MACUL SIGOL

An extensive "resource for teachers and students who are interested in how multimedia can be integrated into a variety of educational activities. The site was originally begun in 2004 by faculty members and graduate students in the Instructional Technology Program at the University of Houston College of Education. It continues to be revised with new content added as more students and faculty members become involved in the digital storytelling process." Includes examples, resources, tutorials, rubrics and much more

This website contains a number of learning objects that are useful in designing online instruction for students. Click on the links in the link bar on the left to visit any of these subjects.

Learning object repository in KY. "About" contains great PPT/Flash explanation of how a learning object repository works. 30 day guest membership available

GenNET Online Learning provides students with a wide range of teacher-led courses, teacher-facilitated courses, and self-directed classroom tools delivered over the Internet.

Presentation on Evaluating sources for research

We looked at this online,

Article offering alternatives to Dropbox.as well as Dropbox refresher info -"The recent security snafu at Dropbox, which left files unprotected for four hours, has us looking at alternatives to the popular file-sharing service. We rounded up a few of the best, current cloud file storage options and compared them based on ease of use, storage capacity, and cost. "

Links to free textbooks California has reviewed.

Use with smartphone or any connected device - free. Supports many quiz types and polls. Has anyone used it? How does it compare to Poll Anywhere? Can email responses to excel.

I have the teacher app and the student app on my devices but I have not yet tried it out. Maybe for a Let's Talk meeting. It would be interesting to see if different types of devices can all connect to the teacher's device or if they all have to be the same brand.

I heard about this site on National Public Radio on the way home today (12/28/2009). I do not know how well it will do in educating in the schools, but it looks good to this non-teacher.

This is one of the sites I told you about at "Let's Talk Technology." I think the site has a lot potential for use in schools. The main issue is that the videos are housed on YouTube and many schools are still blocking this site due to the wealth of inappropriate content that is there too... However, students could use the Kahn Academy math videos as tutorials for concepts they didn't understand. Teachers could have substitutes show a video of how to do something that was outside of their comfort level or skillset and learning could continue. Do others have suggestions?

The Interesting Ways series continues to be a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been a privilege connecting with all of the people who have taken time to add an idea.

create a private social network for the classroom - free - read the "About"

Help resources on getting started with Twitter. This would be a great place to send new users either during a session on using Twitter, or at the end so they can start to support themselves.

from Elluminate, moderated by Steve Hargadon. A social learning network for educatios offers resources, online meeting area with archive. An eSchoolNews site of the Week: Elluminate creates free social learning network for educators. http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/site-of-the-week/site/?i=60325

My favorite part of this was the "Facebook 'Like'" button at the top of the page! Lots of good references at the bottom of the article

Illustrates hundreds of physics concepts.

Resources to Support Online Learning for K-12 Students

"Social network for people who love books. Create a virtual bookshelf..." has widget that can bee added to your blog. Click on book image on the "shelf" to get to an editable wiki where you can review, comment or join a booktalk about the book.

Crowd soruced notes from the ending Keynote of MACUL 2010 Looking forward to MACUL 2011!!!!!

List of online courses to look at it you are building a course.

Wolfram|Alpha is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. Watch Stephen Wolfram's into to see the awesome range of this tool! Currently best for calculations. (Recommended by Bob G in MaculSpace)