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Clicker - About Clicker 5
Clicker is the proven reading and writing tool that helps students of all abilities to achieve rapid and permanent gains in their levels of reading and writing. Clicker is used on over half a million school computers, and is central in many special needs environments as well as a mainstay in regular education.
Word Prediction Software Programs - Assistive technology | GreatSchools
Word prediction software can help a user during word processing by "predicting" a word the user intends to type. Predictions are based on spelling, syntax, and frequent/recent use. This prompts kids who struggle with writing to use proper spelling, grammar, and word choices, with fewer keystrokes.
14 Ways K-12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media - NeverEndingSearch - Blog on School Library Journal
Description: A discussion of information fluency, teaching, and learning in the 21st century.
50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom
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FRONTLINE: digital nation: learning: schools: how google saved a school | PBS
How Google Saved A School - Two years ago, this middle school was at risk of being shut down by the city. Today it's a success story. What happened?
Scott McLeod discusses leadership with Technology Coordinators
Dr. Scott McLeod led a lively presentation at breakfast hosted by Learning.com at NECC in June 2009. He asked the question, "Why aren't you (the technology coordinator) having a bigger impact?"
"I really believe district-level technology coordinators are probably putting in more hours and have maybe a broader range of responsibilities than anybody else in this room. The people (tech coordinators) that I meet are very dedicated and hard working. They’re really trying their very best in doing a great job for their school in making everything run so smoothly,"
"Why do I hear so many complaints about you?"
As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History - NYTimes.com
At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers’ science lectures.
Down the road, at Cienega High School, students who own laptops can register for “digital sections” of several English, history and science classes. And throughout the district, a Beyond Textbooks initiative encourages teachers to create — and share — lessons that incorporate their own PowerPoint presentations, along with videos and research materials they find by sifting through reliable Internet sites.
30 essential Mac time-saving shortcuts | News | TechRadar UK
We all want our Macs to be labour-saving rather than labour-causing devices. Yet, even if you've been using a Mac for a long time, the thought, "There has to be a better of way of doing this," will probably come to mind on a daily basis.
Mindomo - Web-Based mind mapping software
Mindomo is a versatile Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop mind mapping software in a Web browser - with no complex software to install or maintain.
Create, edit mind maps, and share them with your colleagues or your friends.
Crickweb | Flash Page
Free to use interactive resources for Primary schools covering Literacy, Numeracy, Science, History, Geography, R.E., D.T., French and Spanish
We Make Stories
This is a world full of stories where YOU are the Storymaker and can choose all sorts of ways to tell your tale. Here you can create your own story, share it with friends and visit the gallery to see what other Storymakers have made.
exploringgoogledocs - home
In this workshop, participants will discuss what Google Documents are and then create a project. Google Applications is a tool which has many uses inside and outside the classroom. It can be used for collaborative writing, revising documents and presentations, and sharing and publishing student work online.
Digital Storytelling
Storytelling is the original teaching tool. Long before there was formal schooling grandparents and parents there were stories. These stories provided children in the community with the knowledge base they needed to survive as an adult. With the introduction of the printing press and the the development of formal schools the role of storytelling in education was diminished. Yet, we still know how a powerful story can capture out attention, fire our imagination, and make clear a difficult idea or concept
ISTE Classroom Observation Tool
The ISTE Classroom Observation Tool (ICOT) is a FREE online tool that provides a set of questions to guide classroom observations of a number of key components of technology integration
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