These past two weeks have been really busy and I was involved with a lot of things that kept me from routinely checking Twitter. The one thing about Twitter is that if someone post something on Twitter, chances are it will be posted again later that day, or even later in the week. That is why those that are new to Twitter shouldn't worry about always checking their account for fear of missing something. Now on to the what I was able to get from Twitter. Still some GREAT stuff.
1.) Artsonia - A Kids Art Museum. You can purchase the Art as well.
2.) The Top Ten Educational Technology Advocacy Issues from ISTE - This is what we should all be sharing with our politicians and Boards. Also from ISTE, six strategies to connect educational technology integration to School Improvement.
3.) If you have not seen The Nerdy Teacher Blog, you need to. He has been doing some great post about what he has learned about technology integration from quotes in movies. Always a great read!
4.) 6 Technologies That Will Shape Education
5.) 100 Sites to Download All Sorts of Things
6.) An A-Z Toolkit for Education
7.) 200+ Articles about using Twitter for Social Media
8.) Examples of School Docs and Sites in Libraries - Pretty good list.
9.) 5 Trends in Educational Technology Leadership - For all of us hoping to work as a CIO some day, rather nice list.
10.) Great list of resources for Student Teachers.
11.) Find songs that meet your mood - Stereomood
12.) Oh how Seniority and Tenure is changing...Education is in a major change right now. Article
13.) How to delete Facebook Applications and why you should
14.) Screen-cast of the VocabAhead website where vocabulary is made into videos.
15.) 50 Sites in 60 Minutes
16.) Social Networking For Teachers Wiki
17.) Twelve Free Tools from Microsoft
18.) For fun - Great scenes from movies and videos with Lego figures and stop motion photography.
19.) From the Educators Royal Treatment - Experience is Always the Best Teacher
20.) Colorado's Plan for Teacher Evaluation - Article
21.) Building Schoolwide Literacy in the Elementary Classrooms Using Web 2.0
Hope you find something useful or entertaining. Teaching should always be fun, and sometimes, that means playing with the great sites we are sharing with our students.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Weekend Extra #5 - Twitter Tweecap
Another we has gone by, and so has another month. Hard to believe it is already March. Maybe it is just me, but years have seemed to go a lot faster once I started teaching. Could be because I look at the calendar differently than those not in the education profession. After being away, time for another addition of what I received from my PLN on Twitter.
1.) 100 Video Sites Every Educator Should Bookmark. - Great list. Some sites I have been to, others I have not. Definitely worth bookmarking.
2.) From the iLearn Technology Blog (A blog Elementary teachers MUST follow and/or subscribe too) - Online Audio Stories - A must for elementary educators. A great way to read and listen to stories.
3.) Great research report on Millennials. Also a quiz available to determine how millennial you are.
4.) 1:1 Laptop program lesson plans - Great Resource. Don't need laptops to adjust to your school if you don't have Laptops.
5.) IndispensibleTools - A Wiki of ICT websites.
6.) 100 Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom - Great List. No excuse not to use Twitter now!
7.) The Complexity of the U.S. Tax System - Interesting graphic. Great for a discussion on Economics.
8.) An interesting blog post about busting myths about the use of Mobile devices.
9.) From the Edge 21: Catch of the Day Blog: Note-A-Lator is a great resource for Music Teachers.
10.) From the Educational Technology Guy Blog - Classroom Chuckles, a website where all us educators can get a good laugh.
11.) Great video with Stats on the State of the Internet
12.) Who is the Best Teacher you Ever Had? Article from the Washington Post where students and even adults can talk about their best teacher.
13.) From the Not All Flowers and Sausages Blog - An interesting Blog Post about the teachers being fired in Rhode Island. Not that I agree with everything in the post, or its presentation, I am always open to opinions.
14.) Top Ten Issues in Math Education - Blog Post...Great read for all teachers, not just Math Teachers.
15.) From Larry Ferlazzo's Blog - Teacher Attire...what do you think?
16.) From ISTE, a great list of Web 2.0 Tools.
17.) The Movie Hatch - Tell Hollywood what movies you want to see.
18.) Ages of Social Network Users - Interesting...............
19.) Which works better, training a teacher or a plumber? Interesting Blog Post.
20.) iPhone Education Apps by subjects and Grade Level - Great Resource!
21.) From Teachers as Technology Trailblazer's, an iPhone App for Special Education.
22.) 23 Things to increase knowledge about Learning 2.0 that teachers can follow. What a GREAT idea!!!
