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A website giving a basic introduction to creative commons.

stock video for creative commons projects.

Strategies and techniques are provided for integrating podcasts lessons to promote the benefits of greater student engagement and alternative assessment.

Tests since 1990 show a steady decline in the creativity levels of American children, despite the fact that IQ tests indicate they are getting smarter.

licensing wordpress sites through CC easily.

Great for divergent and convergent thinking. LIst ideas and crowdsource deciding on the best ones. Really cool way to crowdsource decision making with students.

free or cheaper apps to replace the Adobe ones.

There is nothing more motivating (and exciting) as digital creativity in the classroom. I personally think you would be hard pushed to find a teacher who

In our section on copyright, we'll talk about CC licensing, which is easier to use in presentations than stuff with regular copyright restrictions.

Great sources of CC media, which I use all the time in presentations.

The Flip camera is great for all types of projects in science and math - at any grade level. Flip cameras are small handheld video cameras that can record 30 or 60 minutes worth of video. They connect to a computer with a USB plug that "flips" out from the side of the camera. The benefits of these cameras include another means for assessing students understanding of concepts beyond worksheets and tests. Besides a teacher's record, the videos provide a digital record for parents and administrators to show a student's successes or areas which need improvement.

Wiki pages are always a work in progress. The wiki is like a dynamic online science classroom which continually grows and changes. Applications for the use of Wikis in science classrooms is only limited by the creativeness of the teacher in support science teaching and student earning.

free open educational resources

a great way to type faster.

I think this is really neat and I agree with it. My Creative Writing/IB English 11-12 teacher from high school has a facebook page, a personal one, and she is friends with alot of her teacher friends, current students and student alumni. Not only do we get to keep in touch with her, but she also asks our opinion on how to run the class, how to make it better, becuase we have been there before. She has also issued a challenge to all her alumni and teacher friends to keep track of how many books we have read this year, and I am now in my mid-twenties. Thanks to her, I've kept on reading and writing, all because we are friends on facebook.

Really interesting video by Kim on illustrating different creative expressions for one word -- "money"

Here's an excellent website for teaching kids creativity, literacy (storytelling and spelling) and technology! Check out the make a movie feature, where kids as young as kindergartners can learn the basics of basically Flash, by learning about objects, timelines, and actions. Very cool!