Bob Rowan's Public Library

body language behavior MarilynK

Resources for teaching Plagiarism from Rutgers University, shared by Gretchen Schroeder in Spring 2009, with the following caveat: "There are a couple of things in the “Quiz” video that are not precisely accurate e.g. they don’t cover common knowledge quite right."

Computer Class Social Studies digital citizenship education Writing English reference plagiarism GretchenS

report on technologies likely to be used in education in the future; full report will be released during this organization's June 12-15 conference

education Technology trends

Stephen's pal from Microsoft, missing "e" from his name; conducted Windows 8 workshop in Pittsburg attended by Stephen Alonso in May 2012

Windows 8 Windows server microsoft hyperv techsupport

cell phone product reviews

cell phone phones mobile devices

Educational site for Minecraft game, includes information about educational pricing and ideas for use in school

games Minecraft

From Ron Larentowicz, 5/18/2012: "JeopardyLabs is yet another project by Matt Johnson, an undergraduate at Washington State University, Vancouver (who should really be more focused on his studies).

JeopardyLabs makes it easy to create jeopardy templates without PowerPoint. Give it a try, you'll probably like it a lot."

RonL games review tools

well-presented video of Disneyland's Fantasmic show from 2011, shown from multiple camera angles + includes footage at the end from a show when the riverboat was not running, so characters were all on Tom Sawyer Island at the end of the show

Disney Disneyland shows Fantasmic videos

Resources and statistics, particularly for parents and educators, to help explain the need for cyber safety

Computer Class digital citizenship Cyber Safety

Shows how "you can't take it back" when posting a picture online + you can't control who sees it

Computer Class digital photography digital citizenship Cyber Safety

Mission: Leadership and opportunities in technology, innovation, design and engineering. Members apply STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) concepts through co-curricular programs.

Suggested by Deb Rottinger, 5/11/2012

Computer Class Technology education association competition DebR

Suggested as system for sharing pictures and videos, by Mike Schmelder, Director of Information Services, Lancaster Country Day School

Open Source photo sharing software media photos video

Primarily written to encourage schools to share information via Twitter, but also contains suggestions of how teachers can benefit (and fwiw, I found the article from one of the people I follow on Twitter)

education Twitter

The author reflects on student evaluations, citing a study that asked students what they expect from their professors (also talks about how it applies to K-12 schools)

education teaching

the author opines about why people by Mac laptops and some of his concerns about the ability of users to modify and perform simple repairs (such as changing the battery) on iPhones

apple iPhone review

suggested as good cleaning cloth for ipads or other electronic devices

iPad reviews cleaning tablet

SMART announced it would release it's iPad application this summer

SMART Board iPad tablet applications

Filtered search engine that presents related terms in a web + displays results for web sites, pictures, and some key facts on the right side of the page. Suggested by Jeremy Carver, 5/7/2012;

**** NOTE: as of 5/7/2012 this site claims not to work in Internet Explorer ****

Search Engines search searching search engine Computer Class education

Disney Disney World images photography photos

Shows a Yamaha piano that can be played from remote locations

Music distance learning remote access videos