INSTTECH 4131/5131 Technology in Education (Fall 2011)

Free math and science education/lessons/tutorials online.

This is a great tool for math and science teachers. It's a really good resource for kids to have when they are struggling with a concept. When it's uploaded as video they can chose their own pace by pausing the video. I myself have used YouTube videos like this to help me learn something new.

I have used this site myself to help with math tutoring and it really is a efficient tool to do some quick teaching.

Twitter is a social networking site. It can be very beneficial to educators if you follow colleagues and prominent figures in education. Twitter allows you to share articles and resources that are relevant to their interests and education. When you follow people who are in the education you can find lots of new valuable resources that are posted.

Dear Twitter Tweethearts! I have a twitter account and I love it! I follow celebrities mostly though just to get in on the good gossip. Just for this reason though, I don't think it should be used for schools. Perhaps at the collegiate level like I have done in some of my classes, but for high school or younger could possibly break out into bullying on the website towards a student and in some cases a teacher.

Twitter is a very popular social networking site that many businesses, celebrities, and peers use to interact with each other. I have often been told to use twitter in my classroom. However, I am hesitant about doing this. As Joe mentioned, I do not think I would want my students to get involved in twitter during school hours under my supervision. As with Facebook, I believe twitter has the potential to become more of a distraction than a positive. It could open up a window for cyber-bulling and gossiping. On the other hand, I can see that having a twitter account to keep in contact with parents could be beneficial.

This website is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Education. It lists the standards and benchmarks for the differing grade levels and subjects. It is a great resource for teachers to use while planning their lessons.

If I were only allowed to have a handful of bookmarks, this would definitely be one that I would choose. Thank you for including this bookmark for our Diigo group.

It is a great idea to add this resource. I myself have had to refer to this site so many times. It will be a great resource for now and for when we are in the teaching field. Thank you for adding this so it is in a common place for everyone.

I really like this site.Teachers are always looking for suggestions. For teachers who are using iPads in the classroom, this would be a beneficial site to acquire apps that will suit all lesson plans. This site provides more than 65 apps that are categorized into the subjects of Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and general apps that can be used for all. There are plenty more educational apps out there so it is important to stay up to date.

This is a great resource for teachers starting a 1-1 program with iPads. As someone who is interested in using the iPad in the classroom, this might be the best resource I have seen. It's no question that it isn't the iPad itself, rather the apps that are developed that are the big draw for use in education. I really like that the apps featured on this site are divided into the different subjects that they entail, even sign language! This is a resource I will use in the future if I get the chance to use an iPad in my classroom.

This is a great resource. All of the apps that are available to teacher to use is a great plus!

A great website with alot of links to different tools.

This site has endless possibilities. I like all of the possible resources you can get from it.

This website embraces Web 2.0 and all is has to offer :) It provides examples of tools we can use to help our educational endeavors.

This blog shares information about different resources that teachers can use for free in their classrooms. There are so many free online resources out there and this blog does it's best to bring the best to you.

The individual blog of Richard Byrne, a high school US History and Civics teacher, who actively submits his educational technological findings to over 36,000 daily subscribers. Byrn's blog has been awarded edublogawards.com's "Best Individual Blog" award the past three consecutive years; the award recognizes those who promote and demonstrate educational values with social media. This site offers many great links to resources pertaining to Web2.0 for educational purposes. 

I really enjoy finding sources that combine many ways to use technology. I think this was a great source. I am so glad that you added this link. It will be a great tool to use when I am thinking of ways to integrate technology into the classroom.

This e-learning blog has many resources for students of different ages, web-based teaching, and instructional design tips. Readers can download templates and get tips on video, audio, and graphics.

This is a good resource that teachers can use to help guide them in any eLearning courses they may have to prepare. I will use this if I have to create such a course.

Dr. Solis' technology tips for teachers vodcast site!

I this will be a great resource for my classroom. This site will show me different ways of introducing our students to different kind of technologies. This tools will be a great source for students to use. They can also take the skills they learn from these tools and use them daily.

This is a graphic showing how multiple Google tools can be used in different levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.

I've seen this before, but I'm glad you bookmarked it! This is a really cool visual aid we can use with our current students, to help them form a connection and better identify the categories within Bloom's educational hierarchical structure.

Wow this was really fun to look at! I think it is a great source becasue it would help with ideas with what technology to integrate into the lesson so it is effective. Thank you for sharing this!

This is Ann S. Michaelson's blog, Teaching English using web 2.0. In Ann's blog, she talks about incorporating Web 2.0 tools and applications with students in her International English class. There are great posts about how to use different applications, such as blogs and WebNote, as well as ideas for 1:1 classroom activities. As a future English teacher, I am always interested in learning new ways to use Web 2.0 in my classroom. In addition to presenting different tools, Ann also considers how to teach English as a second language.

