Thank you to all the wonderful college and university students who are spending their summer working with middle school students in the Lehigh Valley Summerbidge program.  I applaud your commitment to learning and to your community.

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Here are some resources that will be helpful in your use of DE streaming and DE Science this summer.

• 50 Ways to Integrate DE streaming
• DE streaming Quick Start Guide
• DE Science Middle School Quick Start Guide
• DE Science Integration Strategies
• Embedding Video into PowerPoint 97/2003
• Embedding Video into PowerPoint 2007
• Widgets for Your DE streaming Builder
• Get Your ‘Og On – Glogs, Blogs, and Vlogs
• Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere – DE streaming and Google Earth
• Thinking Outside the Slide – Non-Linear Multimedia Presentations

Here are some great Web 2.0 applications.

• Voicethread
• Go Animate
• MyPlick
• xtranormal
• MakeBeliefsComix
• Glogster
• Animoto
• Kerpoof
• Pixton
• Diigo – social bookmarking and annotation
• Wikispaces – ad-free educational wikis
• Edublogs – moderated educational blogs
• Edmodo – microblogging, shared calendars, private document sharing, annotation

Here are some additional educational technology training resources.

• Blogging
• Podcasting
• Wikis
• Voicethread
• Glogster
• Animoto
• Learning Networks
• Digital Storytelling
• Digital Storytelling with Web 2.0
• Diigo
  
• WebQuests
• Google Tools for Schools – Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Groups, Google Sites, Google Knol, Google Reader, Blogger, Google News, Google Customized Search, etc.

These are just really useful applications.

• URL shrinkers and chunkers
• Media conversion tools