Content Literacy

These templates require the Smart Notebook software, Kidspiration. Inspiration,Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer and KidPix to use. Most have a preview for you to decide if it is something you would like. I would suggest creating folders on your desktop called SmartNoteBookTemplates, InspirationTemplates, and KidspirationTemplates. You can then save the templates in the appropriate folder for later use.

Creating stories using web tools is fun and engaging for student while also teaching them new skills. Best of all you can embed them in blog posts to grab readers; including something a bit different makes reading posts more interesting.

Yet another list of web resources. Relatively up to date and comprehensive. Worth looking at if you want choices for tool usage.

If looking for a system or classroom routine to develop student eportfolio this mosdel is a nice way of organizing the 'tech' aspect of the routine. Have students write blog posts as writing to learn component, get feedback for editing, organize them according theme/topic (allows for cross-referencing), post final products as portfolio pieces. Very transparent, easy to track, allows for built-in feedback/reflection.

From DCE Junior High School.

A very simple poll generating tool. Doodle helps finding suitable dates and times for group events, e.g., an appointment, a conference call, a family reunion, etc. In addition to scheduling events, Doodle also supports polls in general. That is, groups can conveniently decide on options other than dates. - comment by Rob Reynolds

FROM the Creator/Owner of WORDLE: "I'm happy to announce that from now on, the Wordle front page will never feature images or links that are inappropriate for classroom use. It's now possible to configure an institution's "site-blocking" software to keep Wordle safe for classroom use." Simply have your networking administrator block the following base URLs1: * http://www.wordle.net/gallery * http://www.wordle.net/next * http://www.wordle.net/random -

As we further incorporate technology and online tools into content literacy. Here is a great set of tools/resources from Vicky Davis on using a wiki in your classroom. She even goes so far as to include a rubric, lesson planning ideas, and examples.

Create quick screencasts and share via twitter or embed. Quic, easy to use, great way of introducing basic software, functions.

Windows live Movie Maker, is even easier than it used to be. Great FREE tool for making videos with students.

Opportunity to identify potential funders for grants (small and large).

that over 700,000 historical images from The New York Public Library's Digital Gallery are now freely and instantly available whenever you're creating a VoiceThread. Our new Media Browser allows you to search or browse these primary source materials - maps, photos, drawings, paintings, posters and more, and then import them directly into any VoiceThread. Links back to the original location of the images on the web are automatically inserted to make citing and attribution easier for you and your students.

List of resources. Lots of options. Always good to look around and find any new resources I'm not familiar with.

Collection of Smartboard resources. Some of the resources are really good! Worth taking the time to look at and identify a few that would be helpful to you.

A discussion draft of the framework for the national assessment of technological literacy, the first to gauge students' understanding of and skill in using a range of tools, has been presented to theboard that oversees the testing program.

Resources from the department of energy and Discovery Education for use with STEM classes

This is the kind of graph that students need to be interacting with as much as possible. Great example of different ways of expressing data. I would love to see questions that students could write based on this kind of graph.

The North Atlantic Ocean has spawned more hurricanes and tropical storms over the last decade than it has since a similarly stormy period 1,000 years ago, according to a new study.

Good resource for adding bells and whistles to a wiki. Worth having in your arsenal, but recommended after you have your routine/purpose developed.