A step-by-step video tutorial website. Great for familiarizing yourself with new programs or websites! UNI has just worked out a deal with the site, details are still in the air, but shortcuts to access all videos are on computers in all of UNI's labs!
The website for the Iowa Core Curriculum. This is what will be driving Iowa's Educational goals (according to the last I have heard). Teachers can easily find help with implementation, and aspects and standards of the entire Iowa Core.
This is a great resource for teachers who wish to use Social Media tools in their classrooms. Not only does this site give ideas for all varying age levels, but it also gives examples of how certain Social Media might be used in a lesson!
Jim O'Loughlin's (of the UNI Department of Languages and Literatures) Electronic Literature class homepage. Electronic literature seems to combine technology with traditional literature and reading. This type of literature could be very revolutionary in terms of bringing new interactions into the reading experience. It also has the potential for use in a 1:1 classroom.
Capzles is an online social storytelling tool and online timeline maker. Through Capzles, you can also share photos, videos, text, music and documents easily. Using the online application, students can create digital storytelling tools using photos and videos to illustrate and enhance text-based stories, such as literature or historical accounts. The possibilities are endless, and all up to the creativity of the students!
This is a math online. I found this resource from my little sister who is in second grad and is using for math homework. This site if free! Here children get to work on math skills that are at their level. If they get suck they can get a hint or they can watch a video that explains the problem.
I found this article very interesting. Engagement and classroom management are two aspects of teaching that always use improvement, and can become tricky in 1-1 situations. Using Twitter is not something I would thing would help engagement, but I would certainly like to try after reading this article
This is a blog and a wiki about 21st century teaching and learning. Not only does the wiki discuss technology's integration into the classroom, but about critically shifting the educational paradigm itself.