Good tutorial/tips site to pay attention to if using technology for education.

Some interesting applets and well thought out lessons.

Help embedding equations into text on web pages. I haven't been able to get it to work on wikispaces, yet, but it does work with as a gif file there. It's a step in the right direction for creating better use of symbolic representation in web pages.

An interesting collection of activities/demos. Well designed and planned. I like the fact that they have objectives but wish they were standards-based

Site for free graphics. Option to do a free CC search or open it up to commercial search with a little cost.

Pattern blocks are great tools for developing conceptual understanding. I hope to continue to see them used in classrooms, but the virtual kind can allow students to share their thinking with other students virtually. I like using screen capture, cut/paste, upload to a wiki, comment on characteristics/size/description of '1'/and sharing with students so that their thikning can be revisited from multiple venues (home, classroom, internet-broader audience).

Important to always think about how to create a safe learning environment. This post is a great analysis of several inputs. Worth reading and a great resource.

The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways project (MSP2) is a component of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) that supports middle school educators and youth by offering contextualized, high-quality resources and promotes interactivity, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing among its users.

Some simple ways of creating activities for VT.

Examples of Poem Voicethreads written by high school students from Karl Fisch, always a good source.

Easy to follow tutorial for making a voicethread.

TI activities are generally excellent and a great source of engaging, literate, standards based activities.

increasing the engagement of activities when using the IWB

Always important to identify instructional patterns that are helpful and those that may get in the way. I like this data because it always brings me back to an analysis of my rationale for doing what I do in my classroom. Do I always choose good rationale for my instructional routines? mmmm.

I like Dave's blog for several reasons. He gives his students voice, he uses technology well, and he seems to find some interesting activities for his students. This post is right up my alley; he uses data that is relevent to his students, has them do some basic analysis and then in explore other data and compare/analyze the data with the original (relevant) data!

Interesting blog from Steve Shann. This post on literacy across the curriculum is worth reading from some post-grad students exploring the topic.

These add-ons can help capture information on the internet to share with your students. The information does not have to be text based to share.

Drag & Drop.io 2.0.1: Store and share pictures, videos, audio, documents and more without an account, registration or email address. Sharing is private.