Amazing . . . I feel like I am way behind the curve on this one but if you have not heard of Voicethread you have to check it out! What a great idea my mind is racing w/ possibilities!

They Say, "safely! broadcast your classroom" . . . a for pay service from the folks at the Friday Institute @ NC State University

If you are not familure w/ CAST's work visit their site to learn more . . . http://www.cast.org. I love these guys. They have been working on a curriculum frame work called Universal Design for Learning

could be a wonderful tool for students and teachers alike. A tool that would need to be taught!

Most folks know about this site, but it never hurts to have a reminder. Awesome site and can be used as an excellent research tool . . . just to demonstrate how unreliable the web can be as a primary source. Don't get me wrong! I think the web is one of the most amazing tools available to educators but we must teacher our students how to use it effectively.

excellent content and integrates well perfectly w/ most interactive whiteboards

3D browser . . . Can slow down some older system but the visual experience is amazing! I can see great potential for many students.

We recently had one of our members post the following . . . "I am looking into school issued email to help with this but was wondering what everyone's experience has been with this. I would LOVE to have my students create a user account so they can post to Wiki's, blogs, social bookmarking sites but do not want to run into COPPA problems."

does anyone have any experience to share?

Too much fun . . . can't wait to see the full version!  A colleague in our office found this and it works beautifully w/ the SMART Board.

speaks for it self!

Share some of the successes and obstacles you have faced while integrating these technologies into your classroom. Please try to be constructive w/in your descriptions.

J

Hello Heather and thank you for commenting! I do not know that much about COPPA abut I do know there are some excellent resources available on the web. The Federal Trade Administration, the folks who enforce the law, have an extremely helpful website: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/teachers.htm . . . (I Diigoed this link for anyone following this strand). If you visit the site you will note that the FTC still provides teachers "in loco parentis," which allow you the teacher to make decisions about what personal information your students may provide. I seriously doubt that any teacher these days would want to take on such enormous responsibility, but it is nice to know it is an option. I would strongly suggest that you check with you school's student privacy policy.

Work around . . . it is possible as the teacher on some sites to create a private group and then let all of your students share one common login to a site or group. Another solution I have used is to contact he creators or publishers of a site and ask if they would create a class account from me. This way no student is supplying any personal information.

Great questions and I hope someone else in the group will respond. I will make this a separate discussion.

J
Heather Ciccone wrote:
> I work in a middle school and because of COPPA (which I agree with), it's difficult to use many WEB 2.0 tools in the classroom with students. Many of them need to join by entering an email address which they may or may not have at that age. I am looking into school issued email to help with this but was wondering what everyone's experience has been with this. I would LOVE to have my students create a user account so they can post to Wiki's, blogs, social bookmarking sites but do not want to run into COPPA problems.
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> http://www.coppa.org/comply.htm
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> Thanks for any help.
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> Joe Dixon wrote:
> > Share some of the successes and obstacles you have faced while integrating these technologies into your classroom. Please try to be constructive w/in your descriptions.
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> > J

get it while it is still free! Very similar to Wink or SnapZ pro but, with free server space!!!! Imagin if your student's could create their own lesson reveiws, how to video, and more . . . your students + their imagination . . .hmmmmmmm.

Try it and see what happens!

Wink is free screen capture software . . . vary similar to the Jing project  . . .just without the server space.

Yo gang, I found I another really cool Web 2.0 app that would I feel would be a true value add to any classroom w/ a projector . . . not to mention a SMART Board!