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Bob Abrams

Nancy's Talk from TEDxEast: You Can Change the World | Duarte Blog - 0 views

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    This is Nancy Duarte's TEDxEast talk on the structure of successful presentations. There should be a beginning, middle, and end, with a drastic comparison of the world that is and what the world could be.
Bob Abrams

2D Barcode Generator - 0 views

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      Cutting Edge marketing tool. Promote yourself with your own QR code!
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    QR Code is a kind of 2-D (two-dimensional) symbology developed by Denso Wave (a division of Denso Corporation at the time) and released in 1994 with the primary aim of being a symbol that is easily interpreted by scanner equipment.
Bob Abrams

CopyPasteCharacter.com - 0 views

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      Neat resource if you are every looking for a quick character and do not want to search through the coding in MS Word!
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    From Tammy Worcester... Ever need a special character like ✄ or ✎, but you can't remember the key combination to create it? Well, this week's tip will provide a quick and easy solution to that problem...
Bob Abrams

Online Stickies - lino - 0 views

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      Look, a diigo sticky note on a resource for using digital sticky notes. Eerie!
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    lino is a free sticky & canvas service that requires nothing but a Web browser. Take a note right away wherever you are: Access lino from your home, office, or even on the road and post a sticky note online whenever you need! Reminders on your special days or deadlines: Set due dates on your stickes, and you will receive an Email reminder on the morning of the due date. Free layout of your pictures and movies: You can arrange your pictures and movies as you like and share them with your friends.
Bob Abrams

TED Talks Demystified for Teachers | The History Teachers Attic - 0 views

  • The interdisciplinary nature of TED (a direction I’d like to see education go in general) would allow many of these clips to cross several of my categories, so it may be useful for you to scan the lists of other disciplines. Enjoy!
  • Bionic Teaching has used the same sheet to create a great MIT Exhibit on, as far as I can tell, all of the TED Talks.
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      This is a great introduction to selected topics on TED talks.
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    Great website that has categorized TED talks into subject specific areas. Makes it a lot more manageable for people new to TED to find a talk that will meet the needs of their classroom.
janie reneau

Flash cards, vocabulary memorization, and study games | Quizlet - 0 views

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      In this time of fast paced learning, this site provides access to online learning that works with many subjects.
  • Quizlet is the largest flash cards and study games website with over 4 million free sets of flashcards covering every possible subject. It's the best place to play educational games, memorize vocabulary and study online.
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    Quizlet is an innovative, interactive Web 2.0 site that makes learning fresh and creative. You can browse the areas by subject or career and learn how to choose the best way to learn something new.You can study online here, play educational games and learn vocabulary.
janie reneau

Links to Interactive Whiteboard Lessons - 0 views

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      The Smarboard can transform how lessons in elementary schools enable engaged learning for students.
  • Smart and Getting Smarter- This site provides ideas to maximize SmartBoards as interactive hands-on, minds-on technology tools to support students as they demonstrate what they know in multiple ways. It provides an overiew and lesson activities and interactive sites in math, science, social studies, humanities, language arts and early learning.
  • Using Electronic Whiteboards in Your Classroom -This site provides ideas, lesson plans, and websites for using the SmartBoard in the classroom. This site is divided by content area.
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  • Sequencing with a SmartBoard- In this lesson, students will be assembled into groups of three or four. Students will be responsible for reading a selected picture book, identifying six main ideas from the text, and mixing the main events into an unorganized list. Student groups will then record their unorganized lists into the SMARTBoard notebook software. Once all groups have entered their list, student groups will receive a different group’s book and their created list. Students will organize the new list of main events, and using the Smart Ideas Software or concept mapping software, create a concept map of the assigned story and events.
  • SmartBoard Lessons Podcast Collection -The purpose of this site is to accompany a free podcast that focuses on using SMART Boards in the classroom. Each episode will feature a lesson, a podcast, and user comments. The hosts, Joan Badger and Ben Hazzard, have been recognized as Canadian & International Innovative Teachers by Microsoft, SMART Exemplary Educators, Peer Educators, Tradeshow Teachers, and Conference Presenters on the use of SMARTBoards in the classroom.
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    Amphitheater Public Schools maintains this page as a resource for teachers who need a centralized place to come for learning the basics and techniques of using a Smartboard. It lists several sites that have pre-made compatible lessons in many subjects that can be addressed by students on the Whiteboard. There is a link to a Podcast collection which contains lessons, Smartboard Podcasts, and comments. It follows good educational pedogogy and utilizes lessons that stretch the imagination and gets students to think by acting and reacting with the Smartboard.
janie reneau

