AZ Diigo Webinar

"I have created this Tackk as a Table of Contents of sorts for each of my educational technology Tackks. To view them, click, and you will be taken to each specific Tackk."

This is a goldmine of edtech resources being created by Avra Robinson on Tackk. Valuable step-by-step instructions for many tools and I'm excited to learn about Tackk as a way to share learning resources.

The what, why, how, which for Google Chrome extensions by Avra Robinson.

Excellent tips and suggestions for Google Chrome extensions from Avra Robinson via Tackk.

"What Would the World of Social Media Say About You & Your Character?" Have students search through their social media worlds and take screen captures of POSITIVE moments that they would like to share with the world. Have the conversation about the present and the future!

An excellent activity for helping students learn about digital footprints!

"I am a heavy user of Google Apps including Chrome and Chromebooks. These are the extensions that I use and feel are some of the best and most useful and consider a must have for all Chromebook users. Title of extension links to Google Play store. Link at end of entry is to other articles on how to use it."

A great list of Chrome Extensions shared by David Andrade. He shares a brief description of each and a link to the extension.

"How do digital portfolios help students learn? Where is the evidence that this assessment strategy actually supports improved teacher practice and increased student achievement? Why should teachers "do" digital student portfolios in the first place, since they are not required? How do performance and progress portfolios "mesh"?" Digital student portfolios can provide what other assessment tools cannot: Real, unabridged, minimally processed artifacts of learning that make sense to all the learners in the classroom, including the teacher. Technology used in this way can bring us as close as we can get to peering inside our students' hearts and minds to find out what they currently know and are able to do.

An excellent blog post by Matt Renwick, author of 'Digital Student Portfolios" with several examples using Evernote! Great followup to our ADE webinar on Evernote with Chris Giles.

A great resource to follow up on our Chrome Extensions webinar! Productivity Tools in the Classroom Series: Chrome Extensions for the Classroom with Chris Giles.

Another great resource for Google Chrome Extensions!

"Our all time favourite 40+ Best Books for Boys ages 8-16"

This is a wonderful list of books for boys ages 8-16. Perfect for teachers, parents and grandparents!

EdCamp Phoenix newsletter with great resources and information about our upcoming 2015 EdCamp on February 28. Mark the date on your calendar. Registration will be available soon.

EdCamp Phoenix is coming in February 2015! An awesome opportunity to learn together with other educators in AZ and you get to choose the topics you want to learn about. If you're interested in becoming a part of the volunteer planning group please contact us--lots of tasks from very small to big. We'd love your input!

"This collection provides a list of free educational resources for K-12 students (kindergarten through high school students) and their parents and teachers. It features free video lessons/tutorials; free mobile apps; free audiobooks, ebooks and textbooks; quality YouTube channels; free foreign language lessons; test prep materials; and free web resources in academic subjects like literature, history, science and computing. This newly-released list is a work in progress."

Tons of great FREE resources for teachers and students for all subject areas including video tutorials, Have fun exploring!

SAMR Model and App cross-section

Awesome resources for teaching reading and writing, all free! Includes ideas for reading workshop, writing workshop, assessment, organizers and student writing samples.

These resources are fantastic and you can also sign up for his newsletter to get additional resources. Steve Peha has created wonderful teaching resources!

If you tweet and want to save and share a visual representation of everything you tweet about so you can easily find it later RebelMouse is an awesome browser-based tool.

This is my example of RebelMouse and I hope it will give you some ideas about how valuable this tool can be. I love it!

Excellent compilation of resources for digital storytelling created by Shelly Terrell!

This is a great compilation of many Symbaloo webmixes for digital storytelling created by my friend, Shelly Terrell. Lots of valuable resources and links!

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, collaborative, constructive, authentic, and goal directed (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells. What is in each cell? Within each cell of the Matrix one will find two lessons plans with a short video of the lesson. Each lesson is designed to show the integration of technology in instruction and classrooms as well as the Arizona Educational Technology Standards.

Arizona's own Tech Integration Matrix modeled after the Florida Tech Integration Matrix that Chris Giles shared with our group. Excellent resources and support for technology integration.

Make online posters (similar to Smore)

COPPA Compliance and Digital Tools

Digital Skills Matrix for students

Title: teaching elementary school students to be effective writers