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The Florida Digital Educator program supports the appropriate integration of technology into K-12 education. Visit the Florida Standards website for information about the Sunshine State Standards. Each photo is available in multiple sizes great for student and teacher use. A friendly license allows teachers and students to use up to 25 free photos per project.
This website is AMAZING. It has clip-art, photographs, presentation images, maps, lessons, and answers to tech questions. There are so many images available, they are free (up to a certain amount, but it is very generous), it tells you exactly how to cite them, and it has options for file size and format.
It took some clicking/digging around, but this is what led me to this site: FL DOE - Educators button at top - Curriculum, Instruction, Student Services - Instruction & Curriculum - Instructional Technology - Educational Technology Clearinghouse
University of Houston: A storyboard is a written or graphical representation of the all of the elements that will be included in a digital story. The storyboard is usually created before actual work on creating the digital story begins and a written description and graphical depiction of the elements of the story, such as images, text, narration, music, transitions, etc. are added to the storyboard. The elements of the story are arranged in the storyboard in the chronological order in which they will appear in the story and this allows the developer to organize and re-arrange the content for maximum effect.
In the past, student documents were stored in folders at the central office, then copied and sent to various schools when requested, explains Ramzi Adas, the district's manager for imaging services.
Instead of having a person scan and index documents, we have a middle product that can read and interpret those documents, automatically indexing them into the system,
A district saves money and improves security with its new document management system. Portland's Digital Doc Gains
Boosted workers' productivity by 85 percent
Slashed turnaround time on documents from several hours to mere minutes
Realized savings of $100,000, mostly on storage space
Eliminated the need to transport documents between the central office and schools
Guaranteed compliance with No Child Left Behind, the Oregon TAG mandate, and other state and federal statutes regarding document retention
With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install.A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.
Glogster EDU Premium is a collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their creativity, knowledge, ideas and skills in the classroom. K12, Higher Ed, Home Education, Distance Learning START your new Glog here IT`S FREE! START your new Glog here IT`S FREE!
The mission of The Why Files is to explore the science, math and technology behind the news of the day, and to present those topics in a clear, accessible and accurate manner.The Why Files produces a new story each week, alternating longer features with shorter shorties. The website also posts a series of interactive science animations and the ever-popular "Cool Science Images," a series of Teacher Activity Pages linked to the national science teaching standards, The Weather Guys, and Curiosities. I think this is a cool resource!
Great resource for no cost "free to use" digital images. I've used this site in several projects for the program and while they don't have EVERYTHING, they've got quite a bit.
Get your students interacting with many math backgrounds and manipulatives that are commonly used in K-4 classrooms including: bar diagrams, calendars, grids, equation charts, number lines, place value charts and all the markers, counters, game pieces, money images, blocks, and clocks that you will need.
Calling all teacher-leaders -- you know who you are! This is a great article for any of us to read because as we learn more about integrating technology in our classes, we can help not only our students, but also other teachers, our schools, and communities stay relevant in the 21st century.