Tools Trade Oh joy first week school Nothing like going mom store and buying your new clothes, school supplies and Snoopy lunch box Today, students probably no different can see now.. go mom and dad get new laptop, iPod, digital camera and upgrade unlimited text messaging cell phone along latest Snoopy lunch box (or not) I'm sure first day school teachers not quite same anymore either purple ink ditto machine long gone and replaced high-end copy machines, software upgrades, webcams and online text book content So it's off new school year and would not complete out awesome list free web tools teachers List compiled Jessica Merritt Great set resources tag bookmark use your students Organization & Collaboration Save your bookmarks, collaborate colleagues, and stay touch parents using these web tools Thinkature: Thinkature offers real-time collaboration online students, teachers, and more Flickr: Share and store classroom images incredibly popular online photo storage service Diigo: Diigo great tool highlighting and sharing web your students PBwiki: Create easy-to-update web space and resource your class using PBwiki del.icio.us: Save your favorite sites and share them your class using del.icio.us Clipmarks: Create Clipmarks clip out little pieces web share your classroom Wizlite: Enjoy collaborative page highlighting tool Netvibes: Create class start page full useful resources Netvibes Gliffy: Create and share flow charts, diagrams, and more Gliffy Notecentric: Share and store your class notes online note taking application Search Engines & Directories Make use these search engines and directories offer best web Clusty: clustering search
I don't know about you, but I often feel like I'm on fast forward. I'm always planning ahead, thinking of the next steps, ready for action. What this usually
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Surely there must be some impact all of this technology is having on our brains and behaviours as even mere males become more competent at multi-tasking their technological devices.
Three explicit focuses helped this Digital Storytelling lesson exceed expectations.
School leaders, whether they are the ICT co-ordinator or leadership team, need to prioritise and plot a clear course of action for their staff. This is not to say an enthusiastic classroom teacher with a flair for ICT is not to be encouraged, but teachers need to be somewhat 'insulated' from the growing mass of emerging technologies so as not to be overwhelmed.
It is finally here. The Action Stations Series through the Curriculum Corporation releases a practical guide for teachers on 'Digital Storytelling' a practical guide for the everyday classroom.
Just wanting to alert people to the new Digital Storytelling network we have setup to discuss the positives, negatives and general experiences people are having