CTAP Siskiyou Web 2.0

Dropbox is a great Web 2.0 tool for students & teachers. Check out the ideas for using it. I use it as a place to save all of my documents & it syncs & makes accessible files from any computer. Very cool! Free 5GB...

Nice article & video on student collaboration using Google Docs

Link to the SUHSD Blog

It's time to take a more critical look at how we teach students information literacy. Wikipedia is a great place to start!

"Collaboration is the real step to education transformation. When we gather to produce, our ideas, talents, and skills embody our final outcome. Each person who participates has the ability to add full attention to the designated task versus one person spread thin over several tasks. Collaboration is also important for students who will have to work with others in some capacity to be able to problem solve or brainstorm."

Scholastic Study Jams is a fantastic collection of over 200 learning resource collections. Study Jams are videos, slide shows, and step by step explanations for science and math that will have your students discovering everything from invertebrates to the water cycle and the rule of divisibility. Each Jam includes a teaching video/step-by-step/slide show, key vocabulary, and a test yourself section where they can practice what they have just learned.

Drop.io bought out by Facebook and closing down on Dec. 15th - if you have accounts, get your data off before then. I'll be looking for good alternatives to this service. Box.net has some features similar. Let me know if you find something else.

Nancy Willard, expert in responsible Internet Use

"n Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens, Internet safety expert Nancy Willard provides you with need-to-know information about those online dangers and gives you the practical parenting strategies necessary to help children and teens learn to use the Internet safely and responsibly. "

Video on Digital Etiquette, Cyberbullying, & Online Safety

"Own Your Space is a free, sixteen chapter ebook designed to educate tweens and teens about protecting themselves and their stuff online. This ebook isn't a fluffy, general overview book. Each chapter goes into great detail explaining the technical threats that students' computers face online as well as the personal threats to data that students can face online."

Listen to a thought provoking presentation while viewing an amazing animation illustrating the points of the presentation given by Sir Ken Robinson. Thought provoking presentation, to say the least.

Has bullying self-assessment for students

Effective lessons with great resources to help students, teachers, and parents better understand Digital Citizenship

Excellent selection of sites for students to use their creativity and display their content knowledge.

Great tool that lets you draw on your webpages - insert text comments & arrows - and you can publish the pages if you like. Nice freeware app. Simply drag an icon to the bookmark's toolbar.

Great tips to helping thin your Inbox. "While lots of newsletters and mailing lists fall into the "spam" category, sometimes you want to read them but don't want them cluttering up your inbox. Filter them out in Gmail by including these oft-used phrases." Also read the post comments for another great way to subscribe to things and not have them end up in your Inbox.