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The TechMatrix is a powerful tool to find educational and assistive technology products for students with special needs.

The goal of Clutter is to allow users to collaborate by linking Scratch projects. On the Scratch site it is possible to add projects to galleries, however, this is only one way to bring Scratch projects together.




In Clutter there are three ways to bring projects together:




Story Clutters allow you order projects sequentially.
Secret Word Clutters requires users to type in a secret word to move to the next project in a sequence.
Link Clutters allow you to go to any project inside a Clutter if you know the link word that is associated with the project.

"A Clutter is a collection of Scratch projects that are linked together."

(I love alternative points of view, varying viewpoints cause us to question and hopelfully improve our instruction)

Five Reasons I'm Not Flipping Over The Flipped Classroom
Nov 8

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If you've read my thoughts about the Flipped Classroom in USA Today, you probably are either in agreement with my caution over the excitement around the flipped classroom made popular by Sal Kahn or you are a flipped classroom advocate who wants to convince me and other innovative educators that flipping is for everyone.

While I certainly see benefits in flipping instruction as I wrote about earlier this year, there are also reasons to move ahead with caution.

edtechlounge lesson plans and materials for teaching ICT

These competencies address the skills and knowledge about technology necessary for library work. This competency set also addresses the role of providing access to and educating the user in the use of technologies and equipment relevant to information seeking, access, and use.

This free typing tutor teaches you how to touch-type. Once you can touch-type you will not need to look at the keyboard to find the letters you want to type. The program comes in three versions: Standard, Accessible and Spanish. Use the menu on the left to navigate to the version you are interested in.

Typing Web is one of those tutorials that provides instant feedback after every free typing lesson. Typing Web offers beginner through advanced typing lessons for free. You can register to track your progress or you can use Typing Web without registering.

Good Typing is a free online typing skill development program. Good Typing provides 27 graduated lessons designed to help students learn to use their entire keyboards correctly. Unlike some free online typing programs, Good Typing offers support twenty different keyboard styles including US style, Japanese style, and several European languages.

"I have been using Scratch, a drag and drop programming language developed by researchers at MIT, since November 2007. I am quite excited about its potential for teaching other skills besides programming.
I have set up this wiki to build-up a course for beginner programmers."

We believe in:
Sharing Technology: Government entities at all levels face substantial yet similar IT challenges. We help them share their solutions.

Building Open Platforms: Open architectures foster innovation and create flexibility and efficiency through interoperability.

Spreading Knowledge: There is an answer to your question out there somewhere. We'll help you find other's answers and share your own.

Nice article about Diigo for Educators

The easiest way to create a WebQuest with more than 132.4 thousand users
Zunal WebQuest Maker is a web-based software for creating WebQuests in a short time without writing any HTML codes.

in2edu.....unique resources prepared by a currently teaching ICT teacher. Featuring: ICT exemplars, integrated thematic units that focus on thinking, thinking resources, mindmapping tools (including downloadable Inspiration mindmaps), awards and banners in colour/blackline master form that you can view and download.

Our Mission
NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement. With resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations, NetSmartz entertains while it educates.
Our Goals
    Educate children on how to recognize potential Internet risks
    Engage children and adults in a two-way conversation about on- and offline risks
    Empower children to help prevent themselves from being exploited and to report victimization to a trusted adult

The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program was developed to create awareness of intellectual property rights and foster a better understanding of the rights connected with creative content.Four units comprise the curriculum resources. Each unit consists of standalone yet complementary lesson plans that play off a creative rights scenario presented through a case study.

Common Sense Media offers this FREE Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum to help educators empower their students and their school communities to be safe, responsible, and savvy as they navigate this fast-paced digital world. NO COST to your school. It's all free thanks to generous support from our philanthropic supporters. Research-based learning.

Project Red: 9 Technology Practices That Improve Education the Most