June 4, 2009: "Engaging the Digital Generation: Insights from Kids, Teachers, and Parents" Host: Amy Erin Borovoy(1), video programming producer, Edutopia Presenters: Nichole Pinkard, Founder, Digital Youth Network(2) and director of Innovation, University of Chicago's Urban Education Institute and Vicki Davis, Teacher, blogger(3), and IT director at Westwood Schools Today's students use digital media in ways hardly imaginable just a few years ago, revolutionizing how kids create, collaborate, and teach one another. Join us for a stimulating discussion with innovative educators, parents, and students from the Digital Generation Project(4) as they share practical tools and strategies for engaging the digital learner.

This is a short video taken at the ISTE 2012 conference that provides an overivew of the purpose and materials found in the Visual Assessment Wiki.

This wiki will be previewed on Oct. 11 and will provide the background information for creating and/or revising one assessment that includes an image(s) that require learners to respond to open-ended questions.

We will be using this this document for completion of the technology enhanced UBD Unit Plan. I will explain the assignment on Oct. 11. Cue questions related to the six thinking skills in Bloom's Taxonomy are purposely constructed to ensure students are stimulated to respond at all levels of the cognitive domain, especially the higher levels. Students may be asked to respond through quick writes, learning logs, tests, creative writing that answers the six levels of prompts, role-audience-format-topic (RAFT) activities, or other writing or speaking activities.

If you need a big picture view to support you with technology intergration this is a great resource. It is an overview of the Edutopia professional development guide for integrating technology tools in the classroom.

MIMEO white paper regarding using technology to differentiate instruction

If you are looking for a virtual group that is focused on the first 5 years of practice check out this one hosted by Edutopia. The New Teacher Connections group " . . . is designed to allow new teachers and veterans alike to connect and share that sense of community that is so important in the first years." I think this is a fanatastic "brick" that should be used when building the first layer of "your PLN wall." I love metaphors

This post suggest five educator "Be-Attitudes" related to being a connected educator. This 5 "be attitudes" are directed at new teachers. I am interested in what people think of this "Be-Attitudes."

Check out the videos. I think these would be great for students who need more time to process. I have some issues with the videos but they are great models of what can be done.

Math education has not kept up with technology--especially with Web 2.0 tools, which have the potential to transform and expand learning beyond the classroom and into kids' social and recreational lives. What can be done, and what free resources are available to educators to help make a transition possible?

Web 2.0 technologies are used to support the development of science content and evidence-supported argumentation construction in high school chemistry classes. I analyze video-podcasts, delicious.com tags and resources, individual essays, and

Why You Should Give Edmodo A Try by Steven Anderson Recently I attended the North Carolina Technology In Education Society's (NCTIES) Annual Conference. Each year it gets bigger and bigger and we try to find more and more ways to engage with the attendees to make the conference more meaningful and to carry on conversations beyond just the sessions.

By Laura Turner This is a continuing series on Web2.0 and other web-based tools for educators. This information is specific to math educators, but there is some crossover into science. Math educators will find a large number of useable interactive companion web sites for the teaching of math concepts and skills.

By Laura Turner The following web2.0 sites would be useful for science educators at the high school and middle school level. Some would also be appropriate for higher elementary grade levels. There are many new 'tools' or websites that take advantage of the higher speed and bandwidth of today's Internet.

Here is a listing of interactive tools for teaching chemistry concepts. I did not check it out but it might be interesting.

Science news podcasts from the American Chemical Society Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions is a series of podcasts describing some of the 21st Century's most daunting problems, and how cutting-edge research in chemistry matters in the quest for solutions.

http://www.ciconline.org/resource/coaster-crafter. There is a free webinar about this game on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. E.T.