educators

It took tens of thousands of years for writing to emerge after speech, thousands more before the printing press was invented, and a few hundred more for the telegraph to arrive. Today, new ways of relating are constantly created and a new communication medium emerges every time someone creates a web application-a Flickr here, a Twitter there. How can we use new media to foster the kinds of communication and community we desire in education? This presentation will discuss both successful and unsuccessful attempts to integrate emerging technologies into the classroom to create a rich virtual learning environment.

Great HD videos for science

What are your kids learning while you're not looking?

Storynory is an online treasure trove of audio stories. Here you will find a mixture of new stories, fairy tales, and specially adapted myths and histories. We also have a sprinkling of verse.

Interesting puzzle combining motion and sound

My computer tech highly recommends this for synchronizing important teacher files to the server from their local machine. I'm going to use it here for our teachers to synch to their folder.

Top 10 blogs about presentations and speaking. Great resource!

Well structered lesson plan with background and resources!

iLife is heading out to folks as we speak. This is a nice post showing some cool things to do with it right away.

We dived right into the new suite and came up with 20 tips and tricks that we hope will help you enjoy all the features the new iLife '09 has to offer.

Blue zones education program - this is the education model - this is a great opportunity for younger students and is a "real" live experience that makes a big difference. Fascinating for health teachers and science teachers as well.

You will find a growing list of programs that you can use for free on the web or you can download. Scroll through the list and try them out.

Here is some information on the blue zones project that some of you may be interested in participating - I received this over email today: "2009 Blue Zones Quest Fact Sheet Program Name Blue Zones Quest Description Dan Buettner leads the third of four annual expeditions to the world's longevity hotspots, called Blue Zones. Under the direction of an online student audience, the team unlocks the secrets of longevity and gives students a cross-cultural recipe of the world's best health and lifestyle practices. Location Northern Aegean Sea. The island name will be announced in January, 2009. Date April 20-May 1, 2009 Targeted Audience Students of all ages Features Blue Zones Challenge, which teams students, parents and educators in a month-long program of healthy habits. Blue Zones Legacy Project in which students interview long-lived "super seniors" and share information with scientists (optional) Free Curriculum guide of activities for grades 4-8 Daily online delivery of dispatches, videos and photos Educators Web section with online classroom resources Evidence Tracker worksheet for tracking quest clues Sponsors & Partners Davisco Foods International, Inc. National Geographic Society National Institute on Aging University of Minnesota School of Public Health"

Create an inspiring invention Public Service Announcement (they do want you to download the Sony creative software.) - from Sony and Discovery Education.

Teacher wanting to connect from London, England.

This teacher, Kelly, is interested in starting a project focusing on India in mid-/February 2009. She's located in London. Anyone interested? She has 8th grade students. If so, please contact her on this page.

I wrote about Sonya here: http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/digital-teachers/

Many of my students have ipods. These mini music makers are captivating them…truth be told, my ipod touch captivates me! I feel as though we could use these ipods to, not only increase the interest factor of lessons, but also to encourage students to become involved in their learning process.