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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