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Technology-fun ways to give a book report.

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.

Allows you to see how states are doing under the NCLB Act. Useful information when deciding where you want to teach.

This is an interesting website. I could see it being a valuable resource for university students, but also a way of cheating. It connects to your Facebook and you can upload class notes and materials to share with other students. What do you think? Would you encourage your students to use this? What would you do to make sure it wasn't used for cheating?

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.

When students are engaged in learning science or math which is personal to them (real world problem solving), they become more engaged in the learning process. Project based learning situations in science and math increase opportunity for students to internalize and make connections.

Student questions and questioning become a major focus of classroom activity as teachers demonstrate and then require effective searching, prospecting, gathering and interpretation techniques while students use the tools and information to explore solutions to contemporary issues.

Strategies are provided for taking advantage of Wikis to provide opportunities for students to collaborate with other students, share what they have learned, and become a centralized online resource for educators.

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A dozen activities are presented for using an online education technology tool to engage students in classroom activities to develop a better understanding of concepts.

Wikis are the most popular Web 2.0 tool being used in science and math classrooms. Based on a survey of readers - 43 percent use them to support their teaching and student learning. A Wiki is appealing, encourages participation, supports collaboration, and promotes interaction by students who love to use technology. By the way - this includes most students today!

"At Google, the only thing we love as much as science is science education. We want to celebrate young scientific talent and engage students who might not yet be engaged with science. So, in partnership with CERN, the LEGO Group, National Geographic, and Scientific American we've created an exciting new global science competition, the Google Science Fair. Students all over the world who are between the ages of 13 and 18 are eligible to enter this competition and compete for prizes including once-in-a-lifetime experiences, internships and scholarships. "

new technology to monitor students' usage of mobile devices. Cool!

This site gives advice on using Nintendo Wii to teach different physical fitness curriculum. Not helpful for my content area, but very interesting way to use this technology in an educational way.

Information on uploading videos to Youtube.

A technology from Christina for having books read to you.

best places to teach yourself for free.

awesome widgets to add to your interactive ibooks, making an awesome educational resource.