Post with links to free images and sounds for student projects. Multiple websites for public domain images and sounds that are safe for student searching. You will find glorious photo landscapes, character illustrations of fairy tale characters, tornado sound effects, and more.
In addition, the writer included suggested curriculum units that could be supported through the use of the websites.
An interesting lecture by Michael Wesch, creator of several YouTube videos. Listen to what he says about student learners. This was shared in the Classroom 2.0 ning - a site that is blocked in most schools.
As the project got underway, there was considerable interest in seeing the how similarly K-12 and higher education were viewing emerging technology. As it turned out, there is a considerable overlap, but there are also clear distinctions.
collaborative environments and online communication tools
barriers such as policy constraints on using online tools, the fact that many students do not bring laptops to school (as opposed to many college students, who do), and policies that restrict Internet access in many schools.
I hope so. But, as I travel around the state I'm still seeing schools blocking wikis and blogs - even in IU buildings where the only users are adults! The fear of lawsuits is palpable! What we need is a news-worthy crisis to make us take this seriously.
Multi-touch interfaces, GPS capability, and the ability to run third-party applications make today’s mobile device an increasingly flexible tool that is readily adapted to a wide range of tasks for social networking, learning, and productivity.
Collaborative work, research, social networking, media sharing, virtual computers: all are enabled by applications that live in the cloud.
The start of this is already here with the use of RSS. Teachers and students can personalize their web experience, which in turn can personalize their learning experience.
Smart objects combine a unique identifier with sensors and network access to link physical objects with a wealth of virtual information.
Smart objects combine a unique identifier with sensors and network access to link physical objects with a wealth of virtual information.
This site allows students to collaborate online for educational reasons. Features include online whiteboards, "dweeb" competitions, message system, learning style profiles, friends lists, links and more!
This set of activities is like an old-fashioned Spelling Bee.
Contestants -- that's you! -- in grades 1-8 will listen to three stories, one at a time, and then spell words from each story. Students in high school will listen to separate sentences and then spell the words from each sentence.
If you get stumped, you can click to hear a word again, as many times as you need to. If you're in grade three or higher, you can ask for a definition too. Since words often make more sense when they are attached to an idea, all the words in the story or sentences are in context.
Review the words, hear the audio, and SPELL the missing words. Make sure to check your SPELLING carefully, since your results will be calculated at the end.
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