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This is short but to the point and informative article that provides some insights into the importance of the technology we are working with in class

Summary: Cultivate a positive digital footprint, both for yourself and for your students! In showing that ePortfolios provide students with transparency for family, skills for the future, effective digital citizenship, and an online cv for employers, this blog convicted ME that I should (a) learn to have a positive online presence, and (b) teach my student to do the same.

This is an awesome article that makes a positive spin on the "digital footprint" theme. I've mostly come at it from a you-better-watch-what-you're-putting-out-there perspective...in other words, from a "be careful" point of view. This has re-framed it a little for me...made me realize I can approach digital writing with a let's-show-them-the-great-things-we're-doing attitude.

I liked this piece because it reminded me of a conversation I had in another class this week. Another person in the class was asking how we can prepare our kids for technology in the future that we have no idea will exist as of right now. The example given was how nobody knew iPads would exist a few years ago and now tablets are the big thing. My thoughts are that if we make sure our students are well-versed in the technology that we have right now, future technology builds on that and becomes intuitive. It wasn't hard for me to go from Pac-Man to Zelda, or from Zelda to Doom. Each built on skills that I already had. When I got my iPad as a gift, I had no idea what the purpose of it was; now I can't live without it. It wasn't hard for me to learn at all because it built on the skills I already had. I think this article says all of that, albeit in a much simpler way.

Great points!

While looking through the different sites and the information that they offer I kept learning towards the 2 cents worth site.  I'm not sure why but I think it has part to do with the organization of the site and the information presented.  But I stumbled across this article which really makes you think about your style of teaching and the way it affects your students.  It also makes you think about how students need to see you as a learner as well rather than someone so high above them that they can not relate to you.  By providing students with this view they will be more likely to listen to what your saying and see what they are learning as beneficial to themselves.  I thoroughly enjoyed the chart at the bottom so if you don't have the time to read the whole article please at least look at the chart it's a real eye opener.

Really love what David has shared, here. I left a comment on this blog post of his after I read it a few minutes ago...it reminded me of the Sugata Mitra vid you guys watched this week. Thanks, Brittney!

This article is a great resource for IWBs because it is inspirational and provides the reader with a variety of ways to make full use of IWBs in the classroom (even more ideas are included in the comments section!). This would be a great resource for teachers who are looking for new and interesting ways to put their IWBs to full use.

I think this is a fantastic resource for English teachers because it connects students with actual authors through author-planned workshops, which serves as a motivational tool and keeps the class interesting. Also, it provides teaching plans that comply with national standards and student activities based around each type of writing. These workshops would be perfect for display on an IWB because of the IWB's interactivity.

This resource has a number of whiteboard activities for different areas of study. I focused on the English (Literacy) section. It seems somewhat limited in some respects, as it only has a few activities for certain books/plays, but the ones that were there were pretty cool. I really liked the Romeo and Juliet activities. I thought the intro scale about love at first sight would be a great way to get kids hooked, and the activities in which the kids put the things that happened in order were good as well. I liked some of the middle grades activities more. There was one in which you have to look at different newspapers coverage of the same event and make a Venn diagram of how the stories overlap. I think this really makes learning more interactive and meaningful to the students and utilizes the technology well.

Summary of available materials - resources for active whiteboard use, activity suggestions, and useful links Use in classroom: Can be utilized in the classroom by involving students in the utilization of the whiteboard to present materials to class based on a review of assigned materials related to specific topics. Student learn to utilize technology and take an active and interactive part in the teaching and learning process

I love the way you can search for standards and then lesson plans/activities that meet the standard. Some of the activities on this page are too low-level for high-school students, but many of them would help my students get up out of their seats and participate in class by drawing on the board together. I would certainly use this site when teaching grammar, so students can group-edit and see the result.