23.) Internet Safety Resources from Simple K12
24.) Defining Phrases - English Website useful to students. Great tool for ACT preparation.
25.) Technology Solutions on a Budget.
26.) Zotero - A great way to organize, sort, and site resources from the Internet.
27.) A great list of Teaching Strategies.
Quite a list...but after Two weeks, this is quite a lot. I also included some articles from Twitter on my Articles Page.
1.) 100 Video Sites Every Educator Should Bookmark. - Great list. Some sites I have been to, others I have not. Definitely worth bookmarking.
2.) From the iLearn Technology Blog (A blog Elementary teachers MUST follow and/or subscribe too) - Online Audio Stories - A must for elementary educators. A great way to read and listen to stories.
3.) Great research report on Millennials. Also a quiz available to determine how millennial you are.
4.) 1:1 Laptop program lesson plans - Great Resource. Don't need laptops to adjust to your school if you don't have Laptops.
5.) IndispensibleTools - A Wiki of ICT websites.
6.) 100 Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom - Great List. No excuse not to use Twitter now!
7.) The Complexity of the U.S. Tax System - Interesting graphic. Great for a discussion on Economics.
8.) An interesting blog post about busting myths about the use of Mobile devices.
9.) From the Edge 21: Catch of the Day Blog: Note-A-Lator is a great resource for Music Teachers.
10.) From the Educational Technology Guy Blog - Classroom Chuckles, a website where all us educators can get a good laugh.
11.) Great video with Stats on the State of the Internet
12.) Who is the Best Teacher you Ever Had? Article from the Washington Post where students and even adults can talk about their best teacher.
13.) From the Not All Flowers and Sausages Blog - An interesting Blog Post about the teachers being fired in Rhode Island. Not that I agree with everything in the post, or its presentation, I am always open to opinions.
14.) Top Ten Issues in Math Education - Blog Post...Great read for all teachers, not just Math Teachers.
15.) From Larry Ferlazzo's Blog - Teacher Attire...what do you think?
16.) From ISTE, a great list of Web 2.0 Tools.
17.) The Movie Hatch - Tell Hollywood what movies you want to see.
18.) Ages of Social Network Users - Interesting...............
19.) Which works better, training a teacher or a plumber? Interesting Blog Post.
20.) iPhone Education Apps by subjects and Grade Level - Great Resource!
21.) From Teachers as Technology Trailblazer's, an iPhone App for Special Education.
22.) 23 Things to increase knowledge about Learning 2.0 that teachers can follow. What a GREAT idea!!!
23.) Internet Safety Resources from Simple K12
24.) Defining Phrases - English Website useful to students. Great tool for ACT preparation.
25.) Technology Solutions on a Budget.
26.) Zotero - A great way to organize, sort, and site resources from the Internet.
27.) A great list of Teaching Strategies.
Quite a list...but after Two weeks, this is quite a lot. I also included some articles from Twitter on my Articles Page.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Weekend Extra #4 - Twitter Tweecap Top 20
Another wonderful dose of articles, websites, blogs, and opinions from my PLN and Twitter. And yes, it will include some information and opinions about the iPad, because despite all that I think it is missing, it is going to revolutionize the future of textbooks and education.
1.) Fed Up With School Lunch - A blog that I think as teachers we will all be interested in reading as well as following. Very entertaining, and makes you wonder about the comparison of your school lunch, considering school lunch is a federal and state program. Makes me wonder how lunches could be so different.
2.) The iPad was the big announcement for this week, and Twitter was buzzing about it. With the announcement also came the announcement of competitors. Here are the future options of Tablets.
1.) Fed Up With School Lunch - A blog that I think as teachers we will all be interested in reading as well as following. Very entertaining, and makes you wonder about the comparison of your school lunch, considering school lunch is a federal and state program. Makes me wonder how lunches could be so different.
2.) The iPad was the big announcement for this week, and Twitter was buzzing about it. With the announcement also came the announcement of competitors. Here are the future options of Tablets.
3.) Bookr - A tool that can help you create a photo-book using your photos from Flickr. Think of it as creating a virtual photo album
4.) Interesting lesson idea to catch students attention about private information that is available on the Internet. A way of showing studies their digital dossier. When I return to the classroom, I think I will attempt to do such an assignment.
5.) A wonderful LiveBinders set of information for Google. Information for Google Docs, Apps, Earth, Scholar, Sketchup, and Wave.
6.) One to One Program...is your school or district ready? Take this survey to find out.
7.) A great selection of reusable Prezi's.
8.) Educational Uses of Digital Story Telling from the University of Houston.
