Provides descriptions of ways schools are using social media for communication with and among students, with parents, and with the community, as well as a general learning tool. Starts with # 10 and counts down to # 1. Need to hit page buttons to get to all the screens, but it is worth the read and worth bookmarking for later reference. This article will help teachers and administrations proceed with plans for social media integration.
Thanks to the wiki for the EDUC 584 class at Saint Joseph College., I learned of this site, which has good resources for teaching math skills to young children. If you work with this population, check out this site and bookmark it for reference.
A Weebly website created by a 2nd grade teacher, with a strong focus on digital storytelling and digital citizenship. There is also info on KidBlog, Edmodo, Storybird, Storyjumpber, and other sites to use with students in the grades 1-4.
In case you have not heard about this issue with standardized tests, thought I would pass along a link to an article. Makes me wonder about the validity of the test if the pineapple and hare question was on the test anyway. Yet these tests determine if a student is retained or promoted.
Digital Storytelling Resources. Saved as Google Doc, with quick descriptions and immediate links. As Google Doc, can add and edit. Created by Alec Couros, from U. of Regina, Alberta, Canada. These are resources that Alec suggests to his own students, and they can select from the list the ones they want to use.