RCS Tech Share

Ink2Go is a screen annotation and recording solution that lets you write on top of your active desktop applications in real time. Save your annotations as image files or even record the entire annotation process as a sharable video!

"Screen Marker allows you to write and draw directly on your desktop and above all of your opened applications. You can use it to highlight areas you want people to notice before taking a screenshot, draw on your screen in classroom settings or just doodle away during those "important" meetings. "

"Highlight is a tool designed with teachers and demos in mind: it helps you attracting the attention of your audience on what happens on the screen. It is designed to be as unobtrusive and simple as possible, while letting you express your communicating skills efficiently."

An interesting article out of Stanford that cites research supporting the idea that flipped classrooms should be flipped!

Economist article about future of tech in schools/power to individualize and record data

Some great opportunities for more learning this summer!

From the intro: "This post describes how educators can develop a personal learning network that supports meaningful and relevant learning."

"create a rubric with a blatant challenge and ample encouragement for students to push themselves beyond the basic requirements" - from Shawn McCusker of EdTechTeacher.org, on Free Technology For Teachers

"How students can work together in a BYOD setting, even if they are using different devices."

Introduction to Evernote and tons of materials.

From Evernote's website. Ideas include clipping, organizing, and capturing documents and images.

From the Evernote Blog. Includes classroom planning, notetaking, sharing, grading, and other ideas.

Google's "Teach Parents Tech" site, a great set of video resources for learning basic computer functions.

Video introduction to Moodle rubrics. You can use these in your Moodle assignments!

As you work with digital material (both in your own preparation and with your students), you will run up against the questions of copyright and fair use more and more. Students are becoming incredibly adept at grabbing and repurposing online material. This can result in powerful and inventive work (after all, there's very little created that is truly original, with no influence from prior works) but can also be a way to avoid original thought.  There's a fine line between copyright infringement and fair use. Not to mention outright plagiarism, of course. And educational use is not necessarily fair use; that's a common misconception.  This is a recording of an ISTE web conference on copyright and fair use. It even includes an original fair use rock song!

...before and after Google+ There are some serious changes afoot. If you're a Picasa Web Albums user, this is a good resource for you.

"Edutopia.org's Director of Video Programming, Zachary Fink, interviews UC Berkeley professor Dor Abrahamson about how to increase students' understanding of math."

A list of videos from the likes of Sal Khan, Linda Darling-Hammond, Judy Willis, and other notables. Great minds, not necessarily thinking alike.

Many more ideas and use cases.

Great information, in a PDF manual.