AUP 2.0 at dougbelshaw.com
Just turned up this very nice post by Doug Belshaw about Acceptable Use Policies that Include Cell phones - this one and the one he wrote before it are very nice talking points for your committe who looks at AUP's.
more fromwww.dougbelshaw.com
K-12 Open Minds Conference | Open Source. Open Technology. Open Content. Open Minds.
K12 open minds conference about open source software and its use in education to be held in Indianapolis in late September. Great opportunity.
more fromwww.k12openminds.org
Classtell — class websites for teachers
Fifteen year old programmer, Kasra Kyanzadeh, from Canada, emailed me to tell her about this website. This is another one to review. I hope that you'll share if you've used this site and what you think.
With so many easy options, we should all be able to find something that suits our needs (and/or our filter.) This one costs $20 CAD a year but you can have a 90 day free trial.
more fromclasstell.com
Assistive Technology Collection - Movies
Atomic learning has an assistive technology collection that they have just rolled out.
more frommovies.atomiclearning.com
Tutorials | SynthaSite
Another new tool for building websites - synthasite. Have any of you used this new tool?
more fromwww.synthasite.com
educationalwikis » Examples of educational wikis
There are some GREAT examples of educational wikis to peruse here. So many ideas and different ways to use wikis. Take a look and turn up some new ones that you haven't seen and find some new teachers.
more fromeducationalwikis.wikispaces.com
TweetDeck
Cool application for twitter that makes it easier to use. I really like it! It is another adobe air application which means you can use if offline too!
more fromwww.tweetdeck.com
Helcat Rants and Ramblings » Ready, Set, GO!
Elizabeth Helfant from MICDS in St. Louis, MO has an amazing post outlining their school's transformation. Julie and I spent time there this summer giving them a "crash course" in flat classroom. The teachers are impressive as is the leadership of Eliza
more fromhelcat.org
Download details: Learning Essentials 2.0 for Microsoft Office
If you run Microsoft Office 2007 and you are a teacher, you simply MUST download this learning essentials 2.0 set of tools. From periodic tables to all sorts of things, it is really cool. I'm going to email it to my teachers now.
more fromwww.microsoft.com
Voicethread 4 Education » home
Many excellent examples of how voicethreads are being used at all grade levels.
more fromvoicethread4education.wikispaces.com
The Connected Classroom » KTI07_Digital_Storytelling
Wow! Kristin Hokanson has compiled some amazing digital storytelling resources on this page including some great multimedia. Incredible resources!
more fromtheconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com
Personalized Start Page
Susan Etteneheim uses Google Sites for her school and set up a customized start page for students in her school using google sites. Very nice work.
more frompartnerpage.google.com
TPCK - Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - TPCK
The Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Educators (TPCK) is now available via wiki. Looks like some excellent resources and research articles here.
more fromwww.tpck.org
Langwitches » Digital Storytelling- Part VII Mixbook
I really enjoy this information from Silvia tolisano about Mixbook -- it is part 7 of an amazing digital storytelling series.
more fromlangwitches.org
larad » home
Amazing wiki portfolio from one of Julie Lindsay's students. wow!
Look at the science report that she used docstoc to upload.
more fromlarad.wikispaces.com
techLEARNING.com | Web 2.0: from Curious to Competent
New web 2.0 ebook - I haven't read it yet, but would like to see your thoughts on this. Those who read book get 30 days of atomic learning.
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The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives | WHDb
Very nice article sharing about the open source alternatives to proprietary programs.
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Cool Places for Teachers
Cool links for teachers. Very nice.
more fromumdrive.memphis.edu
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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Open Source Alternative - Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software
This amazing website helps you find open source alternatives to just about any type of software.
more fromwww.osalt.com
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