I saw on Twitter that one of my peeps was told that this year they will develop their own /Professional/Personal Learning Network. Just in case that happens here, this may help get someone started.
"tools you can use to get your students presenting! Included is a brief description and helpful links to facilitate using these tools more effectively in the classroom."
"Learning new vocabulary can be quite daunting for most students. We just have to look at the literacy rates to see how much children struggle with vocabulary. Rote learning of vocabulary does not really work. Experience has taught me students remember what they use and explore. Students need to have fun, engage with the material, and explore how their new knowledge works. "
"...six quick sheets for Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. These resources outline the different taxonomic levels and provide the Digital Taxonomy Verbs with some (this is not exhaustive) possibilities for classroom use."
In order to make it on this list, the criteria was pretty simple - it offers and easily navigable collection of Web 2.0 tools for education in a way accessible to non-tech-savvy teachers.
Microsoft Mouse Mischief is a free software download for PCs that integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 to allow educators to insert questions, polls, and drawing activity slides into lessons for participation for up to 25 students.