WSD eToolBox

"As the Reading Workshop students begin to blog regularly (see links in the sidebar), one might question, what do you want the students to get out of this project? How will it help them? Are the benefits academic and or social? Listed below are the goals and benefits of student blogs. "

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation is proud to bring you Storyline Online, an on-line streaming video program, featuring SAG members reading childrens books aloud! Each book includes accompanying activities and less ideas.

"Listed below are training videos for the FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM 8.x software. These videos were created using Captivate software. "

"Polycom offers customers global dial-up access to a variety of its video conferencing equipment. The following is a comprehensive regional listing of specific equipment and related information. Feel free to utilize these numbers to conduct testing of your video conferencing units. Please be aware that these numbers are published worldwide and may be unavailable during certain times of the day due to heavy network traffic. Check back frequently for monthly updates!"

"In addition to traditional face-to-face gatherings, the MLTI staff will also be using web-based technologies to communicate and collaborate with educators interested in engaging in conversation around teaching and learning with technology. These WebCast events will provide an opportunity to participate interactively in a live virtual environment, all right from the comfort of your own computer desktop."

SMART Notebook 10 - online! No software download needed!

"People to People International's School and Classroom Program is a free service that connects teachers and their students with classes in other countries for pen pal exchanges and projects that improve cultural understanding and encourage friendship. Classes are matched according to similar age and number of pupils to form partnerships. Students interact by exchanging traditional paper letters or email messages supervised by their teacher, who receives a program manual for guidance. Teachers may form partnerships with classes in multiple countries and work together for one or more school years. Primary, middle and secondary-school classes and youth groups (grades kindergarten-12) from all countries are welcome. To join, we ask teachers or adults, who supervise students, to register. Registration is open during July - October. Registrations submitted before or after this time will be held for the following semester or school year. We will contact you to discuss options."

"The issues surrounding copyright have never been more visible. But the classroom presents its own copyright-related challenges, for students and teachers alike. How is an educator to know what the rules are? How do those rules apply in the classroom? And how can we make sure that students know the rules as well? To help educators answer these questions, the Copyright Alliance has established the Copyright Alliance Education Foundation. Working with Young Minds Inspired, the Foundation has developed a comprehensive program for teachers. Additionally, we have compiled a library of free curricula that helps teachers of all grades and subject areas incorporate copyright into existing lesson plans."

"Whether you are new to videoconferences or have been using them for years, we hope the tools on this page will enhance your present use or send you on the road to incoprorating interactive videoconferences in your classroom."

"The intent of the Center is to aid Pennsylvania educators in utilizing videoconferencing in their teaching and learning process whether they are new or experienced with the medium."

a refereed journal for second and foreign language educators

"Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with family and friends to share and (soon) print"

"General Videoconference Information & Clearinghouses"

" * Search the Berrien RESA VC Content Providers Database * TWICE Video Field Trip Streaming Samples * Berrien County Collaborative Curriculum and Videoconferences Grade Level Guides for Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts. * Favorite Field Trips by Berrien RESA * Quality Indicators of a Field Trip by TWICE Members. * Getting Started with Videoconferencing * Michigan Content Providers, International Content Providers, Speaker's Bureaus and more details."

"Students improve their reading skills by: * Listening for modeled fluency * Reading for practice * Recording their reading * Checking comprehension with quizzes "

"This database, sponsored by Polycom, Inc., contains programs from content providers such as zoos and museums that offer ISDN or IP based videoconferencing. The Berrien RESA has researched this information to the best of our knowledge. If you have any corrections or updates, please email them to vcintern@berrienresa.org."

Video conferencing and collaborative project resources

Video conferencing and collaborative project resources

"e-Missions™ are simulated, problem-based, learning adventures delivered right into the classroom via distance learning technology. With the use of the internet and video conferencing equipment, these "live" scenarios are conducted in your classroom by a Flight Director at Mission Control from the Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University."

reeReading is a free, high-quality, open-source reading program addressing literacy development for grades K-3. Leveraging the collective wisdom of researchers, teachers, reading coaches, and other education and industry professionals, FreeReading provides a high-quality, cost-effective alternative to static materials. By establishing a foundation of hundreds of research-based lessons and materials that users can download and use for free, FreeReading has created the framework for intervention programs supporting K-6 literacy. The collective wisdom within FreeReading is invaluable and can be more beneficial than any one reading program.

reeReading is a free, high-quality, open-source reading program addressing literacy development for grades K-3. Leveraging the collective wisdom of researchers, teachers, reading coaches, and other education and industry professionals, FreeReading provides a high-quality, cost-effective alternative to static materials. By establishing a foundation of hundreds of research-based lessons and materials that users can download and use for free, FreeReading has created the framework for intervention programs supporting K-6 literacy. The collective wisdom within FreeReading is invaluable and can be more beneficial than any one reading program.