IT Cohort 2014

This site offers tutorials for technology in education. 

A Web 2.0 that helps you schedule events and syncs to your calendar. 

This is very interesting - my wife uses Outlook and I use Google Calendar; we've been looking for something to help us sync! I could see teachers using this if their school is on Outlook and they use some other calendar for their smartphone...this would be a handy way to keep them organized. Have you tried it to see if it actually works. Ali?

I've use Doodle frequently, because I frequently am in charge of scheduling meetings for 3-10 participants. Doddle allows you to offer dates and times then poll meeting participants as to what works for them. You are then presented with the data and you can then easily select the date and time that works for the majority. Much better than playing phone tag or trying to keep up with multiple emails. It's free to the average user!

Rubistar creates rubrics for your lessons. You can communicate your expectations with students before, during, and after an assignment has been assigned or completed. 

A list of blogs about technology integration in the classroom

Web 2.0 Guru has a massive list of web 2.0 tools broken down by subject matter.

Web 2.0 Guru has a massive list of web 2.0 tools broken down by subject matter.

This is the blog for Mimio.

Edudemic has a whole list of tools to use in the classroom using technology.

Web 2.0 tools brought to you by Discovery Education and broken down into searchable categories.

This is a site that has books that are turned into videos. It is free to use if you are part of the Iowa AEA system. 

Course Sites is a free Blackboard platform to use with a group of students. 

Interesting article discussing issues parents and administration have around teachers using social media in school with students. A discussion around this topic needs to be held nationwide and in every school district.

Share video or view video across all content areas. 

Social bookmarking tool.

This is a free site to use if you are in the Iowa AEA system. Contact your building librarian for login information

A wikispace that is geared towards the interactive classroom with lessons and downloadable resources.

Awesome Screenshot - no really, that's the name. Use with Explorer, Mozilla or as a Chrome extension. Perfect for all of us non-Mac users. Will be a great tool for blogging!

Ideas for incorporating student blogs in the math classroom.

How to incorporating blogging into a high school math classroom.

Allows a teacher to create a private discussion board. The teacher post a topic and students can then reply to the topic. Great for a simple discussion board.