UWCSEA Teachers

Great blogpost from Edna on 10 steps to successful tech integration. I like that she suggests working with the willing & getting admin on board.

This is a great idea 

Very timely for a new laptop program and parent evening coming up.

A great site by Google Certified Teacher Mary Fran all about Google sites. She goes step-by-step through everything you could want to know about Google Sites.

Mike Farley has created a fantastic resource for teachers of social studies here. Under the headings: Energy, Environment, Global Poverty, Global Conflict, Migration & Civic Action, he has provided links to 'serious games', together with downloadable worksheets that aim to help students get the most out of the game.

You HAVE to check out this website! It would be great for our G5 unit Through the Eyes of a Child, and Energy, the G3 unit on Migration, G6 on Natural Disasters - and that's just a start...

Great resources for stop-motion animation & claymation

Using Blooms Taxonomy in education is a highly effective way to scaffold learning for the students. With the recent popularity and pervasive nature of iOS devices in school districts it is essential for educators to understand how to implement Blooms in the classroom using the apps that are available.  While this list is by no means fully comprehensive, it will assist educators in getting started when implementing iOS devices in the classroom. This site will change almost daily as it will be updated with new and exciting apps! 

BabelWith.me is a backchannel chat utility that provides instant translation.

This is a resource that demonstrates different levels of technology integration supported by great videos.

"this Butterscotch 40 minute video is required viewing for just about everyone new to GarageBand for the iPad. If you haven't got time to watch it now, please be sure to bookmark it for the later, you really don't want to miss this GarageBand overview."

"I demonstrate how to do things in class and this little mouse locator really helps my students find where I am asking them to look on the screen. It is called Mouse Locator by 2 Point 5 Fish.  Of course it is FREE."

This is a collection of links to public Mahara student-created pages from CDNIS shared by Aaron Metz.

Awesome ideas for collecting assignments from kids in 1:1 environments. Love the dropbox extension - drop it on me.

from the Center for Social Media at American University's School of Communication

Before/After example slides plus others from Gar Reynolds

Leigh's remix assignment that others might be interested in.

list of resources for Fair Use and Creative Commons -- images, music, videos, etc.

1) read 2) type 3) write 4) communicate effectively, with respect 5) Question 6) be resourceful 7) be accountable 8) know how to learn 9) think critically 10) be happy

An article about how to preserve the Humanities

AWESOME extension for Flickr CC images - makes acknowledging sources a breeze. Wish I'd known about this earlier!