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"Becta is the government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning."
How mobile phones help learning in secondary schools.
UK study "Harnessing Technology" challenges educators to change policy on cell phone usage in schools."In spite of school policies banning mobile phones in class, teachers in three schools explored ways of using students' own phones and borrowed smart pho
Thinking in Mind
Neil Stephenson teaches 7th grade Humanities in Canada. His work is groundbreaking in inquiry-based learning and tech integration. There is a great deal to learn from Stephenson's blog and reflections.
Digital Storytelling
A wonderful resource for teaching digital storytelling. "Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimen
Xtranormal | Text-to-Movie
Students can work together or independently in creating animated projects. Even more fun would be to provide feedback to students using animation.
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
Overview of the digital storytelling process. Includes guide, examples, and links to additional resources. Published by the University of Houston.
50 Ways To Tell A Story
Web 2.0 style, Alan Levine, takes us through various web 2.0 in telling the same story. Includes presentations and suggestions on story ideas, tools, and selecting tools.
Pixton™ - Comic Strip Creator - Make Your Own Web Comics Online
Students can learn through comics by "remixing" their own comic strips.
ShiftHappens - Did You Know?
"This wiki is designed to give you a little more background on the Did You Know? presentation. The wiki also will connect you with some resources to learn more about the shifts that are occurring in our world and their implications for K-12 and higher edu
ClassTools.net: Create interactive flash tools / games for education
A great interactive website for integrating technology and challenging students to think deeper about what they are learning and identify relationships that might otherwise be glossed over during a lesson. An excellent way to introduce diagramming. Templ
YouTube - Teacher feedback with Diigo
A great video on how to give student's feedback using Google groups and Diigo, including search techniques.
Youth Voices
"K-12 students and teachers who are working together to nurture student-to-student conversations, collaborations, and civic actions that result from publishing and commenting on each others discussion posts, images, podcasts, bookmarks, and videos and Voi
Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting, Audience Response System
Student Response System, Mac compatible, live updates in browser or Powerpoint.
Adobe - Digital School Collection Teacher Resources
"Technology integration is a key mechanism for augmenting student learning while teaching students essential digital communication skills that will help them become lifelong learners in the digital age. The projects and assessment methods provided here ar
State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) - Home
"Founded in the fall of 2001, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is the principal association representing the state directors for educational technology. SETDA's goal is to improve student achievement through technology." Inc
VoiceThread
"Ed.VoiceThread is a web-based communications network for K-12 students and educators. Simple, powerful and safe, Ed.VoiceThread is a place for creating and collaborating on digital stories and documentaries, practicing and documenting language skills, ex
Animoto - the end of slideshows
"Animoto produces TV-quality music videos using your photos in just minutes." I've used this Web 2.0 application before and it is really effective as a way to promote programs at school, share student work with parents. Students can also use this applica
YackPack - Simply Connected
YackPack is an easy to use Web 2.0 voice mail community that can be used in the classroom as a way to give feedback to students or to encourage students to provide feedback to each other, among other uses. Created by Dr. B.J. Fogg, Stanford University.
Create A Graph
"Graphs and charts are great because they communicate information visually. For this reason, graphs are often used in newspapers, magazines and businesses around the world." Create five different graphs and charts. Can be used to introduce younger stude
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