Technology+Resources

= Use this page to share technology ideas, web pages, etc. =

"School CIO: The New One-to-One". A really good article from Tech & Learning about students bringing their own technology to school; using what they have and are familiar with, rather than buying everyone a laptop. @http://www.techlearning.com/article/36144

SIGILT wiki. This special interest group innovative learning technology wiki could be useful. @http://sigilt.iste.wikispaces.net/

1 Tool at a Time: Build Your Toolbelt. A monthly webinar series from ISTE. I listened to the one on QR codes. Very informative. The school could use these in so many ways. We really need a technology curriculum specialist for students, teachers, administrators and staff. http://1toolatatime.wikispaces.com/

The Future of Education. Charting the Course of Teaching and Learning in a Networked World. You can participate in webinars or watch the recorded show later. Lots of good ideas for professional development and learning about technology. @http://www.futureofeducation.com/

Building Digital Citizens. Joyce Valenza points to MICDS in St. Louis and their digital citizenship program. Could be very useful as we develop our own plan to integrate these NETS. @http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2010/11/19/digital-citizenship-micds-and-beyond/ @http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html

Learn It In 5 - How-To Videos for the Technology Classroom. @http://learnitin5.com/

 Social Learning Tools for the School Classroom. A directory of tools broken down by grade level. @http://c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/classroom.html

21st Century Lit.  The focus is on journalism and includes digital media production. @http://21stcenturylit.org/faq.php

@http://edutecher.net/links.php Links to online tools by subject and grade level.

@http://www.techlearning.com/ I think this site has possibilities, but you really have to navigate around to find stuff. I really liked this article @http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/integration but it was hard to find. K.G. You can sign up for a free subscription (I signed up Lesa and Ellen). Kathleen

T.H.E. Journal @https://subscribe.1105pubs.com/sub/TJ?WP=NEWFREE&TC=1&p=TJ1. Free subscription resource for academic technology leaders.

Teen Learning 2.0 @http://teenlearning.csla.net/

 Jane's Pick of the Day. @http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/ <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Check out The Case for Social Media in Schools in her September Review. KG

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Free Technology for Teachers. @http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">TRAILS: Tools for Real-Time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills. @http://www.trails-9.org/ <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Helps teachers and librarians identify strengths and weaknesses in information seeking skills of students. There are multiple choice assessments for grades 3, 6, 9, 12. KG

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">21 Interesting Ways to Use an iPod Touch in the Classroom. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AclS3lrlFkCIZGhuMnZjdjVfNDMyZDhiOG4yd24&hl=en <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Most of these ideas seem more appropriate to the grade school level. K.G.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Twiducate : Social Networking for Schools. Free platform for creating micro social networking site. Teachers create and administer accounts for students. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://twiducate.com/

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Guess-the-Google Game. A fun way for students to learn and practice keyword searches<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">@http://grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google/