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Making interactive youtube videos to tell a story or give choices to viewers.

Gaming might decrease your faith in God. I'm skeptical, because I don't know why this would be, but interesting findings.

Not really technology related, but discusses the science behind homework and its effects.

"But one of the greatest assets the LDS Church has when it comes to SEO is its more than 15 million members around the world. Church members have long been encouraged to master technology and use it to spread the gospel message, and they have responded in recent years by setting up personal websites and blogs, many of which link liberally to LDS Church web properties. Inbound links like these are a key factor in how Google determines the credibility or importance of a website and its rankings. "

Could the apple watch become a useful tool for education? Intriguing ideas about monitoring student engagement.

Have you ever wanted to create short "how to" video for your students to use for homework, remembering facts, and solving math problems. How often have your students stated, "I could not complete the homework assignment, because I could not remember the steps and no one could help me." Well the answer is to create a screencast or video for posting on your class wiki or blog for students to view at home or anywhere else they have web access.

Clif Mims' blog

Example of a teacher using wikis, blogs, etc. with students. 5 minutes. Google docs. Literacy: she shouldn't have to teach terms, they should look them up. Addresses: do I need to know everything as a teacher? Also accessibility in a rural school. Shows disconnected classrooms collaborating together on reports and a wiki.

The six top free online tools were selected from available web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning using presentations, blogging, and bookmarking online resources. There are many excellent online tools available in these three categories, making the selection difficult at best. However, the selection was made based on reviewing available online resources along with other contributions and feedback from teachers.

I think this is a great blog--it's designed by US History teachers to help share content and technology.

I really love this blog site because it is all about teaching those special students in your classrooms whose needs are quickly met, but who get bored easily with the mundaneness of school. This is a big issue I've struggled with myself--trying to keep my gifted students fully active and participating in everything we do--and I have already found several helpful hints on this site. It includes some neat ideas for technology inclusion, as well. The more educated we are about the diversity of our students and their specific needs, the better we can meet those needs and educate our students with a whole range of abilities.

OHSU presentation

For 5 points extra credit, you can view this presentation and blog about it on your blogs, reflecting on what the video teaches, the key takeaways, and what you learned as a teacher.

Catherine posted this great resource to "blogging for dummies"--helpful for people who are new! We'll have to see if this person keeps updating their site.

Interesting article on how you can use a version of Wordpress (a blogging software) instead of a Learning Management System, like Blackboard.

Google announces preview versions of the new Google document and spreadsheet editors and a new standalone drawings editor, all built with an even greater focus on speed and collaboration.

This came from one of the blogs on my google reader. I love how this article takes a current event and compares it with a historical event in order to further discuss and clarify what is happening today. Sharing things like this with your students can help show why history is relevant.

I appreciate being introduced to the HNN website. They have a lot of cool stuff!