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This wiki is a template that you can use for any Professional Development or Training sessions that address the use of wikis in education. With Mark's permission, we are making it available to educational technologists who are looking for tools to show their teams what can be accomplished with wikis in general - and Wikispaces in particular - in the K-12 environment.

Four units comprise the curriculum resources. Each unit consists of standalone yet complementary lesson plans that play off a creative rights scenario presented through a case study

"EFF's Teaching Copyright curriculum was created to help teachers present the laws surrounding digital rights in a balanced way. Teaching Copyright provides lessons and ideas for opening your classroom up to discussion, letting your students express their ideas and concerns, and then guiding your students toward an understanding of the boundaries of copyright law. "

100 favourite resources (articles postings, PDFs, presentations, etc) about learning tools and technologies in 2008

Use the links on the right to teach about fair use, make presentations, and share how you and your students are using copyrighted materials for teaching and learning. You can also post questions and answers about specific issues of interest to you.

Wiki website FULL of web 2.0 tools for schools, grouped by category such as: Presentation tools, collaborative tools, etc. Very nice.

iCharts allows everyone to upload Excel sheets or manually add data from which they can easily create, share and embed interactive charts (= iCharts) within minutes. iCharts can be published on the iCharts Portal at icharts.net and they can be embedded anywhere on the Internet in blogs, forums or corporate websites. Premium account holders can also download iCharts and embed them offline in PDF documents and PowerPoint presentations, retaining their full interactivity.

Welcome to Web Safety For Kids, a wiki setup to support presentations for parents about Internet safety. It contains links to a range of resources that parents may find helpful in a dealing with their children's use of the Internet at home. As the Internet is constantly changing some of the advice contained within this wiki, may also change and potentially become redundant. As such the wiki is not meant to be a definitive set of practices but rather it is simply a guide.

A nice collection of presentation, collaboration, and other web 2.0 tools with examples.

Google Earth How To's - Learn how to do the basics so you are comfortable teaching with Google Earth Student Controlled - Where the student controls Google Earth. Suitable for labs, mini-labs, home school, etc. Teacher Controlled - Suitable for Lectures, Presentations, whole class discussions, etc. Mini-Lessons - Lesson starters for looking at various topics

Finally, an easy way to tell your story. Just drag and drop your favorite stuff into Freepath's playlist - no need to convert files, upload videos or embed links. Just like that, your digital life became bigger and better! Best of all, it's FREE.

Our mission is to bring users the best information on the Web for any topic, employing human insight and methodical review. FindingDulcinea presents only credible, high-quality and trustworthy Web sites, saving time for the novice and the experienced user alike. Each piece, whether a Web Guide, a Beyond the Headlines story or a Netcetera article, receives the same meticulous research. The Web sites included in each piece are connected through original narrative, providing users with information on each site before they even click on it.

"A presentation on Web 2.0 tools that teachers can use. Lots of creative stuff outside the norm."

80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy Over the past few years, I have been collecting interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy. Here are 70+ videos organized into various sub-categories. These videos are of varying quality, cross several genres, and are of varied suitability for classroom use.

See for yourself how chemistry is present in nearly everything we see and everything we do. Take a tour and play the game. The website is available in six languages (English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish) at http://www.chemistryandyou.org/index2.htm.

Great quotes!

Wouldn't it be just awesome if all teachers had a "Magic Eight Ball" that we could turn to every time we had a question about instructional practice, technology or learning theory? It would provide resources, anecdotal experiences, practical application, and much more. Through the connective and collaborative power of online technologies we have access to a vast and vibrant network of educators that are infinitely more qualified than a Magic Eight Ball to provide ongoing, timely support and encouragement. Learn to Power Up your professional learning network with customized and interactive Web 2.0 applications.

Sixteen Interesting Ways* to use Wordle in the Classroom

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