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had this file conversion tool recommended to me. I haven't tried it out, but it looks like a good substitute for Zamzar.

guidelines for regulating media with kids.

world almanac for kids

Ideas for having students create podcasts

this is great stuff particularly for students interested in doing the Podcast assignment.

Great collection of podcasts for kids and youth!

Over 55,000 Free Lesson Plans in Math Social Studies Art Language Arts Music Physical Education Reading Writing Geography Science Projects Science Lesson Plans and Thematic units. K-12 educational resources and activities for teachers, parents and students

This is a great example of asynchronous video chatting! You can post a picture or slide, and then hear people's comments---just like you would in class. I think I'll use this for my online section.

Interesting voicethread about using the technology for digital storytelling in the classroom.

The NCTE Homepage provides the latest information on upcoming events and opportunities with NCTE, as well as resources for educators.

THE organization to follow if you teach English. They update with great ideas and information!

This is a good website that contains lots of information for teachers and future teachers.

An interactive White Board (IWB) or SMART Board has the potential to deliver content better than traditional methods of teaching. Why? Because it provides multi-media functional interaction across audio, video, and computer media. It is also ideal for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. These qualities of an IWB also promote the dynamic delivery of content (if used to its full potential) in an engaging manner, which allows students to interact with science or math content their self. Examples include: * data manipulation * responding to data * even creating data So with all these attributes - "How are interactive white boards unsuccessfully used in science and math classrooms?" For the most part - not effectively!

materials introducing Jing (a screencasting tool) and ideas for educators

Virtual tours of famous 1906 San Fran earthquake. Interesting idea for history lessons.

Google earth can be a great tool, not just for virtual tours of the past but of the present. For example, when teaching about the ohio river valley, its great to be able to pull it up on google earth and show the contrast between the ORV and say a swamp area near the Potomac. It just helps people become aware of the landscape.

Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor that enables you to create, store, share, and collaborate on documents with your science and math students. You can even import any existing document from Word and Simple Text. You can work from anywhere and with any computer platform to access your documents.

This is a great teaching resource for History teachers. It shares some great ideas about lesson plans, projects, activities, etc.

I found this useful website that has many links and sources for history teachers trying to incorporate technology into their classes. They seem to provide quite a bit of support. I think I will like this site.

This is a great website for history teachers. It provides a comprehensive guide to teaching history with various types of technology. It includes different links to websites that provide technological lesson plans and activities, most of which I found could be very useful in a history classroom. The site also gives ideas on creating presentations and using multimedia in the classroom. Another great feature the site provides is the ability to discuss and collaborate with other history teachers - it provides blogs, Wikis, and even Google docs.

A great website for viewing everything from your friends, no matter what personal networking website they use!

A great website for viewing everything from your friends, no matter what personal networking website they use!

Strategies are provided for classroom integration, creating survey, and science or math activities.

And it's actually good music! Some of you may have already found this, but I was excited to find it yesterday as I was looking for music for the background of my video. There are different categories of use, some you can use and change, some you can use but not change, etc. Check it out, even if you're just looking for some new music in your life.

a great resource for parents to monitor teen's internet usage.

best places to teach yourself for free.