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Google Certified Teachers Please create your own bio page... and add a link below. Then your own page can serve as a hub for anything else you wish to create on this site... add your own workshops, your own announcements, etc... as long as it is related t

Version 4 of the popular Google Maps creation tool Map Channels was released yesterday. Map Channels lets you quickly and easily create your own Google Map using a Google My Map, KML, GeoRSS, Tab-delimited text or a Google Spreadsheet.

Click the "Create a Space" button next to each gadget to get started with your shared space.

A couple of quick takeaways for me are that it's nice to see professional development called out as something we need, but we really have to get away form the paradigm of thinking it's something we do "to" teachers or is done "to" us.  The other takeaway I have after reading this is around a question I've asked before. If we're truly "blending" our teaching and environment, what does the space look like? How can we professionally develop as teachers to be better prepared to adapt and modify our existing learning spaces to better meet the needs of a flexible, student centric, tech infused learning environment? If shifting the ENTIRE teaching model paradigm upside down is NOT an option, what is? Is this something that needs to be built, modeled, and then iterated? I culled some nuggets from the reading.

"Snap photos of your students and use Picnik to create class photo frames, name tags, newsletters and more."

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Guiding Principles for New Teachers 1 I recently began teaching two new "methods" classes for preservice educators after a teacher-education hiatus of about a decade. While creating my syllabi, I decided to express some of the principles that I believe

This course will guide participants through the process of creating a one page application that demonstrates how to use and apply a technique that expands a text object while also revealing hidden information. This application requires Smart Notebook 10.

Just Click on any of the topics in the left hand menu Russell Stannard Click on this simple intro to find out how to use the videos. These videos were created for teachers to help them to incorporate technology into their teaching. Just click and a video

To avoid such scenarios happening again (at least to me!), I have created a 'Master List' below of all the juiciest resource lists compiled on ZaidLearn. Trust me; some of these resource lists are really yummy. Interestingly, some of these resource lists

TeachersFirst's Summer Sparklers: This collection of editors' choices from TeachersFirst will spark summer excitement for parents and kids alike. Whether your want to create something, ignite new learning, or hold on to what you already know, you will s

Notebook Lessons These SMART Board lessons have been created and/or modified by Elko County School District teachers. You will need the newest version of the Notebook software.