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This website has step by step directions on how to create your own art lesson plans and lesson plans that can be used.

An illustrated guide

"Create timelines, share them on the web."

Another tool to build timelines. Anyone who's triedit?

Online Logo Maker was created with a single purpose: to bring a free professional logo design tool to everyone

"YouTube has launched a brand new video editor that allows users to easily remix their own videos and turn them into brand new video creations.  The editor, which has a super simple interface, lets users create clips using pieces of their own videos and music from an AudioSwap library of tunes" (O'Neill, 2010.06.16)

is a 2010 documentary feature film directed by Ben Steinbauer that follows the Internet phenomenon created by a series of twenty-year-old outtakes from a Winnebago sales video featuring profane outbursts from the salesperson, Jack Rebney.

An interactive White Board (IWB) or SMART Board has the potential to deliver content better than traditional methods of teaching. Why? Because it provides multi-media functional interaction across audio, video, and computer media. It is also ideal for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. These qualities of an IWB also promote the dynamic delivery of content (if used to its full potential) in an engaging manner, which allows students to interact with science or math content their self. Examples include: * data manipulation * responding to data * even creating data So with all these attributes - "How are interactive white boards unsuccessfully used in science and math classrooms?" For the most part - not effectively!

Stimulating critical thinking using technology has the potential to create more in depth understanding of science and math content by students when engaged in learning activities which integrate in-class and on-line technology resources. Technology tools support stimulation of both inquiry-based and critical thinking skills by engaging students in exploring, thinking, reading, writing, researching, inventing, problem-solving, and experiencing the world outside their classroom. This is accomplished through learning content through the lens of video to multimedia to the internet (Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement, NCREL, 2005).

Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor that enables you to create, store, share, and collaborate on documents with your science and math students. You can even import any existing document from Word and Simple Text. You can work from anywhere and with any computer platform to access your documents.

Looking to create a free social network? Webs is a free Ning alternative.

In contrast to the digital footprint you use for your personal learning network, this focus is on the online digital footprint students' use in your science or math classroom. The power of a well designed digital footprint brings the capacity to transform a classroom into an online learning community. Within this community your students use digital tools to create and develop a personal learning network.

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.

Now you can discover, create, and share Microsoft Office documents with your Facebook friends

Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. Moodle.org is our community site where Moodle is made and discussed.

Tools for Creating, Editing,  and Sharing

Pageflakes created for the Carla's Course online

Short tutorial (3:16) with recommendations re: storing account info. on computers and allowing Google to track online activities.

Screencast tutorial by Heather Ross on creating a Google account in order to gain access to a variety of Google services