IF we can work together, restrictions placed on all the students can be lightened. The crass actions of the few should not (but sadly do) hinder those of us who know how to behave. By this age, we should all know right from wrong. Myspace shouldn't have to be blocked; it should just be common knowledge that visiting your personal blog during your educational time period is not right.
IF you have to wonder if the site you want to use it appropriate, it probably isn't. But you do have teachers and administrators to view and help you make that judgement.
DON'T copyright infringe or plagarize or download anything illegally
This page is a resource page for my KMEA “The SMART Music/Band Room” presentation present February 27, 2009 in Wichita. Below you will find the topics I covered along with resources provided in the presentation. These areas will also serve to house additional resources that I was unable to address during the presentation.
View the list of the Top 100 Videos for Teachers. This list is provided by SmartTeaching.org, a leading online resource for current teachers, and aspiring education students and student teachers.
From search games to presentations on how to use Docs & Spreadsheets with your students, here you can find real-world examples of innovative ways that teachers and librarians are using Google tools to help students learn.
Each animation is embedded in a web page that elaborates on what you
will see, but some web-browsers may not like those embeddings; for that reason I've
provided direct links to each of those embedded animations on the web page
in which it's supposed to appear. If clicking on a link from this
page opens a page that fails to display a movie, click on the link to
that movie.
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"Whyville is a virtual world geared for teen and pre-teen girls and boys.
Whyville's millions of registered "citizens" come from all over to learn, create, and have fun together. Whyville is their world. Whyville has places to go, things to do, and of course, people to see. Whyville has its own newspaper, its own Senators, its own beach, museum, City Hall and town square, its own suburbia, and even its own economy - citizens earn "clams" by playing educational games. And much, much, much more!"
Teachers can create an online community for their students.
"Share inspiration, ideas, reading, thoughts. Post discussions, deadlines, homework. Instrantly create surveys for students. Keep parents informed of daily projects."
"Not only will twiducate.com give your students the web 2.0 skills they need, but also expand their reading, writing, thoughts and ideas beyond the classroom setting."