EDTECH at Boise State University

Aggregate of online Educational tools

How to use social media to create tolerance and teach humanity

This site explains the benefits of using electronic portfolios in the classroom. It walks you through the process of developing an eportfolio.

Microsoft DreamSpark contains free downloads for students. These are mainly software development tools, but educational techies may find some tools extremely useful.

This is a great site to share with students while teaching internet safety. It is filled with lessons and great ideas to keep kids safe.

Information on evaluating educational software

Edutopia kills it one more time with this guide for student-centered learning. As most of these guides do, it points out that there has to be infrastructure development for a program like this to work. Administrators should support teachers interested in doing this.

This is an odd resource for this diigo, but you can find lesson plans here and post lessons... while making money :-)

TeachersPayTeachers.com -- 1,000,000+ free and priced teaching resources created by teachers for instant download including lesson plans and unit plans. This is truly my favorite teaching website. There are so many incredible resources that I find here with regards to any subject and grade level. Many activities that I find here are very unique and detailed!

Not related to education, but viewing this will show you why educational technology is and will continue to be so important.

Problem solving math

A good set of tips for recording webcam videos.

YouTube has grown to become the largest and most highly visited online video-sharing service, and interest in the educational use of YouTube has become apparent. Paralleling the rise of academic interest in YouTube is the emergence of YouTube scholarship. This article presents the results of a review of 188 peer reviewed journal articles and conference papers with "YouTube" in the title that were published between 2006 and 2009. Four questions were answered through the review of YouTube literature : (1) What is the overall distribution of publication activity for refereed journal articles and conference papers with "YouTube" in the title? (2) How are publications with "YouTube" in the title distributed across academic disciplines? (3) What have scholars writ ten about instructional methodologies involving YouTube in a sample of literature containing "YouTube" in the title ? (4) What have scholars reported about the results of studies involving YouTube in a sample of literature containing "YouTube" in the title ? An analysis of the publications revealed that the literature emerged from multiple academic disciplines. The sample of literature included 39 articles and papers describing methods for teaching with YouTube. A total of 99 articles and papers containing the results of research studies were identified and categorized. This literature review is particularly relevant to those online educators who are interested in learning what scholars from their own academic disciplines are writing about YouTube . An emphasis is placed on trends in teaching and research discussed in the sampled literature .

Free movie clips you can insert into lessons, presentations, etc.

Educational videos like You-Tube.

Type in student names to generate a competitive bracket for your whole class.

Houghton-Mifflin's PBL "Space", all about PBL units. Will help in planning, assessing, and everything in between.

"Digital Literacy across the Curriculum handbook"

The Labs are intended to engage middle- and high-school youth in mentor-led, interest-based, youth-centered, collaborative learning using digital and traditional media. Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums FY 2011 Deadline: August 15, 2011 Grant Amount: Planning and Design Grants: up to $100,000

"This Blended Learning Toolkit is a free, open resource for educational institutions interested in developing or expanding their blended learning initiatives."