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Student portfolios, shared class accounts or student accounts, note sharing between accounts; use for conference notes with recordings, photos of student work and your notes.  Create printable, formatted documents from an app that is accessible from mobile and desktop devices. 

I found this resource and thought I should share it because it is a free resource for NYS educators. You can test drive the site before joining. It is a collection of video tutorials and lessons by teachers that cover Pre-k - high school curricula that also allows you to organize and share resources.

Regarding what's missing from the Core Common Standards -- new texts, new media, viewing...  Where does "complexity" of new media text get taught? How will teachers learn to parse it?  Is new media analysis and production a discipline?  Yes in my opinion.  Is it interdisciplinary? Yes.  Media related to various content areas have their own criteria.  Video, photography, blogs, social networks and the systems that deliver them are, in a way, their own languages. They are increasingly dominating how our society functions, informs and represents itself.  HOW can this still be an afterthought for educators?  Fear?  Uncertainty on how to proceed?  Because it's not tested? The text landscape is more complex than the textbook.  

I am testing out Drop.io as a tool for sharing large media files and more.

Sends anyone a URL and a code that lets them see your screen in a browser.  Can also be done through a browser plug-in that connects to Gmail.  

This is a great resource to share with teachers

Mozilla Thimble App makes it ridiculously simple to create your own web pages. Write and edit HTML and CSS right in your browser. Instantly preview your work. Then host and share your finished pages with a single click. Easy, huh?

Re-thinking the Dewey Decimal System goes digital. As the site says, "just clickety-click." MS/HS teachers will like to share this with students.

Blog by Mark Wagner with a post about little known Google Search Tools. If you are working with teachers on effective searching, share this blog post.

I recently attended a session by Al Doyle at ED Camp NYC on game design. "We play, design, and we share," said Al. This is a powerful tool that pushes students critical thinking and promotes collaborative social learning experiences.

Math in movie scenes.  This can be a prompt for kids to make their own stories around math problems!

Hey Rhys, I'm facilitating a PD today on integrating video into the classroom and I think I'll share this link with my teachers. Thanks for the share!

this is a quote about simCEO from Edutopia- What if students created their own companies, complete with business plans? What if they could also buy and sell stocks in classmates' companies? What if they could see how stock prices fluctuated over a 10-year period rather than just a few weeks? The result of that brainstorming became an online simulation called SimCEO. Luebbe, principal of American International School of Budapest, has been fine-tuning his creation by sharing it with educators around the world. They have surprised him by taking projects in directions he never imagined. He expected teachers to focus on financial literacy and entrepreneurship. But some have brought in different content. "They might set the simulation in Colonial America or New York in the 1920s," Luebbe says, then ask students to consider how historical factors would have affected market prices. Because teachers determine all the content, he adds, "they can bring in demographic data, real or fictional news, historical events -- whatever they want." The game becomes an open platform for teacher innovation.""

I see this as an excellent project idea for all NY CL schools and beyond.

Skype in the classroom is a free directory for educators who want to use Skype to bring education to life in their classrooms. Join today to share resources, chat with teachers and even pair classes.

Interactive storytelling site sponsored by the Delaware Art Muceum. You can listen to stories and create them. If you create, you can write or record the story. Definitely a tool we should share with teachers.

Ideas to share with teachers for using a digital camera in the classroom.

Games, Activities, Videos, Lessons, Resources:  "It's My Life deals with (you guessed it!) life and the stuff that we deal with every day. Whatever problem you're dealing with, believe it or not, other kids and teens have gone through the same thing. Here at It's My Life, you can read informative articles, share your stories, play games and activities, take quizzes and polls, watch video clips of other kids talking about their feelings and experiences, get advice from older kids and experts, and contribute your own comments and questions.  It's My Life also features interviews with celebrities about stuff they had to go through when they were kids. It's My Life is organized across six topic "channels": Friends, Family, School, Body, Emotions, and Money."

protocols for collaborative assessment.

A big resource from today's Whole School Change PD session by Liz Irwin, with videos and samples of student work that we can share with teachers.