WSD Tech LEARNing

...I've been saying that state and federal legislators should be required to take the standardized tests that they make our students take. They should take them under the same conditions that our students take them and then publicly report their results - and their thoughts after taking the tests and seeing the results...

20 website is 120 seconds (The slowed down version) from TeachMeet Essex on 7 Feb 2012.

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There are too may tools available for one person to discover and use them all

Make stop-motion films with a web-cam or a bunch of photos

PSA project site that outlines how to create a PSA step by step for students. Includes planning, storyboard, filming, audio, editing and publishing tips.

A number of services to allow anyone to create their own digital magazine and newspaper. 

10 design elements are suggested for the design of authentic tasks in web-based learning environments:

Web 2.0 teaching tools to enhance education and learning

Tiki-Toki is the best and easiest way to create beautifulinteractive timelines that you can share on the web

If you are beginning to investigate what a Flipped Classroom is, with the thought of possibly trying some kind of Flip yourself… then this is also the right place. They have researched and tried to find you the very best resources to get educators in all positions thinking about what a Flipped Classroom" really is.

DigiTales (http://www.digitales.us/) is a website promoting the art of digital storytelling.  If you have students create personal stories about themselves and their experiences, this website is worth a hard look.  Here is an excerpt explaining their mission: "Digital Storytelling takes the ancient art of oral storytelling and engages a palette of technical tools to weave personal tales using images, graphics, music and sound mixed together with the author's own story voice. Digital storytelling is an emerging art form of personal, heartful expression that enables individuals and communities to reclaim their personal cultures while exploring their artistic creativity. While the heart and power of the digital story is shaping a personal digital story about self, family, ideas, or experiences, the technology tools also invite writers and artists to think and invent new types of communication outside the realm of traditional linear narratives." This website provides some great rubrics for grading a number of oral, visual and print activities.  It also provides some great ideas for projects, activities and lessons to support what you are already doing.

This blog post describes several communication and team building activities that can be done using mobile devices. "Mobile devices are major sources of communication for almost everybody these days. As such, these devices lend themselves for exploring effective and ineffective communication. The goals of this unit of study are to: - gain a greater understanding of the keys to effective communication. - build team and cooperative learning skills."

"PreziU offers more than just content to consume: you can share your best prezis, ask for feedback, submit your best practices and experience reports as articles and join discussions about Prezi using the forums."

A nice blog post that discusses "key components of a successful BYOT initiative."

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Create simple, one question polls that you can embed in your websitel

The Education Department's 2010 National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) presents a transformational vision for 21st century education, depicting how new technologies can help people learn lifelong and "life-wide" - in libraries and museums and their homes, and through interactions with people in their neighborhood and community.

Interactive times table site offers drag, answer and test modes for learning and practicing math multiplication facts. Would work great on SMART board or interactive white board.

"Flipping a classroom is not a teaching technique, it is more in line with a philosophy or way of teaching. It involves using technology as a tool, not the main focus, for helping students increase their understanding" Nice blog post on the philosophy of the flipped classroom.