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to show kids that nice looking websites can still be false

a good example of how you can't believe quotes you see on the web. These quotes from taylor swift are actually from Hitler.

Kerpoof was a favorite of mine for teaching kids basic multimedia production in elementary education. It's closing down now, but here are some alternatives.

Kerpoof was a favorite of mine for teaching kids basic multimedia production in elementary education. It's closing down now, but here are some alternatives.

really interesting approach to teaching students to "curate" their own information.

Conquering technophobia. Literature/ela.

Conquering technophobia. Literature/ela. So-so. 3 minutes, maybe use half of it.

This site lists numerous handy technologies and their descriptions in an easy to view table format.

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An interesting video about how social and digital people are now a days. This video was made to explain the importance of internet advertising to marketers, but there's application to teachers too as we try to understand our students' worlds.

LiveBinders is a web 2.0 tool which provides the ability to save and organize materials for your science or math class. The great thing about this free tool is that you can update the resources instantly to ensure your lessons include the latest ideas, tips, and resources in science and math.

Stimulating critical thinking using technology has the potential to create more in depth understanding of science and math content by students when engaged in learning activities which integrate in-class and on-line technology resources. Technology tools support stimulation of both inquiry-based and critical thinking skills by engaging students in exploring, thinking, reading, writing, researching, inventing, problem-solving, and experiencing the world outside their classroom. This is accomplished through learning content through the lens of video to multimedia to the internet (Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement, NCREL, 2005).

I saw this and thought it was pretty interesting. You can turn short films into flip books.

An alternative to Inkling and ibooks author. Cross platform, free, but not as smooth or interactive.

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