CTAP Siskiyou Web 2.0

Great interactive visual resources for anatomy and physiology - some for the iPad.

Technology Coordinator/Integration Specialist vs. Technician - blended skills - is it enough just to put technology in the hands of students? What about intentional pedagogy?

NIce tutorial on how to use Google Reader for blogs, wikis, photo & video sharing websites, etc.

Nice interactive tutorial on why we cite and how to cite, step by step using APA, MLA, Chicago, and CBE/CSE

So you have been ordered to integrate technology in you classroom. Only problem is, you only have one computer or have limited access to computers. Here are 10 ways you can use. In addition, these are just great teaching/learning strategies for any classroom and could be used for PBL.  Created by Kimberly Scott - see her blog: www.ingeniousteaching.blogspot.com

Socrative is a student response system that leverages the use of smartphones, laptops and tablets by having students respond to questions in various quiz and game formats. Almost instantaneously, student responses are populated and can be viewed by the entire class. No matter what format you use, Socrative is a fun and easy way for students to receive immediate feedback and for teachers to collect marks. Here is a nice tutorial:  http://youtu.be/EIn0FUzyDuE Here are some examples created by an English teacher you may want to import and try out:  SOC-256509 - Poetic Devices SOC-256496 - Types of Poems SOC-90777 - Short Story Terms #1 SOC-93415 - Short Story Terms #2 SOC-93503 - Short Story Terms #3

Mapmaking using Google Maps is easy! Check out this site that has some beginning activities and ideas for curriculum integration. Why Integrate Map Making into Curriculum? *It's fun and engaging! *Creates ties between content and place *Maps are interactive and easy to update *Maps can be great assessment tools *Good Content for Map Making -You have information or data that is place-based. -You want to show nformation that varies depending on location, distribution of something over an area, or a path or route of travel.

Richard Byrne provides links to 8 resources for teaching students what plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and how to detect it. 

To help students with Fair Use and Copyright, Richard Byrne shares some sites that students and teachers can use in podcasts, videos, and other digital presentations.

Edutopia post on Project Based Learning & embedded video of Yong Zhao presentation at ISTE 2012, June 26, 2012.  "What makes someone successful in the 21st century is definitely not your ability to memorize facts. What will make someone successful is your relentless capacity to innovate, to create. It's your ability to network, to make friends from your own circle and from other countries. It's your ability to see through challenges, to look for opportunities in problems, and to take action to change things instead of waiting for someone else to do something, Meanwhile, he added, the U.S. is focusing on the wrong goal by aiming for higher standardized test scores. "Fixing the horse wagon won't get us to the moon," he said, referring to the current educational system as a holdover from an outdated era. 

Snaggy is a web-based tool for drawing on, annotating, and sharing screen captures. To draw or write on your screen capture just paste your screen capture image into Snaggy. Snaggy offers tools for highlighting a section of your screen capture, typing on it, and drawing free-hand on your image. You can also use Snaggy to crop your image. When you're ready to share your screen capture, Snaggy assigns is a custom url that you can Tweet, email, or post anywhere you like. Snaggy lets you save your edited screen captures to your computer too.

Great information and a chance to watch a school pilot Chromebooks from the beginning stages of planning & implementation

Google Apps for the iPad is a small site built by Google Certified Teacher Jill Galloway. The site addresses a lot of common questions about using Google Apps on iPads. 

Free online gradebook, lesson planner, attendance, reporting and calendar that integrates with Google Calendar & more. Thanks to Carla DeRoss for sharing this resource

10:44 Documentary by AT&T - Don't Text While Driving Watch AT&T's new 10-minute documentary titled "The Last Text," featuring stories of real individuals whose lives have been adversely affected by texting behind the wheel. Includes a short video on student reactions to the video. Videos can be requested for download. AT&T created this documentary as part of its "It Can Wait" campaign because we want consumers be safe while using our technology. We are grateful and humbled by the bravery of the people who agreed to be on camera for the documentary. We would have no story to tell without them.

Gives you the Outlook preview pane, but lets you toggle it on and off, which is nice. Click the "Gear" icon (top right of you Gmail window, then Labs, then enable "Preview Pane" - save changes.

U.S. Dept. of Education Technology Plan - Infrastructure: Access and Enable - discusses the role of filtering and providing access - read "Balancing Connectivity and Student Safety on the Internet" 

Another great blog post by Wesley Fryer to help us understand CIPA compliance and it's role in our schools. Wow!

Anne Hinchcliff shared this great article that I think will help clarify for school admin., tech coordinators, teachers, students, etc. what our responsibilities and roles are in digital citizenship with regard to appropriate content. BalancedFiltering.org is a grassroots campaign to promote balanced content filtering in schools which complies with the law, promotes accountability, and encourages responsible digital citizenship.

Easy to use online countdown timer to use to display for testing, group work, etc.