Part of my World Studies curriculum is to cover current events in the classroom. CNN Student news is a great resource--daily 10 minute videos (discussion questions & newsquiz provided!)
FREE online course you can take on various subjects! Just browsing through them a lot were tech related. OR you can create your own class (and charge people...)
I always like to show my students clips of documentaries---I scour youtube, my own netflix, the library....this site is a great one stop shop for LOTS of FREE documentaries
The 7 ways to use aspects of games outside of games...
1) Experience bars measuring progress-
2) Multiple long & short term goals
3) Reward effort
4) Rapid, frequent, & clear feedback
5) Element of uncertainty
6) Windows of enhanced attention
7) Other people! Build community!
Games engage & reward players. TED talk looks at the ways that games do this and how we can bring this into other realms---in particular for us--education.
67%! That is a lot! It sounds like what parents want are iPads for their students. I know the past Apple has given schools great deals on computers to hook students on as Apple users for life...this could be a great opportunity for Apple & schools.
hen a similar survey was undertaken five years ago, students' number one complaint was the speed of Internet access at school. Now, they point instead to school filters and firewalls. 71% of high school students and 62% of middle school students say that the most important thing their school could do to make it easier for them to use technology would be to allow them greater access to the websites they need
74% of high school teachers, 72% of high school principals, and 62% of parents of high school age children said yes, they thought their school was doing a good job using technology to enhance learning and/or student achievement.
Free, video editing. Uses simple drag & drop motions, moving the ruler tool, install and save videos to your own computer or website. Step by step instructions.
Thorough instructions on how to create videos as a classroom project...FREE! Topics covered: Copyright & Creative Commons, Creating your own audio tracks, Screencasting, Finding images & audio, Documentary, Full length videos, & Sharing videos
Simple Google video on what a web browser is. I find parents and some students are often confused when I mention "chrome" or "firefox". Makes a great point that your web browser is the most important piece of software on your computer.
An interesting look at Blooms Taxonomy in light of all the different Google Tools. Each level of Blooms shows which Google Tool can be used and a link to it! A really great resource & a shows just how much we can use Google!