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I love pen and paper notes!! This gave me new insight into electronic note taking. Excellent read for those who have a hard time or do not know why we should incorporate electronic note taking! Great read!

These digital alternatives to pen and paper give you information-retaining benefits of handwritten notes with the organization and convenience of digital note taking.

I love pen and paper notes!! This gave me new insight into electronic note taking. Excellent read for those who have a hard time or do not know why we should incorporate electronic note taking! Great read!

The use of personal portfolios for assessment and presentation long has been a component of higher education. In fact, personal portfolios are a graduation requirement at many colleges and universities. Now, electronic portfolios have begun to enter the world of K-12 education as well.-Mary Daniels Brown with Education World. This website builds on our learning and use of digital portfolios for ourselves to show how to use them with our students. We will learn how to do our own, and can then help our students in the future.

This website gives pros and cons of electronic note taking vs. hard copy note taking. It also gives generalized tips on taking notes.

This website discusses the benefits of electronic note taking, compares it to traditional note taking, and provides methods and resources.

Are you looking for standards-aligned electronic learning resources to help your students? Here, you can find free Educational Resources, reviews of Online Courses, and commercial Electronic Learning Resources. I chose this resource for chapter 8 because on this site you can browse resources by subject area and grade level and read summaries and reviews by educators. This website is helpful when finding and evaluating software applications for a classroom.

The CLRN (California Learning Resource Network) evaluates and reviews electronic resources used in the classroom (like videos, apps, software, etc). It evaluates the resources based on individual states' content standards.

OpenEd bills itself as the "World's Largest Educational Resource Catalog." I like that you can pick one of the Common Core standards (part of the Oklahoma Academic Standards in Oklahoma) and it brings up electronic resources specific to that standard.

Great tutorial to a great app. This app can be used as an agenda/calendar, or your very own schedule. This app also introduces a very organized way to take notes electronically.

Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware that not everyone has the same opportunities when it comes to technology.

This webpage explains the nine elements of digital citizenship in great detail. It also breaks the elements down into "repetitions" of what elements to teach to students at what age. Very helpful.

This webpage explains the nine elements of digital citizenship in great detail. It also breaks the elements down into "repetitions" of what elements to teach to students at what age. Very helpful.

This website used several scholarly journals to study the debate of hard copy vs. soft copy note taking. They conducted an experiment with college students over their preference of methods.

Methods According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), identity thieves can obtain information by rummaging through trash or stealing from purses, wallets, mailboxes, or homes.[1] They may also use electronic methods, such as those listed below. Phishing relies on pop-ups, spam, and websites that look authentic to obtain personal information, such as log-in information and credit card numbers.

Complete guide for selecting and evaluating resources for the classroom.

Another collaborative grouping of games. This one is organized by subject, which makes it easy and quick to navigate. There are games for K - 12.

CLRN provides a list of different types of games for all grades and content areas

This website is great because it is really easy to use if you know what you are looking for. You just simply click on the subject you want to teach and it takes you to different lesson possibilities for different subjects.

This is a great resource for teachers when deciding what apps they want their students to use. You can find multiple apps and resources, which are classified easily into categories of grade level and subject. This website also offers reviews from other teachers who have used certain resources or apps.

What is LiveText? LiveText is an online electronic portfolio development and management system. An internet based subscription website that allows users to create and submit projects and assignments on-line. You start with a template and add your work and reflections on your work into LiveText.

Basic steps for teaching how to use LiveText for pre-service teachers at OSU

Examples of digital portfolios that can help guide teachers when making their portfolios for their classroom.

Gives insight to personal learning networks and why a teacher should be using social media. "By developing professional relationships electronically, teachers can immediately post their latest articles, research, experiences, or discoveries. You, the connected teacher, are the recipient of all of these communications."

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