Students Weigh In On Characteristics of Effective Teachers : Educational Technology Guy
What student think make good teachers
Bill Gates speaking at Science Leadership Academy
Listen to Bill Gates speaking at Science Leadership Academy yesterday, April 29.
Spezify is a search tool presenting results from alarge number of websites in different visual ways.
We take web search further, away from endless lists of blue text links and towards a more intuitive experience.We want you to get a good overview of a subject,find useful information and be inspired with Spezify.
VocabSushi: The better way to build your vocabulary | Contextual Examples From the Daily News
Build your vocabulary through never-ending games powered with real-world usage and tailored to your skill level.
Web Comic Strip Creator - Chogger
Chogger lets you create and share web comics online!
You can build comic strips by adding drawings, photos, and speech balloons
Portal de Actividades Educativas multimedia - Educaplay
This is in Spanish but some of my friends out there may like this site. This is from one of the founders, Raul, who just sent me an email:
"Greetings, First I would like to congratulate you for your blog, I have seen it recently and I have noticed that you deal with subjects related to educational teaching. Thus, I would like to tell you about a new project that we have developed in ADRformacion. We call it “educaplay”, and it is a platform, completely free, to create and use scorm compatible multimedia educational activities. In this platform you can make up crosswords activities, guessing riddles, dialogues, word grids, etc. In short, we are very excited about the project, we are still in the developing phase and we had thought it might be of interest for your blog followers. Here is the link, http://www.educaplay.com/ "
Proloquo2Go iPad Software Gives Voice to the Autistic - ABC News
For those who work with those with autism, this is a report on how the iPad helps those with autism communicate.
Educational Leadership:Teaching for the 21st Century:How to Learn in the 21st Century
Microsoft Security Brochures and Fact Sheets
Lots of free downloadable brochures on Internet safety that you can share at your school.
There are some educational highlights on three of our Digiteen teachers. (Julie Lindsay, Suzie Nestico, and Vicki Davis) - you click on "Education Highlights.)
11 Reasons Advanced Technology Classrooms Fail -- Campus Technology
Great great article about why technology integration in the classroom can fail
bubbl.us - free web application for brainstorming online
a free web application which offers the ability to create a colorful map for writers who like to color code the creative thoughts and processes. This tool also provides the ability to embed in an e-mail to send to publishers or other writers who may be collaborating on the project.
Math Nook - Math and puzzle games, worksheets, teaching tools and more!
Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - NYTimes.com
Powerpoint makes us stupid!- General James N. Mattis
Use this to create an encrypted drive for your financial records if you have them on your laptop! Remember to backup the folder as well! It is free.
I would also recommend this for those who have private files on their computer like guidance counselors.
I don't really understand all about this project out of MIT but want to learn more about it. After watching the demo, I can see HUGE applications for IT administrators and support staff who have certain people and machines that need the same repetitive things done that they just cannot remember. Look at this sikuli script feature - it is GREAT!)
Thi s is what they say on their site:
"ikuli is a visual technology to search and automate graphical user interfaces (GUI) using images (screenshots). The first release of Sikuli contains Sikuli Script, a visual scripting API for Jython, and Sikuli IDE, an integrated development environment for writing visual scripts with screenshots easily. Sikuli Script automates anything you see on the screen without internal API's support. You can programmatically control a web page, a desktop application running on Windows/Linux/Mac OS X, or even an iphone application running in an emulator. "
Sylvan Dell Publishing - Newton and Me
This is a cool opportunity for teachers who have smartboards -how about pulling this ebook up onto your screen to read together and then take the quiz. This one is free.
In my email:
"Each month, Sylvan Dell will feature a different eBook for free at www.SylvanDellPublishing.com! View the entire eBook in English and Spanish, absolutely free with no login required. Just click and read! April's featured eBook is one of our newest titles, Newton and Me, about a boy and his dog, Newton. Join them as they discover the laws of force and motion in thier everyday activities. After reading, take the quizzes and complete the For Creative Minds activities on the Newton homepage. Great for a fun, educational summer activity!"
5 Trends in Education Technology Leadership -- THE Journal
5 Trends in Education Technology Leadership
SETDA's "National Educational Technology Trends Report" spotlights state efforts to boost learning through the federal Enhancing Education Through Technology program.
By David Nagel04/23/10
I just received these open Sim video tutorials from Kate Lumpkin to share with my students. These are very helpful.
MacICT Virtual Worlds Project (April 2010)
Great presentation overview on slideshare of the MacICT virtual worlds project from Kate Lumpkin.
If you need video for the web, this handy video search engine is a POWERFUL tool. If you're watching web video on your home tv, it is a great site for that as well!
For those who teach Greek Mythology, you can now watch Jim Henson's The Storyteller on-line. We've been watching this on Netflix over the weekend and my children have been enthralled with stories from ancient mythology. It is a well worth piece. The only note is that in the trailer for one of the episodes there was a tad bit of nudity (sort of) - one of those things to just make sure you screen to make sure it isn't there. It was on the Icarus and DEadelus movie, however, if you fast forward past the intro it shouldn't be a problem.
