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"Twitter's #edchat discussion Tuesday evening tackled the subject of teacher technology literacy and curriculum integration. This can seem like a daunting task for administrators, advisors, and technology coordinators because some teachers fear technology, others are reluctant to start, and some fail to see the need for technology in the classroom. As @jdthomas7 puts it, "Tech has become like Math-ok to say I hate tech-don't really need it!" "

Twitter's #edchat discussion Tuesday evening tackled the subject of teacher technology literacy and curriculum integration. This can seem like a daunting task for administrators, advisors, and technology coordinators because some teachers fear technology, others are reluctant to start, and some fail to see the need for technology in the classroom. As @jdthomas7 puts it, "Tech has become like Math-ok to say I hate tech-don't really need it!"

"Picasso's Art Styles View Student Lesson Plan Export Lesson Plan Example: * Art Styles of Picasso Template: * Life of Picasso * Blue Period * Rose Period * Cubism * Clay Storyboard * Art Styles Assessment: * Art Styles Rubric Grade Level: 4, 5 and 6 Subject: Language Arts, Art and Computer/Technology Duration: 2 Weeks Objective: Students will explore the life and artistic contributions of Pablo Picasso through the creation of a clay animation depicting one of Picasso's art periods."

Picasso's Art Styles View Student Lesson Plan Export Lesson Plan Example: * Art Styles of Picasso Template: * Life of Picasso * Blue Period * Rose Period * Cubism * Clay Storyboard * Art Styles Assessment: * Art Styles Rubric Grade Level: 4, 5 and 6 Subject: Language Arts, Art and Computer/Technology Duration: 2 Weeks Objective: Students will explore the life and artistic contributions of Pablo Picasso through the creation of a clay animation depicting one of Picasso's art periods.

Kid-cast.com is a website for kids to publish their own Podcasts so that other kids can listen. The idea is to make sure that there's a kid-safe Podcast out there for our young minds to hear. Contribution by kids makes it that much better, by allowing kids to listen to their peers on subjects they love!

Kid-cast.com is a website for kids to publish their own Podcasts so that other kids can listen. The idea is to make sure that there's a kid-safe Podcast out there for our young minds to hear. Contribution by kids makes it that much better, by allowing kids to listen to their peers on subjects they love!

"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 700 maps. Maps 1-366 are also available as PDF posters. Use the menu above to find a map of interest. We also have a series of maps on the visualisation of the world's population using a new mapping technique: Worldmapper Population Atlas."

Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 700 maps. Maps 1-366 are also available as PDF posters. Use the menu above to find a map of interest. We also have a series of maps on the visualisation of the world's population using a new mapping technique: Worldmapper Population Atlas.

3rd Sept. - 15th Sept.'12: Pradarshak presents Abstract Paintings by Yogesh Patil. Pradarshak is proud to present the debut solo exhibition of young upcoming Yogesh Patil. It has been a pleasure to witness the growth of this youngster right from his early student days, when he built up a good repertoire of water colour landscapes using the wash technique. Diligent and hardworking, Yogesh has since gradually honed his skill set trying out varied mediums and various subjects...Click on the link to read more>>

How to integrate Bloom's Taxonomy of apps into the classroom: Bloom's Taxonomy is by no means the best or only way to categorize websites, apps or other educational tools. However, I often find that for my purposes, it is a really nice way to organize tools so that I can find them later. It also keeps me (and my students) thinking about the learning process and keeps us all from getting stuck in a one-type-of-learning rut. Bloom's is also extraordinarily handy for categorizing apps that don't fit neatly into a subject matter or that fall into several different subject categories. In the apps, I have given you a little guide. If an app cost money, I've added a $$ on the app. The others are free. The free apps are just as wonderful as some of the paid!

" think it's pretty safe to say that almost everyone on the Internet these days has heard of Wolfram|Alpha, the "computational knowledge engine". It's a pretty fascinating, not to mention handy, website. You simply type in your query, "population of Argentina in 1980" for example, and Wolfram|Alpha spits out the answer. What could be more awesome?! Well, what if I told you that Wolfram|Alpha also makes desktop PC and mobile applications that, for all of the notoriety that their's websites received, I've hardly ever heard anyone talk about? And what if I told you that most of these apps were specifically designed with certain subjects in mind, such as statistics, geography, and chemistry? I don't know about you, but I'd be intrigued!"

S.O.L.O. Stands For: S tructure of O bserved L earning O utcomes It is a taxonomy - a collection of controlled vocabulary terms organized into a hierarchical structure. Each term in a taxonomy is in one or more parent/child (broader/narrower) relationships to other terms in the taxonomy. et.afsnet.org/glossary.html It was developed by Biggs J and COLLIS K,1982. It describes 5 levels of increasing complexity in a student's understanding of a subject, through five stages, and it is claimed to be applicable to any subject area.

For countless centuries, people have ventured forth into areas they have known little about. The desire to explore has been prompted by many different reasons- from necessity and curiosity to the desire to find riches. Think quest site

" Video websites for kids is a popular search term on the web. Just as adults have the best of television and the online world when it comes to video, so should our kids. It's just that there content needs to be more strictly moderated and should blend in subjects that are for kids-eyes-only."

10 good sites

"I have to tell you that it was a tough call to make these decisions, especially when we're talking every teacher no matter what grade level or subject, but I hope that you find a couple of gems to put away in your virtual treasure box. You may have others you'd like to add to the list. Please post them in the comments for all of us to explore."

"Personification Stories View Student Lesson Plan Export Lesson Plan Example: * Crossing Signal * Brainstorm Example Template: * Brainstorm Traits Worksheet * Project Vision * Project Storyboard Assessment: * Story Rubric * Animation Rubric Grade Level: 3, 4 and 5 Subject: Language Arts Duration: 1 week Objective: Students learn to use personification as they personify an object for a clay animation. Students use conflict, experiences, and situations to help the viewer imagine what it might be like to be a particular object."

You can use personification to make your writing more interesting. Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to objects, animals, or ideas. For example: the fire breathed hot in our faces and its flames grabbed at our clothes, or the chocolate cake is calling my name. You can find personification at work in lots of different types of writing. Lewis Carroll's uses lots of personification in The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland. Remember the white rabbit and Alice playing croquet with a deck of cards?

This is a place to list subject-specific P-12-oriented blogs that are worth sharing with others.

Blogs that might be specifically about your learning area.

"Wolfram Alpha is on a mission to develop an "app for every course." The company launched its first three subject-specific iPhone apps on Tuesday, and all three - Algebra, Calculus, and Music Theory - look to be promising educational tools. The apps are based on Wolfram Alpha's computational search engine, which can do things like solve integration problems, calculate flying times between cities or plot a person's life on a timeline."

"By now, YouTube's value in the classroom should be rather self-evident. No matter the subject or grade level, the website offers up excellent videos to supplement lessons and provide windows into different facts and concepts."

Youtube and science clips, good for that frontloading session!

Nice use of an epub builder to give students info/videos on a subject.

PhotoPeach allows you to easily use images and music to tell a story. PhotoPeach also allows quizzes and user comments. Start by defining the goals for the project. Do you want a visual way to communicate a topic? Are you introducing a new topic? Are students trying to demonstrate mastery of a subject? Begin by uploading photos or bringing them in from a website such as Flickr. Arrange them in the right order to tell your story and add your music, special effects such as zooming and captions. Save your project so it can be embedded into a blog, wiki or even Facebook.