EDT520 Summer2010

Five minute videos explaining how to use specific tools in a classroom setting. It's a great first stop if you haven't used a tool or want to hear from an educator about how it could be used in a classroom. 

If you are looking for examples of teacher OR student blogs, this new Edublogs directory can be handy. Categories by content area, as well as a category for students (student blogs in content area sections too). Great place to look for ideas of what you might do in your classroom.

Nice call! I saw this post from Richard Byrne and thought it would be good for folks to see. Glad you liked it too.

A middle school classroom teacher reflects on the tools they use in their classroom and the fact that it's the learning and how you empower students to create, think, evaluate and find resources that is key, not the tool itself.  Great reality check when it comes to integrating technology in the classroom.

Biology teachers, check out the lovely graphics linked from this site. Might be useful for Health classes, psych class, bio, anatomy, etc.  (from twitter)

Listen to the actual podcast, 14 minutes. Yes, it's from 2006. Yes it's aimed at higher-ed. However, the concepts, applications, ideas are all valid, esp for 7-12. Make podcast tours of town, local sights, etc. with historical context or other curricular relevant information and making them available to others to download - even for small town locales.

Excellent blog post with ideas for teacher podcasts and student podcasts. See what you think! 

If you are a science teacher, check this out. It's produced by college science students around the world and might provide thought provoking materials for discussion at the 9-12 levels, or the concepts interpreted for younger students. 

Check out the list of student and class podcasts by grade span, then check out the subject specific podcasts as examples of what might be done.  

Great page of links to resources on how to use Google in the classroom with students. LOTS of links. You will need to scan to see what you actually are looking for. Interesting graphic of how Google Apps components can work for a student over the course of their education.

Community site with book talks to introduce books; many made by students, emergent readers, etc.   *resource from Twitter

Social Studies teachers, check this one out and see what is useful to you. (They also publish "on this day in Spanish" for you MFL teachers. 

Digital storytelling resources. Good for student projects related to their own writing.

Sara, John, Chelsea well all really liked this site