According to Webopedia, a webinar is "Web-based seminar, a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the Web". Post upcoming webinars you may hear about here!!

Here's a list of educational webinairs coming up in October and November http://virtualschooling.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/hit-parade-of-webinars

Upcoming webinars presented by the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) are posted on their site at http://www.iste.org/store/webinars.aspx

Happy October! Here are a few sites for Halloween. Please feel free to add your own links as well!

Halloween around the world: http://www.jackolanterns.net/traditions.htm

New York Times Halloween slideshow: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/11/01/nyregion/1101-HALLOWEEN_index.html

PBS Kids Halloween Page (for younger kids): http://pbskids.org/halloween

Spelloween word game (scary theme, for older students): http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/games/spelloween/spelloween.html

Great sites to find pre-made rubrics as well as make your own.

Rubistar (http://rubistar.4teachers.org) This site includes a tool for teachers to develop rubrics for their own projects as well as a database of rubrics already created by others. One of the most comprehensive, user-friendly rubric sites around. (Week 3, Link 1 for EdTech541)

Teachnology's list of rubric resources (http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics) Comprehensive list of premade rubrics by subject area, as well as links to sites with information about rubrics and how to use them in your classroom.