These are my links for November 2nd through November 3rd:
Home - LucidChart - Online Collaborative Flow Chart Application - LucidChart is the missing link in online office productivity suites. LucidChart allows users to create, collaborate on, and publish attractive flowcharts and other diagrams from a web browser.
The October 26 Day of Discovery: Tech or Treat, was full of information on using tech in the classroom. The session materials for the in-person October 24 Day of Discovery at Discovery conference can be found here.
You can access all 7 hours of the virtual conference on the DEN blog.
Posted on November 3, 2009 in Presentations by James Stewart
Mathematics - Primary Maths lessons sites for kids and teacher resources
remixtheclassroom - home - This wiki is created as a resource to teachers wanting to add remix and mash-up assignments to their classrooms. Why? Currently, our students treat the digital media as their personal palate. Ownership means little - sound, image and video are just bits they use for self-expression. Today’s youth like putting their thoughts out there digitally, and practice this outside of school with Myspace designs, music remixes and video mash-ups. They publish their work to Youtube constantly. If we can harness this passion for digital creation in the schoolroom, it can help our students learn more deeply while helping them harness.jpg develop critical communication skills for life in the 21st century
Posted on October 30, 2009 in Bookmarks by Steve Dembo
These are my links for October 16th through October 26th:
cooltoolsforschools - home - This beauty of a site does a terrific job of categorizing and presenting many important, robust and usually FREE web 2.0 tools for classroom use. Maintained by Lenva Shearing, ICT PD Facilitator at Bucklands Beach Intermediate School in Auckland, New Zealand, Cool Tools for Schools is a visually pleasing, well organized, comprehensive directory of web 2.0 tools.
eclocking - eclocking is a stopwatch that allows you to save, organize and analyze your timings. Please watch the screencast below for a brief introduction
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 20,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented. Collection categories include antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, children’s, and manuscript maps.
PopScreen - Bookmark and share your favorite tv shows, movies, webcasts, news clips, music and viral videos from hundreds of online sources in one place. Give us a try it’s free!
Posted on October 26, 2009 in Bookmarks by Steve Dembo
VisualBlooms - home - For the record…this is an implementation point, a discussion starter. Those of us that provide staff development around instructional technology have identified a need to share more than just tools with teachers. To evaluate them based on Bloom’s Taxonomy is simply a way to connect the tools to those that would be identified with the Affective, Psychomotor, or Cognitive domains–specifically the Cognitive.
Podcasting in Education | PoducateMe - Provides instruction for and discussion of how to podcast in education and beyond. Features a comprehensive guide to podcasting that?s free to read in its entirety online. Also includes podcast news, kits, and hardware and software recommendations.
FFFBI Home - The Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation uses humor and storytelling to help kids ages 8-13 learn about places and cultures around the world. This is an important first step toward building their global literacy.
NationMaster - World Statistics, Country Comparisons - Welcome to NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
Wolfram|Alpha is a newer search engine that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a search engine might.
Wolfram|Alpha is hosting a Homework Day live webinar where students and educators from across the country explore the power of using Wolfram|Alpha for school.
Posted on October 15, 2009 in Announcement by James Stewart
Registration is now available for the “Day of Discovery: Tech or Treat Conference” at Harper Creek High School (map) from 8:30 am - 3:15 pm in Battle Creek, MI. Click here to register..
This event is jointly sponsored by the Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) SIGMM, SIGEE, SIGWEB and the Discovery Education Network (DEN), featuring MACUL’s Making it Happen award winner, Andy Mann. Choose virtual sessions from nationally known speakers and/or face-to-face sessions with experienced technology trainers. There is no cost for the conference. Lunch is provided. All teachers are welcome, although space is limited. SB-CEU’s available. Door prizes provided by Discovery Education and MACUL.
Virtual Sessions by Discovery Education’s National Speakers:
Can I Help You With That? The Student as Collaborator
Do You Have the Audacity to Podcast?
Thinking Outside the Slide
Putting the Bling in Your Builders
What on Earth is a Gloggle?
Be Nice and Share: Publishing Your Media-Infused Projects
In Person Hands-on Sessions: (subject to change)
The Best Open Source & Free Windows Applications
Google Earth: All Over the World and In your Backyard
Hands-on: Geocaching in the Classroom
Discovery Streaming in Action
Thinkfinity: Free Lesson Plans and Educational Resources
Podcasting: Supercharged Writers
Digital Storytelling: Make it Personal
Google Docs: Really, I can do that?
Get Connected with Social Bookmarking
Online Degree 100 Essential Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers - a list of 100 tools we think will encourage interactivity and engagement, motivate and empower your students, and create differentiation in their learning process.
Posted on October 1, 2009 in Bookmarks by Steve Dembo
These are my links for September 25th through September 27th:
Home (Google-ize Your Staff Development) - Google has a number of great applications that can assist you with the technology staff development efforts in your school and the best part about it, is that they are all free and easy to use.
Teacher Tap: Public Domain, Copyright Free, Open Source, and Student Use Images and Media - This page provides links to some of the better copyright-free and public domain resources. The advice on this page is not a legal opinion. The ideas are intended for educators and librarians who wish to locate quality, copyright-friendly materials for educational, noncommercial, and nonprofit projects.
iPod Literacy - While introduced as a hard drive based music player in 2001, the iPod has evolved into an essential tool for literacy in the 21st century. The availability of educational content is staggering. There are podcasts on everything from math to history to science to learning a foreign language.
Domo Animate - Create animations - Domo Animate, Powered by GoAnimate, is a way to easily create Domo animations and slideshows.
Reading Logs : Reading, Vocabulary - Reading Logs gives students a better way to track reading, create vocabulary cards and practice spelling. Learning material is uploaded by
teachers and is accessed online by students in their class.
Posted on September 27, 2009 in Bookmarks by Steve Dembo