I really like this blog. I really like her ideas about incorporating web 2.0 into an ESL classroom. Whether it be ESL or just a traditional English classroom, I think that using web 2.0 is a promising way to engage students in learning English.

I like the web 2.0 tools Michaelson introduced in her blog such as Webnotes, Timeline and he vocabulary builder VocabAhead. The webnotes is kind like a combination of google document, google reader and diigo.I think it's convenient for both teachers and students to get useful resources, organize and share them. Although the free version limit the functions, it is still worth trying. The timeline tools is a good one can be used in history course. Using timeline to display flow chart in powerpoint is also a good choice. I like VocabAhead best. It explains words by using image, voice and example sentence. Thus, it makes students much easier to understand a new word and know how to apply in real situation. I think it's a good tool can be used in English class. Thanks for sharing the blog to us.

Step by step for exporting an InDesign document to the epub (iBook) format. Create your own epub with InDesign, also includes some tips and tricks.

I liked this bookmark because I have no experience working with InDesign and Terry White explains the content to address a broad audience; even I could follow along and understand! I actually created a 30+ page review last spring using Photoshop... if I could only get some of that time back...

There is no getting back any time that the Photoshop black-hole has taken from the unknowing slaves to it's awesomeness. : ) Sorry I couldn't resist, as a Photoshop instructor and connoisseur I have lost many a lifetime to Photoshop and it's mysterious ways.

A wiki about 21st Century technoogies. It as a good amount of information.

I like this wiki. It had the information need without adding extra information that can sometimes happen in wikis. The fact that the site is protected so that random people can just add information to the site. Also this wiki is up to date. It gives a lot on link to outside resources. I can see myself using this resource in the future.

I really like this wiki. It almost seems more like a blog, with stories on education instead of articles. I really like that it has a sign-in system to prevent from random and unwanted changes! This will be a resource I return to.

A visual representation of web 2.0 tools for the different levels of blooms taxonomy.

I went out and found the "Bloomin iPad" information she put together as well. I found quite a few helpful apps on the list, thanks for the information.

This is great. Just learned about Bloom last month. It is good to have a resource that will help in directing me towards apps that will go along with the targeted part of the taxonomy. I think this will be used mostly by teachers.

Provides teachers with articles on thoughts about technology. Technology tips and tools, lesson plans, resources are also given.

This site is loaded with stuff. It doesn't take long to find something to use.

This educational website priovides teachers with many great resources. There are many articles, video clips, and classroom resources that are available. It also provides links for administrators as well.

This article highlights some of the topics discussed during a virtual meeting (UNI - INSTTEC4131/5131) on 11/16/11.  "Rich Environments for Active Learning, or REALs, are comprehensive instructional systems that evolve from and are consistent with constructivist philosophies and theories. REALs provide learning activities that engage students in a continuous collaborative process of building and reshaping understanding as a natural consequence of their experiences and interactions within learning environments that authentically reflect the world around them."

One of my favorite blogs about educational technology. Not only does it give reviews for apps and accessories, but it also gives the educational spin, as the blog is run by educators!

This blog gives a lot of ideas about using iPad in education as well as introduces some interesting educational apps. For teachers who want to incorporate iPad in their class settings, the blog is worth reading.

Great site about all the info there is about the new technology out there. I like how it is able to give insight with technology.

A site that leads discussions, shares research and information and demonstrates best practices regarding technology so it can be used to benefit children ages 0-8 years."

This is resource is great for early childhood teachers. The idea of using technology in this setting is hard to see but this site show you how to do effectively. It is great to see that NAEYC is has a diigo group and are doing the same thing we are doing in this class.

An alternative to Google apps. You can write documents, make presentations, chat, and even have another source for email.

This is a very useful tool, and it is free for educational purposes. I don't know how needed it is, however, because most of the features can already be found on-line for free. I feel that Google would be a better option for schools, because it is more widely used and student would be able to make use it after graduation.

Spicynodes is a web 2.0 application that is designed for creating mindmaps. This site is a very interactive way map out information. You are also able to save your mindmaps to your account so that you can come back to them. It reminds me of Prezi with a different twist.

I really like this site Mikael. It reminds me of the Inspiration software - but free! This would be great for schools to use who do not purchase that software. Mindmaps are a great organizational tool both for students and teachers, I can definitely see myself using this source in the future.

Blogs about teaching students with new tools.

This is the first time I have seen this blog. I believe this is a great way for educators to learn new ways to incorporate new tools into their classrooms. It seems to update often, and I plan on viewing this resource in the future, because of the interesting topics that are being blogged about.

I've been following this blog and I also follow her on twitter. She has some great ideas and I really enjoy reading her posts.