CTAP Siskiyou Web 2.0

"What is a PLN? Why is it important? In module 1, I go over how to build a PLN and where to find teachers and people to connect with. PLNs can be built with people you meet at networking events, online, blogs, social networks, and microblogs like Twitter. This is the first module of a ten module series."

"The PLN Matures. The Progression of the 21st Century Personal Learning Network" - learn how some educators are growing in good educational practice & collaboration and the process that is taking place in that development. Excellent post!

"Soshiku is a simple but powerful tool that manages your high school or college assignments. Soshiku keeps track of when your assignments are due and can even notify you via email or SMS."

Excellent direction & examples of how to build an award-winning sub plan. May be too much for some, but you can pick & choose the elements you would want to use.

"This is part of a series for being professional ina digital world and focuses on when teachers should and shouldn't use email communication." I liked the guidelines. Very clear use of email for teachers with parents, guardians, etc. ***You can download the document & revise it.

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Among the findings: New teachers aren't more likely than veteran teachers to use technology. This raises some important questions how well teacher preparation programs are training pre-teachers how to integrate technology or if they're simply entering school environments where they're not encouraged to do so.

Great reminders of things you can do with Google-Tip of the day-many with short videos demoing the tip. I added the gadget to my iGoogle homepage.

Helpful chart to compare/contrast each tool

Shelley Terrell pulls together some great Skype resources. The embedded video is amazing on the how to of using Skype.

"Welcome to the ultimate guide to YouTube. Unless you've been living under rock throughout the 'Noughties' YouTube is quite simply the world's largest collection of video content and as an educator it is an amazing resource that you SHOULD NOT be without."

For those working with students on Internet safety, there are some good sites here. I've used some of them and look forward to trying out some others.

Check out the list and see how many ways you're using the Document camera effectively in instruction

"The Secret To Getting Every Student Excited About Writing" - some interesting thoughts on how social media can engage students in the writing process.

8/26/2010

Britons are increasingly overlapping their media habits - tapping out e-mails while watching TV, reading a paper while answering texts from friends. But, asks Hugh Wilson, does media multi-tasking mean instead of doing a few things well, we are just doing more things badly?

Richard Byrne: Free Technology for Teachers

Interactive game on the 13 colonies and the rise to American Revolution. Meets CA 5th grade standards.

Check out the educational program @ http://www.mixbook.com/edu Students & teachers can make different kinds of digital books for a wide variety of projects and even publish them. Can also make yearbooks at very affordable prices with great flexibility in design - 3-5 day lead time for production & delivery

Here is a LiveBinder with resources used for a Virtual Summer Camp (technology camp for teachers). Again, using LiveBinders makes it a snap to organize resources you want to share.