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"The "Top 25" Websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover."

The "Top 25" Websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.

Icebreaker activities for teachers.

Using movie excerpts to teach grammar, just crazy enough that it might work?!

In the past, my students have used Photostory3 to show and talk about their learning as a starting point for their Student Led Conference with their parents. I'm now teaching in a mac school so Photostory3 was not an option. I felt that iMovie was just a little too intricate for what I wanted, a wiki was a consideration and then the brainwave of VoiceThread appeared in my head late one night!

Excellent website about current events. Has streamed video and teaching notes based on the new bloom's taxonomy, with links to more useful websites.

Revision is a critical piece of the writing process-and of your classroom curriculum. Now, Google Docs has partnered with Weekly Reader's Writing for Teens magazine to help you teach it in a meaningful and practical way. The sharing features of Google Docs enable you and your students to decide exactly who can access and edit documents. You'll find that Google Docs helps promote group work and peer editing skills, and that it helps to fulfill the stated goal of The National Council of Teachers of English, which espouses writing as a process and encourages multiple revisions and peer editing. On this page, you will find several reproducible PDF articles from Writing magazine filled with student-friendly tips and techniques for revision. You'll also find a teacher's guide that provides you with ideas for how to use these materials with Google Docs to create innovative lesson plans about revision for your classroom.

Index of web tools.

A must read

Shailani

"This guide was written especially for educators, who want to teach 21st century skills, such as collaborating, communicating, and connecting, through digital storytelling Download Also available as 8.5×11 Paperback $8.50 Email Email this item * Embed Embed this item * Embed this preview: Share a link to your preview: http://www.lulu.com/product/book-download/digital-storytelling-tools-for-educators/6257308?showPreview Digg Reddit Facebook MySpace Twitter StumbleUpon del.icio.us Ratings & Reviews | Product Details"

Wow, this looks a great read. We have the pdf version. Have a look in the mattserver under video tutorials

Life as a teacher, especially one fresh off attending your own classes, can be hard. You have to wake up early, work late and manage a classroom full of kids, each with their own diverse needs and expectations. Luckily, there are numerous teachers out there who are willing to share their expertise and classroom experiments with teachers young and old. Here are some great blogs that offer insights into what classes of kids are doing around the world as well as providing some great advice on everything from dealing with parents to figuring out grades.

don't let the 100 make you go ARRRRRRRRRRRR Infowhelm! It is broken up into grade areas so hopefully you can find one nugget of gold to help make your classroom blog even better.

"These resources actually provide over 110 ideas for, and examples of, using Twitter in the classroom."

Olympics anyone?

New website, still quite empty but will share resources

What is Wallwisher and why use it? Its a Web 2.0 application which allows students to express their thoughts or share information on a science concept. This online application allows the author (teacher or student) to add information as post it stickies, it also allows others to add comments or information to wall - subject to the author's approval.

UK site for learning

Integrating podcasts in science and math classes is a good way to support student learning, because it leverages the fact today's students are digital citizens.

Like everything dealing with education technology in the classroom there are always tricks and tips to ensure success - this includes Podcasting!