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Alternative site to Shelfari

As we begin the new school year we have an opportunity to start with a clean slate. Writing is a skill that many students struggle with, from grammar, idiom and spelling to punctuation and footnotes.

"iPads have been purchased and have arrived for this 2011/2012 school year. It is always our intention of providing the necessary professional development for new and innovative technologies. This wiki is the plan for just that. Ideally we would buy an iPad for every student. Well, unfortunately that is not financially possible at this time. Therefore, we've ordered just a few here and there. Our goal this year is to form a research and development group that is willing to learn all about the iPads and how they can be effectively used in the classrooms. This group will research apps that match the Common Core Standards, try the apps out with their students, then record their reflections. The research of this group will be available online via a Google Presentation similar to the one linked here. "

Very nice post by @Langwitches on how students can create infographics to visually explain facts.

" DocsPal is a free online file converter that supports all kind of documents, video, audio, images, e-books and archives like microsoft word (doc, docx), powerpoint (ppt, pptx), excel (xls, xlsx), open office documents (odp, odt, ods), pdf, djvu, postscript; avi, mpeg, mkv, mp4, mov, flv, wmv, as well as video for iPhone, iPad, iPod, HTC, PSP, BlackBerry; mp3, wav, wma, aac, ac3, flac; chm, fb2, jpeg 2000 (jp2), png, photoshop documents (psd), tiff; 7z, jar, rar, zip and many others. Moreover, it offers an online viewer that allows you to view documents and images online directly in your browser, without having to install anything else. "

Excellent post on "Creativity" for students as a 21st Century Skill.

Nice collection of currently used and successful assistive technologies.

This is a wealth of resources.

"EDM 310 Class Blog College of Education University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama USA Dr. John H Strange, Lead Professor "I don't know. Lets find out" "Bring your brain. And turn it on!" "Questions Are More Important Than 'Answers' ""

Conversations with Future Teachers

"Dr. Strange's Fall 2009 EDM 310 Class Blog "This class is not about being perfect, but about being willing to learn." Keysha Boltz (TT11) "This definitely is not your momma's classroom." Samantha Sunderman (TT2) "A classroom blog is a portfolio with a heartbeat." John Woolf (TT4) "Don't be afraid to innovate-- this is a class where that is actually encouraged." Kimberly Windham (W6)"

"Posting to the blog via email, using a free Posterous site we configured to "cross-post" directly to our WordPress site Using a "contribute" form we created on our main website, using the free WordPress plugin TDO Mini Forms Posting via the blog dashboard, using instructions from the WordPress Codex on writing posts."

Simple resource to compile YouTube videos and provide them in a list for viewing within a single site.