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Press release about Skype in the classroom
in list: Educational Technology
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Skype in the classroom strives to enrich students' learning experiences to discover new cultures, languages and ideas without leaving the classroom.
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Skype in the classroom strives to enrich students' learning experiences to discover new cultures, languages and ideas without leaving the classroom. Skype in the classroom now features each individual organization's dynamic content, projects and available guest speakers
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"Embracing Digital Youth (a program of Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use) promotes approaches that will best ensure all young people become “Cyber Savvy” and address youth risk in a positive and restorative manner" (Embracing Digital Youth, ¶1, 2012.05.14).
in list: Internet safety
"This website is ... for EFL and ESL teachers who want to use activities that work on specific language points (grammar, functions, topics and vocabulary) while having students do things that positive psychologists find are connected to happiness and well-being" (Home, ¶¶1-2, 2012.04.10)
in list: Teacher Education
"The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Free Music Archive is directed by <a href="http://wfmu.org/">WFMU</a>.... Every mp3 you discover on The Free Music Archive is pre-cleared for certain types of uses that would otherwise be prohibited by copyright laws that were not designed for the digital era" (About, ¶¶ 1-2, 2012.02.05).
in list: Media Literacy
"a free public service to teach children to read with phonics" pointed out by Ken Bain (2012)
in list: Young Learners
"Grammar-Quizzes.com is an open educational resource for understanding, learning and practicing English grammar usage. These materials present simple grammar concepts and are most appropriate for non-native speakers, but also include practices that could be used for K–12 native speakers" (Mission, ¶1, 2012.01.05).
in list: Grammar
In this post, PikiFriends suggest: "Schools have always had the responsibility of keeping learners safe. While the current surge of interest in elearning has presented new challenges to these responsibilities, being vigilant and following these safety guidelines can help ensure that all participants are safer and more aware of the various risks" (Conclusion, ¶1, 2011.12.12).
This post provides Website Safety Guidelines, and lists:
+ important questions for teachers and learners to ask,
+ anti-surveillance plugins for Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers; &
+ news articles about Internet surveillance "in no particular order" (Press articles on internet surveillance issues, ¶1, 2011.12.12).
in list: Educational Technology
Google Forms Self-Check Quizzes Created by Tammy Worchester – instructions for finding and using ready-made templates
in list: Educational Technology
A "free toolkit to help you take ... an effective stand against cyberbullying" (deck, ¶2, retrieved 2011.09.27), beginning with focus questions and an overview, then focusing on elementary, middle, and high school levels
in list: Internet safety, Educational Technology
Tutors' handbook pointed out by Nellie in a Moodle for Teachers Orientation course (M4T-O, September 2011)
in list: Educational Technology
UsingEnglish provides a "free text analysis tool which gives you statistics about a text including word count; unique words; number of sentences; average words per sentence; lexical density; and the Gunning Fog readability index. More detailed statistics are available to members" (Text Analyser, retrieved 2011.09.20).
in list: Vocabulary Development
"VocabProfile will tell you how many words the text contains from the following four frequency levels: (1) the list of the most frequent 1000 word families, (2) the second 1000, (3) the Academic Word List, and (4) words that do not appear on the other lists" (Instructions, retrieved 2011.09.20).
in list: Vocabulary Development
One item in the British Council and BBC's teaching knowledge database, which provides definitions, examples, and brief suggestions regarding classroom practices
in list: Teacher Education
"Usability.gov is a one-stop source for government web designers to learn how to make websites more usable, useful, and accessible. The site addresses a broad range of factors that go into web design and development" (Enhancing the User Experience, ¶1, retrieved 2011.09.09
in list: Design Principles
This site enables you to "Get the Latitude and Longitude of a Point" you select on a Google Map, and to "Show [a] Point from Latitude and Longitude" coordinates that you have already.
in list: Educational Technology
This tutorial by Zachary Zawarski explains "how to create a map with custom locations that you can publish on your website" (¶1). "The greatest benefit of this tool is that current entries can be edited and new entries can be added to the map through the Google spreadsheet without having to update the map's code..." (¶2, retrieved 2011.09.07).
Thanks to Denise Krebs for pointing it out, and demonstrating how to do it in a recorded RSCON3 session (<a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2011-07-30.0552.M.C09DE08BD86ECD199BF5498E577694.vcr&sid=2008350">Elluminate recording</a> entitled: Where in the world? Or, adding a directory map using a spreadsheet to your wiki.
For more info., please see her blog posts:
http://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2011/07/28/posting-a-directory-map-at-rscon3/
http://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2011/08/06/mapping-our-connections-my-rscon3-session/
in list: Educational Technology, Tech. Tools
Richard Byrne's Favorite Tech Resources for Teachers (Google Site, sitemap)
in list: Educational Technology
Electronic publications and presentations for teachers about Google Apps and tools.
in list: Educational Technology
"...[A]n informative resource page for preservice and inservice teachers who are interested in finding good WebQuests for early childhood, elementary & secondary students" (Home, ¶1, 2011.08.23).
in list: Educational Technology
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