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Nice explanation of legal/illegal use of rented/purchased videos in schools.  

Indicator Web Sites will include links that might be of interest to students, teachers, parents, administrators, or anyone that is looking for resources in Reading, Math, Social Studies, and Science. They are in the form of hyperlinks that match to the tested standards for grades K - high school.

Using Electronic Whiteboards in Your Classroom: Profiles, ideas, lesson plans and web sites

"Flip Camera Resources, Lessons and More!"

"5 K-12 Technology Trends for 2010 A look at the top technology tools and trends to keep an eye on in the coming year * By Bridget McCrea * 12/10/09 With technology evolving at the speed of light, and everyone looking to benefit from the latest, greatest hardware and software, keeping up can be challenging for educators, administrators, and school districts themselves. To help, THE Journal spoke with a handful of technology experts and came up with a short list of top tech trends you'll want to watch in the new year. Here they are: "

We welcome you to our wiki and blog for supporting iPod & iPad devices in education. Although our focus is K-12, many of the techniques should work for you at any level and with any number of devices. On the wiki side of this site are the deployment and management articles, and on the blog side, you will find the classroom activities (written primarily by teachers) where iPods are supporting achievement improvement for our students. We are posting as many help and how-to articles here as we can and as quickly as we can so you can continue to be successful using iPod devices in your classroom. Please let us know if there are more or different things that you would like to have included here.

The Blue Ridge Virtual Governor's School will create a collaborative learning community for academically motivated high school students that emphasizes service, leadership and the development of skills necessary for success in the 21st century, with an instructional focus on Math, Science and Technology.

Everything you want to learn about Google app from a school using them.

Across the country, schools announce iPad pilots, bring the mobile devices into the classroom and rave about their new tools. "It's really the first version of the iPad, and there's a lot of bluster and a lot of sort of enthusiasm about iPads without a lot of concrete statistics and case studies to go by," said Sam Gliksman, educational technology director at New Community Jewish High School in West Hills, Calif.

What is the Arizona Technology Integration Matrix?The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, collaborative, constructive, authentic, and goal directed (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells.

"We have downloaded, and tested these apps for the iPad. Please contact me if you would like to add apps that you have tested"

"Agendas Apps How to Guides Classroom Tools Goals Books on the iPad Classroom Teachers Discussion Board Reflection Request an App Articles and Blogs Student Reflection "The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge." Seymour Papert, 2001 Explore the Apps There is no doubt that the iPad is more than a collection of Apps, but we know you'll want to explore some of the 420,000 apps available. We categorize many educational apps on the iPod/iPad site. Apple Education - iPad Learning An introduction to using iPads in the classroom. Educational apps and success stories are highlighted. iPod and Fluency This 4 minute video helps to begin the conversation on using the iPad for literacy. "

"Classroom Game Templates and MORE"

everal years ago, as I was driving home from work, I noticed a bumper sticker on the back of the car in front of me. It read: Making Molehills out of Mountains. A simple phrase, but a great perspective regarding our daily approach to life-taking those difficult moments and making them achievable. There is no shortage of challenges in our world, but we all possess the ability to make a difference, to turn mountains into molehills.

This is the second year of the GFW High School One-to-One iPad Initiative where every GFW High School student has access to an iPad tablet to use in their classes. Students can use their iPad: -as an organizational tool to track assignments, homework and class projects. -to access the internet to research information needed for class projects. -to create on-line presentations -to word process class papers and projects -to run a variety of applications to enhance their learning experience in class -to read electronic books, tests, newspapers and magazines