Tim Childers’ Blog

• Texas Beyond History

  Awesome site for researching Ancient Texas Natives- Kristine Rebstock

  Tags: denni, denni09, national_institute, #denni, history, texas, resources

• iConnect iLearn in the 21st Century - Partially Funded Through Project Connect

  Kevin Honeycutt’s Web 2.0 Keychain from Alicia Thomas

  Tags: keychain, web20, webtools, education, resources, collaboration, national_institute, denni, denni09, #denni

• DedicatedTeacher.com: Quality Educational Materials

  downloadable books for use in your classroom (pdf format) The books are at a lower cost then they would be if you bought them in a teacher store, plus you get credit toward a future purchase - Kendra Harper

  Tags: denni, denni09, #denni, download, books, national_institute

  • downloadable books for use in your classroom (pdf format) The books are at a lower cost then they would be if you bought them in a teacher store, plus you get credit toward a future purchase - Kendra Harper - By Alice Mercer

• avatars.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

  Create your own avatar : NOTE: emailing it will not work. You need to take a screen shot of your avatar. - Katie Warren

  Tags: denni, denni09, national_institute, #denni, avatar, generator, web20

• ClassJump.com - free websites for teachers

  Classjump provides teachers with websites free of charge, where multiple classes can be managed, documents and photos uploaded, and web 2.0 tools added easily - Carolyn Rains

  Tags: education, national_institute, denni, denni09, #denni, websites, teachers, educators, free

  • Classjump provides teachers with websites free of charge, where multiple classes can be managed, documents and photos uploaded, and web 2.0 tools added easily - Carolyn Rains - By Alice Mercer

• Free Flash Jeopardy Review Game

  Create easy to use jeopardy games without having to use powerpoint. FREEEEEE!!! Available for PC and MAC. - Jennie O’Kelley

  Tags: jeopardy, game, interactive, flash, national_institute, denni, denni09, #denni

• What’s Your Learning Style? | Edutopia

  Tags: learningstyles

  • Want to know your learning style? Take the quiz. There are 24 questions, and it will take less than five minutes to complete. Try not to think too hard — just go with your first thought when describing your daily activities and interests. At the end, you’ll find out more about how you learn.

• FRONTLINE: digital nation: your digital nation | PBS

  Encourage any and all users of digital technology to tell their stories of how technology impacts and enriches their lives - Cathy Webb

  Tags: denni, denni09, #denni, national_institute, DigitalStorytelling, frontline, digital

• TweetDeck

  Organize your tweets into categories. Professional, friends, family, DEN Stars, etc. - Amy Dent

  Tags: twitter, tweetdeck, web2.0, national_institute, denni, denni09, #denni

• Top News - High-tech cheating? Students see it differently

  Tags: edtech, cellphone, cheating

  • Rather than blame technology for enabling cheating in schools, maybe it’s time to rethink learning and assessment in the digital era
  • A recent report commissioned by Common Sense Media about the use of cell phones and the internet for cheating (see story) is representative of how students and adults can look at the same behavior or activity and have very different perceptions of technology’s impact.

• Contraption.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

  Fun Physics based puzzle game…Debbie Wrobel

  Tags: national_institute, denni, denni09, #denni

  • Fun Physics based puzzle game…Debbie Wrobel - By Alice Mercer

• Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Connect with science- real chat and use a 600,000 microscope. - Erin Prosser

  Tags: science, technology, national_institute, denni, denni09, #denni

• AllPlay Web

  Add quizzes and polls to your online webinar.

  Tags: webinar, web2.0, quiz, poll

• twitcam \ Stream Live on Twitter

  Stream live and chat via Twitter. Archives, embeddable, saves video/audio and Twitter chat.

  Tags: twitter, twitcam, video, streaming

  • Stream live and chat via Twitter. Archives, embeddable, saves video/audio and Twitter chat. - By Randy Rodgers

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