Gary Bertoia's List: New On My Diigo

The items are divided by topic. Once you find the topic that you are interested in, select the particular video that will help you from within that topic.

There was a conflict with the latest verion of the Flash Player and my video tutorials that caused the audio to sound "jumbled" and out of synch. I believe I fixed all the Moodle tutorials, but please let me know if you encounter any audio problems with the video tutorials.

Google Apps is a collection of web-based programs and file storage that run in a web browser. The applications include communication tools (Gmail, Google Talk, and Google Calendar), productivity tools (Google Docs: text files, spreadsheets, and presentations), a customizable start page (iGoogle), and Google Sites (to develop web pages). Google stores all of the files and content centrally and keeps a record of the different versions of a file. With Google Apps, sharing content is as simple as granting someone access, which facilitates collaboration, peer review of academic materials, and the collective generation of knowledge.

I love this one. The only little mistake (which the designer recognizes) is the use of the "dumb" apostrophes a few times (the humanity!). But I love this routine (classic) and the type treatment.

A clip from DL.TV on search tips for Google. Patrick Norton interviews Matt Cutts of Google.

Use YOUR music to find NEW music.\n\nOwl Music Search compares your favorite songs to thousands of others to find similar songs for you to listen to, enjoy, and purchase.

This activity helps teenagers develop an awareness of marketing tactics aimed at teens through the creation of their own mock advertising campaigns.

This teaching unit helps students to become more aware of the language and techniques used in print advertising, as well as the impact of advertising on their daily lives. The unit will focus on three key media literacy concepts: construction of reality, representation, and audience

Studying the influence of mass media on our lives allows students to view advertising in a new light. This lesson provides students with the opportunity to look at mass media in a critical way. Students become aware of the tremendous amount of advertising that they are exposed to on a daily basis. By looking at advertising critically, students begin to understand how the media oppresses certain groups, convinces people to purchase certain products, and influences culture

As part of 9th-grade students' investigation in to "integrationism" and "separatism" within African American history, students were asked to create a 30-second commerical about topics from 1865-present. Click on the link below for examples of students' work:

I work constantly to update the existing materials and add new stuff to keep the ideas relevant. I do my very best to ensure that the materials are properly edited although occasionally you will find typos. I’m currently in the process of working my way through the handouts to edit them and bring them up to 2008 content standards, starting with the most popular ones. If you find pieces that need to be edited, be sure to contact me.

Overhyped Fear Of Child Predators Leading To Real Concerns About Child Privacy

So here you go…a list of plug-ins we have running here on our Wordpress MU 2.6.3 install. Please note that this site has been created for teachers to communicate with parents. As of now that is its function within a larger picture of a learning/communication portal we are creating here.

"The teacher probably didn't understand the privacy settings on her Facebook account. Information you post can be either publicly viewable or something that is just seen by your friends. She probably thought what she was posting was private, but left the default settings on to let everyone see your profile," commented BluNews. "A lot of people unknowingly do this. That said, the teacher messed up and certainly diminished her ability to teach her kids. I'm not sure if firing her is the right thing to do, but she should be disciplined. Also, I doubt this is the last time we'll hear about something like this. School systems should set policy on issues like this and warn teachers that negative postings about their jobs could lead to disciplinary actions."

Eighty-five percent of companies are already using open-source software, with most of the remaining 15 percent expecting to do so within the next year, according to analysts at Gartner.

There’s gotta be something in the air today… cos we’re kickin’ it like Mary J :)

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