York Ed Tech Council

"SimpleSAMLphp is a simple application written in native PHP that deals with authentication. SimpleSAMLphp supports several federation protocols, authentication mechanisms and can be used both for local authentication, as a service provider or as an identity provider."

DI Sites organized.

The award-winning Random House Children's Books Web site, kids@random, offers an array of materials and activities free of charge for children, teens, parents, and educators. The innovative teachers@random Web site features many teaching tools and classroom activities, including title-specific teachers' guides developed by leading educators, biographies of authors and illustrators, and podcasts. The Magic Tree House, Junie B. Jones, and Andrew Lost online classroom clubs provide innovative curriculum tie-ins and interdisciplinary connections for teachers during the school year. Random House is also the proud host of the award-winning www.seussville.com, Dr. Seuss's home on the Internet.

The School 2.0 eToolkit is designed to help schools, districts, and communities develop a common education vision and explore how that vision can be supported by technology.

"There's been a lot information -- and misinformation -- available about whether Skype is dangerous to corporate networks and individual users. How dangerous is it? In this article, I'll separate the truth from the myths when it comes to Skype vulnerabilities."

Career site for primary age students.

"There are a number of Facebook best practices for educators, particularly when it involves the safety of their students. Find them here."

The Horizon Project: K-12 Edition wiki

from Silvia Tolisano's Langwitches Blog - She shares the "Skype Jobs" of her students for when they get ready to conduct a Skype call.

"On May 4-6, 2010, we will be holding an online career fair. Middle and high school students and parents, teachers, guidance counselors and anyone else who wants to learn about careers in Pennsylvania will be able to log on from the comfort of their home, office or school to participate in webinars with employers and schools throughout the region."

Online photo editor similar to PhotoShop

Programs for Educators Resources and Curriculum for Teachers

Are any of you using this? I created an account for the LIU, so I could see all of the materials. There are program materials for holding parent education nights for the various grade levels. This ties right in with our conversation from Thursday. There is so much on here too - check out the grade by grade guide and the family media agreements too. That's all I've had time to check out quickly!

Kids love to learn. PBS KIDS Raising Readers is a national literacy campaign, and part of the Ready To Learn initiative, focused on building reading skills at home, at school, in child care, and in the community. Funded by a Ready To Learn grant from the United States Department of Education, the Ready To Learn initiative is developing engaging PBS KIDS Raising Readers television programs, exciting games, playful Web sites, and easy-to-use learning resources for kids, parents, caregivers, and teachers-all with the goal of helping children ages 2 to 8 get ready to read.

Teachers...Make a Wish Just like a gift registry, you build a wish list of technology products for your classroom. Then you can tell prospective donors how their support will make a difference to your students. After a purchase, Digital Wish automatically donates an additional 2%-10% in funding for your next technology project!

Powering Up: Mobile learning seeks the spotlight in K-12 Education