9. Mosaic Maker from Big Huge Labs - A great way to take your photos and create a mosaic.
10.) The Plagiarism Checker - Just copy and paste or upload a Word Document to check it foe plagiarism. You can get more options by subscribing and getting a Pro account. I have not tried it, so I cannot validate its accuracy.
11.) Quizstar - A website for creating quizzes online. Allow students to access and take the quizzes online as well...takes a lot of the grading out of our hands!
12.) Voicethread Wiki - probably the most thorough explanation of Voicethread and its features. Definitely worth checking out if planning Voicethread activities in your classroom.
13.) HTML5 - A great explanation of the future of HTML. I had no idea about it till reading this blog. Useful and informative links within the blog as well.
14.) Springpad - A free personal organizer to save and store just about anything. Think of it as an online Notebook. Could be really useful for students to save and store lecture notes.
15.) Show Me Whats Wrong - a great website for creating a URL with screen shots of your computer so that someone with computer knowledge can visit the URL and help you with an issue. Rather interesting. Be really useful to help mom and dad, or even grandma and grandpa when they are having problems with their computer.
16.) and 17.) From Free Technology 4 Teachers, Audio Owl - Hundreds of Free online Audio Books and Seven Places to Find Free eBooks.
19.) From Scholastic - Should we extend the school day? What about the school year? An article worth reading.
20.) A Periodic Table with Real World Applications of the Elements.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Weekend Extra Part Two - Twitter Tweecap
Another dose of resources shared via Twitter. My PLN sure was busy Saturday! Who says educators aren't working on weekends?
5 Apps for the Busy Educator - I am only using one...I guess I am not as busy as I thought!
Glogster Education Resource Library - An very informative and in depth look at Glogster in Education...if you have not seen Glogster, you are missing out on a great tool for your students!
Yodio - Adding Voice to your photos. You can use your phone to record the narrative...interesting software I found via the EDge21 Blog.
A great Tutorial for Pages 09 on Mac from ILearn Technology. I don't own a Mac, so I hope this will help you out.
7 Things You Should Know about Clickers - Great read via PDF.
Have a Document Camera? We are getting quite a few at our school. Here is a great article about the impact of document cameras are having on motivating students.
BrightStorm - A Math website worth checking out. My math is quite not up to par to know how useful this site might be....so, help me out and let me know how you have used it!
Blog Post about the National Educational Technology Plan....well worth reading....
An article about the effectiveness of 1:1 programs on student learning.
The Education Party - An interesting take on politics. The creation of a new political party. You have to wonder about its success since teachers make up such a large portion of the workforce across the country. Generally in every county they are in the top 5 of employers in Kentucky.
Could the new Tablet PC'cs be a Game Changer in Education?
From Larry Ferlazzo - A great list of the Best Online Collection of Power Points for Teachers.
5 Inspirational Blogs for Special Education Teachers....
GREAT Blog Post on the impact of Merit pay on teaching, specifically Special Education...a MUST READ!
Online Spell Checker - Not sure why we would need an online Spell Checker, but thought I would share anyway.
Prezi is now offering FREE License for Education....
13 Ways to Drive Blog Readership. - Interesting article. Definitely worth reading for learning how to increase readership of your blog.
5 Apps for the Busy Educator - I am only using one...I guess I am not as busy as I thought!
Glogster Education Resource Library - An very informative and in depth look at Glogster in Education...if you have not seen Glogster, you are missing out on a great tool for your students!
Yodio - Adding Voice to your photos. You can use your phone to record the narrative...interesting software I found via the EDge21 Blog.
A great Tutorial for Pages 09 on Mac from ILearn Technology. I don't own a Mac, so I hope this will help you out.
7 Things You Should Know about Clickers - Great read via PDF.
Have a Document Camera? We are getting quite a few at our school. Here is a great article about the impact of document cameras are having on motivating students.
BrightStorm - A Math website worth checking out. My math is quite not up to par to know how useful this site might be....so, help me out and let me know how you have used it!
Blog Post about the National Educational Technology Plan....well worth reading....
An article about the effectiveness of 1:1 programs on student learning.
The Education Party - An interesting take on politics. The creation of a new political party. You have to wonder about its success since teachers make up such a large portion of the workforce across the country. Generally in every county they are in the top 5 of employers in Kentucky.
Could the new Tablet PC'cs be a Game Changer in Education?
From Larry Ferlazzo - A great list of the Best Online Collection of Power Points for Teachers.
5 Inspirational Blogs for Special Education Teachers....
GREAT Blog Post on the impact of Merit pay on teaching, specifically Special Education...a MUST READ!
