatements

• SMART Board

  tags: smartboard, resources, lessons, interactive, education, technology, integration, SMART

• 21 Online Student Tools to Help with Research, Communication, and Organization | Educhoices.org - Annotated

  tags: research, educhoices.org, educhoices, resources, technolgoy, education, reference, blog

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/11/2008

• Lil' Fingers Storybooks Directory

  tags: storybooks, Ebooks, preschool

• Image * After - currently 20460 free textures and images available

  tags: photos, photography, stock, graphics, textures, design, resources, image, presentations

• Where to Find Free Images and Visual for My Blog

  tags: visual, clipart, freephotos, photography, photos, stock, presentations

• Presentation Zen: Where can you find good images?

  tags: photos, presentation, stock, photography, design, reference, webdesign, image

• Interactive Whiteboard Resources

  tags: smartboard, whiteboard, tools, education, interactivewhiteboard, interactive, SMART, technology

• Instructional Technology Department - Resources

  tags: smartboard, resources, lessons, lessonplans, technology, interactive, whiteboard, SMART, education

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/10/2008

• Kit Carson Home - Historic Information and Facts

  tags: kit_carson, colorado, history, socialstudies, 4th, explorers

• Christopher "Kit" Carson, Mountain Man, Indian Agent, Explorer

  tags: colorado, history, socialstudies, 4th, kit_carson, explorers

• Colorado Governors

  tags: colorado, history, socialstudies, governors, 4th

• Mrs. Alsup's Kindergarten

  tags: alsup, technology, education, integration, example, web2.0

• classroom2dot0 » Chicago 2008

  tags: classroom2.0, web2.0, wiki, workshop, conference, classroom2dot0

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/09/2008

• 35+ Sites for Web Savvy Families

  tags: family, list, resource, web, web2.0, resources

• Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free online reference, research & homework help. — Infoplease.com

  Includes encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, biographies, dictionaries, research and homework help.

  tags: reference, encyclopedia, research, information, dictionary, search, tools

• Martindale's 'The Reference Desk' - International Art, Business, Science & Technology

  Links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and various countries.

  tags: reference, tools, science, education, information, search, encyclopedia, resource

• Reference: Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Thesauri, Usage, Quotations, and more. Bartleby.com

  Combines contemporary and classic reference works into a comprehensive public reference library.

  tags: reference, dictionary, encyclopedia, thesauri, dictionaries

• Internet Public Library: Reference

  Here's the place to go for all your general reference needs! There are links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other sites for homework help or just looking things up.

  tags: reference, library

• Royalty Free Music

  tags: music, creativecommons, podcasting, mp3, audio, free_music, royalty, podcast

• Teach42

  tags: education, blog, web2.0, technology, edtech, teaching, podcasting, dembo, resource

• Ipods in Education - K-5 Websites

  tags: k-5, Education, technology, integration, ipods, websites, podcast, wiki

• Kids' Poetry Page

  tags: poetry, kids', interactive, SMARTboard, whiteboard, game, technology, integration, education, lab, fun, literacy

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/06/2008

• Woopid Video Tutorials - Watch it. Learn it.

  tags: tutorials, woopid, howto, tutorial, mac, web2.0, technology, pd, lab, teacher, resource

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/05/2008

• Block Posters - Create large wall posters from any image for free!

  tags: poster, images, fun

• 100 Useful, Free Web Tools for Lifelong Learners | Eduk8

  tags: web2.0, elearning, Education, learning, eduk8, tools, web, blog

• K-12 Instructional Media Center Lobby - K12IMC.org

  tags: education, k12imc, resources, tools, technology

• Sumopaint.com beta - Online Image Editor

  tags: photoshop, paint, image, editor, graphics, design, tools, editing

• K12 Online Conference 2008 | Kicking it Up a Notch Film School For Video Podcasters

  tags: k12, podcasters, education, podcasting, technology, blog

• EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES Punctuation Game

  tags: punctuation, grammar, english, game, eats, literacy, ila

• StoryPlace - The Children's Digital Library

  tags: reading, Literacy, languagearts, education, storyplace, interactive, library, resources, literacy, digital

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Sites I Bookmarked Diigo 11/03/2008

• Wee Web Wonders

  tags: web2.0, education, elementary, wee, technology

• geoGreeting!

  tags: google, maps, geogreeting, fun, mashup, web2.0, Googlemaps, map

• Guide to Digital Storyteller

  tags: storyteller, Digital, Education, technology, resource

• DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms

  tags: classrooms, techintegration, article, resource, technology, education

• EFK: Key Boarding

  tags: keyboarding, efk, education, technology, lab

• Freeplay Music, Broadcast Production Music Library, Free and Mp3 Music Downloads, See Usage Terms.

  tags: music, audio, mp3, podcasting, resources, presentation, sounds, freeplay

• Free Educational Software And Games

  tags: freeware, software, education, technology, kids, teaching, edtech, fun, lab

• plurk4teachers / FrontPage

  tags: plurk, wiki, plurk4teachers, teachers, technology, education

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