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Digital Citizenship lessons for students and teachers

Thanks, Mekca! We spend very little time teaching Digital Citzenship. I think it needs to be embedded in every teacher's curriculum. There are so many "teachable" moments that present themselves that could be linked to proper social media usage. This is going to be an excellent resource for me to share with my fellow educators.

This is an excellent source for me to use in my Teen Insights classroom. We started with a unit on bullying... then cyberbullying... I think we're missing the point- students just need to learn to be good digital citizens! I will use this source to build my curriculum. I appreciate that the curriculum is geared towards students but that it gives teachers and parents good background as well. Parents are a huge part of cyberbullying problems. Much of the conflict we have in school has to do with something students do online at home and then carry those hard feelings with them to school. I do not have resources similar to these. The video that my curriculum used to show warned students to avoid chat rooms and to only choose names that gave no indication of their age, gender, or location. It's good for students to stay safe, but the world has become much more familiar and personal with technology. Our curriculum needs to adapt to keep up.

A techtools databased organized by grade level or teacher need.

A techtools databased organized by grade level or teacher need.

Britta, I can't believe that amount of resources available within this site. I especially like 204 products for teacher needs. I visited the few that are listed for grading, attendance and efficiency. I really need a tool that allows me to track attendance. Our policy allows students 2 days to complete missed work for everyday they have beenabsent. I don't do a very good job sticking to that because I don't have a good system to keep track!

A new to me blogging website. Great edtech blogs

Technology-based blog with numerous resources, tutorials and advice!

I had no idea you could do this with videos! I think this would be a very useful tool in the classroom. I have often times gone through a video and picked out specific spots I want to show my students, so I ended up having to write down those exact times so that I would know where to skip to. This tool would be very helpful with that. I think this resource would be mostly used by teachers to share videos with students. I have not seen anything like this for videos. I recently heard of a site that you can copy the youtube URL in and it takes it to a place where you don't get all of the advertisements on the side. Which is nice because those aren't always the most appropriate for school.

This would be great for a flipped or blended classroom. Teachers could use this to edit videos and incorporate them into lessons as well. Students could also do this if they are presenting information and want to use a piece of a video. EdPuzzle is a similar resource that can do the same kind of thing.

Scott McCleod's blog

Great teacher resource site with a ton of curriculum and lesson ideas.

PowToon offers a great way to make PowerPoint presentations more engaging offering new graphics and a slick interface that's easy for users to dabble with.

This is a way to make presentations without the boring slides that seem to be the norm. This is visually pleasing in the learning environment.

Great storytelling/presentation tool/platform with some fresh content and animations.

We have used Google Hangouts to video chat with up to three other classes at one time. We used it mostly with the Global Read Aloud. It was great and easy to use.

An inspiring website for teachers. Krissy is a director of a gifted and talented charted school, but offers inspiration for all who need it. Go visit her site on sad or bad days, or just browse her image gallery until inspiration strikes.

An inspiring website for teachers. Krissy is a director of a gifted and talented charted school, but offers inspiration for all who need it. Go visit her site on sad or bad days, or just browse her image gallery until inspiration strikes.

A site to create interactive posters, or search the gallery for a pre-made poster with the topic of your choosing. Students can use this site for a fact page on a certain topic. Teachers can use it to introduce content vocabulary, would make a great PWIM poster. I used it to introduce myself with links and other images.

A site to create interactive posters, or search the gallery for a pre-made poster with the topic of your choosing. Students can use this site for a fact page on a certain topic. Teachers can use it to introduce content vocabulary, would make a great PWIM poster. I used it to introduce myself with links and other images.

Blog discussing how to incorporate new apps, giving feedback to students and much. Toolbox for educators!

Blog discussing how to incorporate new apps, giving feedback to students and much. Toolbox for educators!