Online Spell Checker - Not sure why we would need an online Spell Checker, but thought I would share anyway.
Prezi is now offering FREE License for Education....
13 Ways to Drive Blog Readership. - Interesting article. Definitely worth reading for learning how to increase readership of your blog.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Weekend Extra #3 - Twitter Tweecap
This weeks installment of interesting resources that I received via Twitter. If you are not using Twitter yet, you should!
1.) The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - A publication from San Diego State University. A good list of educational technology that relates to many of the educational theories and practices that we learned while in our teacher education programs. Worth a look.
2.) Google Earth Across the Curriculum. A great resource by Free Technology for Teachers discussing how to use Google Earth in your classroom. Highly recommend taking a look at this resource. Google Earth is more than just a Geography tool, and this helps to show you why.
3.) Langwitches Blog Post - Great post about how to be followed on Twitter and to learn about the types of people that are following you on Twitter. Very useful for those that are new to Twitter.
4.) PDFmyURL - If you are interested in making your website into a PDF file. Useful if you want to be able to send your Blog Post in a PDF format, or have a website with information that sharing in a PDF makes logical sense.
5.) AppMakr - Interesting. You provide your URL and it creates a sample App for the Iphone of what your website would look like. Kind of fun to play with....don't think my blog is worth an App yet though! Maybe your website is...here is a way to create yours.
6.) Dirpy - Take those YouTube videos and turn them into an MP3....I think many of us have been looking for this option. It is a lot easier than sites like Zamzar.
7.) Digital Cameras are all the rage...but how do you use them in the classroom? Here are 46 Ideas for Digital Cameras in the Classroom
8.) Just for the purpose of discussion. The ACT did research on our National Curriculum. It is worth a read, because chances are, much of our curriculum might be based on these results....
9.) Interesting read...14 Technologies Educators Should Watch for in 2010. My questions is, am I ahead of the times, if in January I am already past watching them, because I am using them??? Or which educators are they talking too?
10.) We all love Wordle. I know I do. Well thanks to Twitter I discovered some other useful tools like Wordle. Some that I think have added advantage to use in the classroom. I highly recommend you look at these 4 similar tools (Information about them here:
1.) The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - A publication from San Diego State University. A good list of educational technology that relates to many of the educational theories and practices that we learned while in our teacher education programs. Worth a look.
2.) Google Earth Across the Curriculum. A great resource by Free Technology for Teachers discussing how to use Google Earth in your classroom. Highly recommend taking a look at this resource. Google Earth is more than just a Geography tool, and this helps to show you why.
3.) Langwitches Blog Post - Great post about how to be followed on Twitter and to learn about the types of people that are following you on Twitter. Very useful for those that are new to Twitter.
4.) PDFmyURL - If you are interested in making your website into a PDF file. Useful if you want to be able to send your Blog Post in a PDF format, or have a website with information that sharing in a PDF makes logical sense.
5.) AppMakr - Interesting. You provide your URL and it creates a sample App for the Iphone of what your website would look like. Kind of fun to play with....don't think my blog is worth an App yet though! Maybe your website is...here is a way to create yours.
6.) Dirpy - Take those YouTube videos and turn them into an MP3....I think many of us have been looking for this option. It is a lot easier than sites like Zamzar.
7.) Digital Cameras are all the rage...but how do you use them in the classroom? Here are 46 Ideas for Digital Cameras in the Classroom
8.) Just for the purpose of discussion. The ACT did research on our National Curriculum. It is worth a read, because chances are, much of our curriculum might be based on these results....
9.) Interesting read...14 Technologies Educators Should Watch for in 2010. My questions is, am I ahead of the times, if in January I am already past watching them, because I am using them??? Or which educators are they talking too?
10.) We all love Wordle. I know I do. Well thanks to Twitter I discovered some other useful tools like Wordle. Some that I think have added advantage to use in the classroom. I highly recommend you look at these 4 similar tools (Information about them here:
11.) Museums are always something I have loved visiting. As a teacher, it is tough to know some of the best ones, or even the ones that exist in your own state. Well, here is a list of Museums Online for the United States and the World.
12.) Wordle, Voicethread, and .....Ninitendo DS (yes..in the classroom). Interesting set of presentations from the Edte.ch Blog.
Hope you find some useful links here. Check back every Saturday for a recap from the resources I receive from Twitter. It is important to note that when I wake up in the morning I have over 200 Tweets that happened throughout the night that I don't get a chance to read...so I wonder how many resources I am missing out on throughout the night.....
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