http://www.woodstationmusic.com - 0 views

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      What an innovative teacher! Students are surrounded by cutting edge technology at this grade school.
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    This podcast is sponsored by the Woodstation Elementary School music teacher, Dr. Lane. The purpose of this site is to provide both parents and students of WES access to weekly podcasts of fun activities in music class and to provide access for music teachers to PowerPoint and innovative music teaching ideas.She uses Itunes and Iphones in general music. The design is professional retelling of projects, experiments, and experiences in general music classes. She doesn't provide analysis of the projects. This site offers ideas and examples of what can be done with technology in general music classes.
janie reneau

Scriblink - Your Online Whiteboard - 0 views

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    This site provides interactive learning activities. It is a global whiteboard to share information with cultures all over the world.You can share urls, comments, writing, and phone conferences. This could lead to multi subject open ended problem solving and global learning. You can save, print, edit the board.
janie reneau

madZander » Blog Archive » The Kindergarten Twitter Project - 0 views

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    Madander initiated this blog to discuss how to use Twitter in kindergarten classes. There were ways examined to make sure the online work was safe. There would be communication between many kindergarten sites. Sharing information on weather, class questions, special days, poetry and story starters would encourage collaboration and thinking outside the box. This site is appropriate for early elementary classes to use for inspiration on the project.
janie reneau

K-3 Teachers Guide to Twitter - 0 views

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    This site from Chris Elliot Consulting was designed to initiate educators into using Twitter in engaging classroom learning activities.There are some free resources.The author takes Twitter novices through the steps of communicating and then how to utilize it in classroom challenges.His ten steps will get just about anyone active in using Twitter.
janie reneau

Technology Lesson Plans - 0 views

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    The Teachers Corner is a site that has organized 21st century technology skill-appropriate lesson plans for the professional teacher. Some of the best are:Using Twitter in the Classroom and Closed Captioning for Videos.
janie reneau

Technology - Wekiva Elementary School - 0 views

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    Karyn Cook of Wekiva Elementary School is a proponent of integrating technology into classrooms. She relates details about how the potential for learning including collaboration, accessing information, creativity, and problem-solving can be enhanced by technology and technology savvy teachers. This site can be utilized by her faculty, staff, and students as well as beginning teachers. She provides links to subjects that may be of interest to elementary teachers.
janie reneau

Elda Elementary Music Blog: Music and Technology - 0 views

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    Ms. Strawser of Elda Elementary hosts this beginner music teacher blog. This is written for the parents and students of her school and new general music teachers. She keeps a pictorial and video library of her students' performances and what they are doing in the media lab using music learning software. There is a list of her favorite music sites on the left side, including an Elda music podcast.
janie reneau

Could the Children in the Younger Grades Benefit from Technology in the Music Classroom? - 0 views

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    Amy Burns gives her professional opinion on whether or not children in the younger grades benefit from using technology in the music room. Her opinion is yes and she bases it on her experiences using MENC standards and the keyboard lab with Soundtree technology installed in a lab at her Far Hills Country Day School.The article was written for professional general music teachers.She learned along with her students which gave them something in common. She concluded that using technology, especially composition, excited them and made them sucessful. There were accompanying links on the page which added to her conclusions.
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