EDIT 7500 @ UGA

Celestia is a free space simulation software that allows the user to explore the universe in three dimensions.

iTALC is free software that allows you to view and control other computers in your network. You could use this software to show all students a demo, lock workstations for undivided attention, or sending text-messages to students.

Sara Armstrong discusses the benefits of using students as the technology experts while teachers are allowed to focus on being content experts.

Wikispaces offers free, private sites to all K-12 educators.

Interactive teaching software that allows teachers and students to interact with information and material that is being broadcast the the entire class.

Marc Prensky focuses on the importance of listening and getting input from students on ways to improve schools. When he talks with them he hears about how bored they are in school, how they hate lectures, and they really don't like being talked at. He also listens to the way that students view technology.

In this publication, Marc Prensky talks about the rapid change of technology and the strategies that teaches need to use in order to implement technology in their classroom.

This study focuses on the relationship between the informal writing that teens participate in through text messages, IM, and email and the formal writing skills required in school or the business world. T

Search for "Everything I know in 15 minutes." In a graduation address Doug Johnson speaks about the newest generation and their relationship with education. He tells about their high expectations when it comes to technology, their insistence on engaging lessons, and their ability to co-teach when it comes to technology.

This article also goes into how users use the information they find such as "fact checking," why they use the internet over other sources, and ways that they locate the information on the internet.

This article focuses on the teen internet accessibility, the relationship between the internet and schools, and how the internet has affected cheating. It also looks at ways that students use the internet such as instant messaging and searching for colleges.

This online book is a collection of articles that focuses on the Net Generation. The articles include "Technology and Learning Expectations of the Net Generation" and "Using Technology as a Leaning Toold, Not Just the Cool New Thing."

Provides examples of technology integration in the classroom, tutorials, troubleshooting, and more. From Florida Center for Instructional Technology at the University of South Florida's College of Education.

Online application for one time fee of $29.95 for one user. Volume discounts available. Create your own flash cards or access cards made by others. Upload your own images and audio to make the flash cards multimedia. Review the cards and then play games or take a quiz. Application picks up where you stopped and shuffles the deck to show you cards you had trouble with. You can print the cards, use them online, or download them. You can also put them on your iPod or cellphone.

Free surveys and polls that can be added to your website or blog. Free account allows unlimited polls with unlimited responses and unlimited surveys with no more than 10 questions and no more than 100 survey responses. Free version should provide enough features for teachers.

Popular wiki creation site for educators. 10 mb free with unlimited pages and folders. Folders can be used to organize pages by subject or classes. Role-based access control and rss for site with free account. Upgrades available.

Downloadable free software to capture images that you can add arrows and comments on or create a screencapture video with your voice. The file can be saved where you want it to be, but they give you a complementary small account of 2GB at screencast.com so you can share it instantly if you want to.

Free open source audio editor highly recommended for creating podcasts on PCs.

Discusses the different levels of engagement with social media- reader, participant, creator aka consumer, contributor, producer. Something to think about with technology integration.

Video podcasts suggesting ways for teachers to teach Math concepts. Similar to Common Craft technique of using whiteboard. It might be interesting to have students create their own video podcasts to explain a concept for their classmates. [At times confusing as to who their audience is supposed to be.]