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This is a wiki the students in my EDUC 521 Human Learning and Motivation course created as part of the course. They did not like the textbook, so I challenged them to put one of their own together and this is what they came up with.

"For the uninitiated, the flipped concept suggests that we can now use technology to offload many of the more mundane classroom tasks - lectures primarily. It's not hard to see the appeal, with the advent of Khan Academy and easy screencast-recording technology that allows any of us to give a lecture for homework and free up time for in-class problem-solving and discussion. But here's the thing: flipping is nothing new, and as it stands, most flipping that I see doesn't flip the most important switch that I've been discussing here - moving ownership of learning away from the teacher and more toward the student."

Here is an article that I found on Tech & Learning Top Stories: The Hottest Stories That Everyone's Reading which is a free newsletter that you can get once a week. Subscribe Sign up to get a FREE subscription of Tech & Learning magazine - the #1 Ed Tech Publication for Over 30 Years! http://www.mytnlmag.com/

Interactive site can be used to help students learn the letters of the alphabet and their letter sounds. Also great holiday games to play as well.

My blog on 2.0 classroom usage.

Great list of top 100 Web 2.0 tools

This article discusses pros and cons of BYOD.

Resources for teachers taking their classrooms into the 21st century with project-based learning ideas, inquiry based activities, and tools for flipping the classroom. #PBL

The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) is a nonprofit operating foundation dedicated to promoting a vision of inspired learning and teaching - where students are challenged and engaged, have access to interactive technologies, and are supported by inspired teachers and involved parents and communities. Edutopia spotlights classrooms where innovations are taking place. This organization has a plethora of materials/resources for all teachers in all content areas, and I refer to it a lot in my own practice for suggestions.

"High school students in the U.S. want more technology in classrooms, as well as more hands-on projects and one-on-one tutoring, but less lectures, according to a new survey called "Learn Now, Lecture Later" from CDW-G"

"The study found that, of the students observed, 94 percent used the Internet, 82 percent go online at home, and 77 percent had a profile on a social networking site. When asked what they learn from using social networking sites, the students listed technology skills as the top lesson, followed by creativity, being open to new or diverse views, and communication skills."

A professional learning community for teachers using vodcasting in the classroom

Steve Spangler Science offers hundreds of science experiments and science demos that inspire the imagination and make learning fun. Sign-up for our award-winning Experiment of the Week... it's free... or check out Steve Spangler's latest book, Fire Bubbles and Exploding Toothpaste.

ThingLink's technology makes it possible to embed audio, video and rich media links directly in images and share them across the web.

Some new features for Prezin creations

Website to emphasis creativity in learning.

Here is my blog post about the used of web 2.0 and the classroom.

Here is the link to my Prezi for this week.

I think this is may be an easier tutorial to follow (at least it was for me) to learn how to use Jing, both the screen capture and video applications. For more flexibility, upgrading and paying the nominal annual fee may be well worth it if you plan to use this application a lot.

Thanks, Barb!

Distance Learning Resource Network (DLRN) - This is the dissemination project for the Star Schools Program, a federally funded distance education program that helps small or isolated schools in rural areas use new technologies to offer courses to students, and professional development to teachers, that they could not otherwise provide. This Web site includes general information about distance education; instructional modules, enrichment activities and courses; summaries of current research; and online course-design tools....