Globaloria: Social Networks for Global Learning
Open source curriculum and spaces for creating programs in all subjects! From our speaker at necc.
more fromwww.globaloria.org
Handipoints Login
Cool page to work with children. Can also use with a personal report card and add teachers.
more frommilo.handipoints.com
getting started with Google Docs
Getting started with Google Docs in the classroom document.
more fromdocs.google.com
More Google Products
A list of every product that Google has -- I use well over 75% of these.
more fromwww.google.com
ad4dcss » I read blocked blogs
The information at the advocates for digital citizenship, safety, and success about the I read blocked blogs week. This loosely joined group of educators has created a central clearinghouse for activities such as this. Create activities that fit within digital citizenship and join and post. We have a blog, wiki, and more information -- everything is linked at http://www.netvibes.com/coolcatteacher#Ad4dcss -- Join in.
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Funky Ways to Express Yourself - BeFunky
Cool website that turns real photos into cartoons uvatar (looks more like you than a random avatar) and video cartoonizer (cool) which takes video and turns it into a cartoon. This should be another cool website to enjoy w/ your digital photography and eventually videos.
more fromwww.befunky.com
www.panwapa.com
A social network for first and second graders -- this is free. Cheryl says it is a little bit "clunky" -- access is not so fast, however, it is a growing free tool for very young children.
more fromwww.panwapa.org
Samsung's Hope for Education - Win $200,000 for technology
This is a cool grant requiring a 100 word essay about how technology benefits and helps education and is one I'll be doing in the fall -- it is only open to schools in the US but it is public and private -- check the website for rules and good luck. Info from their site: "Each year, Samsung's Hope for Education holds a contest where students from schools nationwide can write a 100-word essay about how technology benefits and helps education. In 2008, the top winner receives a grand prize of over $200,000 worth of Samsung technology, Microsoft software and cash grants from DIRECTV, as well as the SCHOOL CHOICE® educational television programming package. Entries are open now. Contest will run until August 31, 2008."
more frompages.samsung.com
Tales of an Inner-City Teacher: Crunch Time....
I love the pictures on this blog showing the students using the computer, on the floor... everywhere, working on individual research projects. (Got to this blog to see the final products.) At first I said, "display boards?" but then I realized the amount of computer work required to create these display boards and I saw the age of the students and the number of computers in this classroom. This is a tremendous amount of work. Applause here from me to Kristi, another teacher blogger who I "met" from yesterday's post (hey go back to yesterdays and leave yours!)
more fromurbanteachertales.blogspot.com
K12 Online Conference 2008 | K12Online08 Call for Proposals: Amplifying Possibilities
Time for K12 online conference proposals: "We are pleased to announce the call for proposals for the third annual “K12 Online Conference” for educators around the world interested in the use of web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice. This year’s conference is scheduled for October 20-24 and October 27-31 of 2008, and will include a pre-conference keynote during the week of October 13. The conference theme for 2008 is “Amplifying Possibilities.” Participation in the conference (as in the past) is entirely free. Conference materials are published in English and available for worldwide distribution and use under a Creative Commons license. Some changes in the requirements for presentations are being made this year and are detailed below. The deadline for proposal submission is June 23, 2008. Selected presentations will be announced at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, Texas, USA on July 2.
more fromk12onlineconference.org
Are You Making Your Life Easier By Using A Personalized Start Page? | The Edublogger
Great post from Sue Waters on how to use a personalized start page. Nice post.
more fromtheedublogger.edublogs.org
Who Taught My Kid That Four-Letter Word? at Remarkable Parents
I love this blog post by parent Vicky Hennigan over at remarkable parents. She's done a great job talking about how kids adjust their expectations because they don'tw ant to fail.
more fromremarkableparents.com
WorldWide Telescope
New World Wide Telescope from Microsoft. Another alternative to Google Sky - it looks pretty cool.
more fromwww.worldwidetelescope.org
AFI ScreenNation - Video Contest
If you've made great video this year in class, it would be exciting to take your award winners and submit it for this contest. Students can win a sony handy cam. This would be a great reward for your best video projects this year. Just make sure you have permission.
more fromscreennation.afi.com
Adrian Bruce's Educational Teaching Resources-Reading Games-Math Games-Educational Software-Motivational Posters-Line Symmetry-Readers Theater-Art Lessons-Science Lessons-
Cool website from a professional developer in australia with a lot of links to websites he's tested.
more fromwww.adrianbruce.com
ThinkQuest
This fascinating project needs judges (oh and horizon still does too!) -- hat tip to David Warlick for this link. The student web site entries are due in tomorrow (April 2) for the 2008 competition, and ThinkQuest needs people to judge these entries. To be a judge, you must be employed as a teacher or have a minimum of five years experience in the field of education; be proficient in the English language; and be able to, and have the time to evaluate and score websites based on the provided criteria.
more fromthinkquest.org
educational-origami » home
Phenomenal page about integrating ICT into the classroom witha wide variety of rubrics based upon Bloom's taxonomy. You'll see blog journaling, wiki editing, threaded discussion, bookmarking rubrics, search rubrics, podcasting rubrics, audio conferencing, data analysis, and collaborative rubrics. I haven't been through all of these but would love it if we could go through them and work on them. They are in PDF format, but it would be great to share and edit them collaboratively. Very nice website.
more fromedorigami.wikispaces.com
The Web2.0 Prophecy: An Adventure | Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts
This is an excellent article that has been reposted. It includes a lot of the information that outlines WHAT web 2.0 is. This includes videos and many important hyperlinks. Excellent article for newcomers to web 2.0 to pick up on.
more frompairadimes.davidtruss.com
CONTENTMEETSTECHNOLOGY.COM
Mashup contest to envision the future of education and win a lot of prizes! This is a great idea!
more fromwww.contentmeetstechnology.com
Earth Day - 22nd April - Blogging4Educators
What some teachers are doing for earthday - April 22nd -- some good ideas.
more fromblogging4educators.ning.com
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