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Awesome Stories

March 23, 2010 by · No Comments · Collaboration, Ideas, K-6, Language Arts, Math, Media, On Delicious, Online, Science, Social Science, Teaching, Texts, Videos, Web2.0

This is a teaching / learning tool that provides links to primary sources throughout the stories. Great for research papers and lesson plans!

http://www.awesomestories.com/

What’s your Learning Style?

October 6, 2009 by · No Comments · Ideas, Online, Teaching, Web2.0

Take this quick online quiz to discover the range of your learning styles and all the ways you can learn.

Which are you?

Naturalistic | Bodily-Kinesthetic | Musical | Interpersonal | Intrapersonal | Visual-Spatial | Logical-Mathematical | Verbal-Linguistic

Find out here: http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz

Online LIVE Workshop – tomorrow

October 2, 2009 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

Don’t worry if you miss this, there will be a recording available next week.

Saturday LIVE Show – Interesting Ways to Use a Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom by Tom Barrett.

The topic this Saturday will be “Interesting Ways to Use a Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom ” with special guest Tom Barrett. Tom will share innovative ways to use a pocket video camera, like a Flip Cam, in the classroom. More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’ve never participated in a live webinar, don’t be afraid to come and observe. ‘Dip your toes in’ the conversations until you feel comfortable enough to “jump into the conversations with both feet”! We want to encourage “experienced Web 2.0 users” to join us by contributing and extending the conversation by sharing real-life examples and tips/suggestions.

Date: Sat., October 3, 2009
Time: 9:00am Pacific
Location: In Elluminate at http://tinyurl.com/cr20live

Intro to Tech Integration

September 30, 2009 by · No Comments · 1-to-1, Ideas, Media, Online, Professional Development, Teaching, Technology Standards, Videos

Students can use technology to monitor their activities and analyze the data and feedback to improve their performance.


What’s an ePortfolio?

September 23, 2009 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

Access some great info and tools for creating and managing ePortfolios for students.  This online presentation is archived through the Classroom 2.0 website.  You can access the full recording of the online workshop and linnks to all sorts of website resources.  All Free.

Go HERE for more info.

Rosetta Stone Online workshop

September 21, 2009 by · No Comments · Collaboration, Online, Rosetta Stone

Open for anyone interested in learning more about the online tools on Rosetta Stone online.

Workshop is limited to 20 participants.

How Teachers Use Google Docs

August 31, 2009 by · No Comments · Collaboration, Google, Ideas, Online, Professional Development, Teaching, Technology Standards, Videos, Web2.0

Resources for Collaboration

August 25, 2009 by · No Comments · Collaboration, Google, Ideas, K-6, Language Arts, Math, Online, Professional Development, Questions/help, Science, ST info, Teaching, Tech at Work, Technology Standards, Web2.0

Google Docs offers great free resources for students, teachers and parents to create, collaborate and share information, projects and ideas. Check it out!

Google Docs Community

Summer Ideas – Geo Education

June 8, 2009 by · No Comments · Collaboration, Future, Games/Sims, Google, Ideas, Online, Summer Ideas, Tech at Work, Web2.0

This Summer be sure to visit Google’s Geo Education site, where you will find helpful information on using Google Earth, Maps, Sky, and SketchUp with your K-12 student.

For years, this suite of products has been identified as a powerful learning toolkit that can help your students conceptualize, visualize, share, and communicate information about the world around them. The Google for Educators team hopes these tools will empower you to bring the world’s geographic information to your students in a compelling, fresh, and fun way.

Bookmark this site and go back often for more great ideas.

A Vision of K-12 Students

June 3, 2009 by · No Comments · 1-to-1, Collaboration, Future, Ideas, Podcasts, Professional Development, Questions/help, ST info, Teaching, Tech at Work, Videos, Web2.0

This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it serves to motivate district level leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

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