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Good Article on Whiteboards' Impact. A good tech integrator will always be on the lookout for articles that show both sides of the story.

This article shares 4 podcast tools voice thread, iPadio, Mobile Podcaster, Cinchcast.

This article shares 4 podcast tools voice thread, iPadio, Mobile Podcaster, Cinchcast.

A neat article from a parents perspective. The article includes tips on how today's parents want to be communicated with and included in their child's education. The article explains in detail about the current generation of parents and why they act the way they act.

Interesting Article aobut obsolete technology in 2010

Thought this was interesting. Are you still using any of these items?

Article about a Massachusettes teen who hanged herself due to ongoing bullying.

Teaching our children about internet safety and anti-bullying is critical. This is a sad story for all involved.

Article about How to use Flip Cameras in the classromo.

Article about flip cameras in the classroom.

This article lists the advantages of iOS7 for education.

This is an article about the 20 best Pinterest boards to follow for educators.

In this article, you'll find 15 free tools to help you facilitate remote/web-based collaboration. Whether you need basic whiteboarding/brainstorming tools or fully-featured project management applications - you should be able to find a tool or two that's worth checking out.

A great article on how the econony is affecting high school students decisions on choosing between a four year college or a two year college. With the way things are going in our society in regards to finance more students are becoming aware of and trying to avoid having to pay back large student loans.

A good break down of easy and free ways to ad images, video, and music to your classroom. It list free sites and software for teachers and students to use to create slideshows with music or videos with music. It also includes a site (Discovery Education streaming) that features videos of student adventures around the world. This article is also accompanied a link to another article that features students exploring story telling of a real life adventure.

I was interested to read this article because it dicusses the growing interest in course styles similiar to ours. More and more students are finding success and taking interest in "hybrid" classes, a combination of online and face to face classes. They are becoming so popular because it allows students to not have to be on campus all the time, the freedom to work from home, and also keeps them motivated to keep up with their studies as they meet with their classmates every other week. I found myself relating to this article because it is exactly how our class operates and I see the same positives as the many others opting for hybird classess

Article about Top 13 screen recorders.

Top 5 ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom is an article that shares the educational value of Twitter.

This is interesting.

Check out these 10 tools to create digital books.

Tech and Learning article about top 10 tools to create digital books. I think you all have this on your RSS, if not, you may want to add this blog to your reader.

news stories for all levels

Mindtools is another site with information about doing icebreakers and it also includes further down the home page a variety of icebreakers that can be used.

more icebreaker activities

Hillsborough High School's Tim Zavacki engages students with creative design tools in his Intro to Technology course.

I know the title may sound like a no-brainer, but I chose to share this article because it focuses on the proven value of Interactive Whiteboards. I have one and I know a few others in our class have them. One of my goals for this course is to better understand the possibilities of the technology available to me. I'm really looking forward to developing lessons using the voter response system, just one way to collect data about student learning.

Article about bringing the works of Shakespeare alive with performances on YouTube and rap. Inner city students can now understand the literary works of the most well known and read English author of all time. I remember when I was in high school most of us hated reading Shakespeare's plays, but if we were allowed to "remake" them with the plot untouched that would have been much better. Just shows and alternative assessment that gives students ownership over their learning.

Marc, I shared this with a teacher at the high school who teaches shakespear.