First things first!
It is easy to be impressed with the glitz of technology particularly when the student seems to know more about computers or other technology than we do. But glitz is not a substitute for deep learning and higher-level thinking. Before looking at the technology use of a student’s project, look at how the student is interacting with the content. Look for evidence of higher-level thinking, collaboration, reflection, and differentiated instruction. Don’t be impressed with the Bling of Technology if it only reports facts!
Category / Description / Links and Resources / CostAnimation / You can create cartoons and animation. / Go Animate: http://goanimate.com/ (You must sign up for a free account to create your own animations; however, you can search the available animations without an account. There is a video tutorial on the site to help you get started.)
FluxTime Studio: http://www.fluxtime.com/ (You must sign up for a free account to create your own animations.)
AniBoom: http://www.aniboom.com/Animachines/ (more for creating animated gifs)
Animine: http://www.animine.com/ (Create your own animation effects on your own photos.) / Free
Blogs / Blogs combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages and other media related to its topic. Blogs can be used to update parents on happenings in the classroom or students can blog about books they have read or questions about homework assignments. / Blogging Hosting Sites
Blogger
WordPress
EduBlogs
LiveJournal
Official Google Blog
Supporting Applications
Flock web browser (integrated blog authoring tool, web clipboard, etc.)
CoverItLive (live blogging utility)
Interesting Educational Examples
Dr. Z Reflects
Blogging my Mind
Rob's Blog
ScottMerrick.net
Clif's Notes
Random EIT Thoughts from Lois - blogging through the 2008 AECT conference
MAISD Tech Integration blog - http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/techintegration
Interesting Examples
Blog Examples from Dr. Z's Blog
http://farmingdale.edublogs.org - a blog used at the elementary school for third and fourth grade students
More Resources
WordPress - Blogging host
Edublog
Blogmeister
Twitter - Micro-blogging
Twitterrific - Desktop twitter application
Twitteroo - Desktop twitter application
Twitter for educational purposes is a good SlideShare tutorial about Twitter for teachers
ISTE Blogging webinars: Blogging for Beginners and Blogging for Intermediate Users
Anderson, L.W. & Krathwohl, D.R. (Eds.) (2001). A taxonomy for Learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives. New York: Addison Wesley Longman.
Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Using Blogs with Students by R. Reynard, Ph. D.
Bloom's Digital Taxonomy by Educational Origami
Fixed vs. Growth Mindset graphic by Nigel Holmes
State of the Blogosphere: 2008 by Technorati
Seven Habits of Highly Connected People by S. Downes
MindSet.com
Using Blogs to Promote Authentic Learning in the Classroom Compilation of resources for those educators wishing to learn more about blogging for themselves and/or their students – by JBlack.
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Need more blogging resources? On Delicious.com, Janni is jdblack64. Create an account and add her to your “network.” You then can have access to all Janni’s bookmarks on blogging, plus all things Web 2.0. / Free, but you need a hosted site
Cell phones / Most students today have cell phones; why not let them pull them out and use them during class? A growing number of teachers, carefully navigating district policies and addressing their own concerns, are having students use their personal cellphones to make podcasts, take field notes, and organize their schedules and homework. / http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/2008/04/cell-phones-in-classroom.html
More Resources
PBS Ready to Learn Study http://www.pbs.org/readytolearn/research/cellphones.html
Mobile Math http://math4mobile.com. http://wiffiti.com/screen/index.php
3rd-6th graders used http://hipcast.com
Weblink: http://stjosephschooltrenton.com/blog/
Middle School 6th-7th Grade Used http://gabcast.com
Weblink: http://541sparkes.blogspot.com/2007/07/author-blog-6.html
Elementary School 3rd Grade Used http://gabcast.com
Weblink: http://edu6260mrsparsons.blogspot.com/
High School Science Used http://gabcast.com
Weblink: http://mrsleeswebblog.blogspot.com/
High School Foreign Language Students Used http://gcast.com
Weblink: http://outoftheordinarywithrosemary.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2008-10-12T16%3A25%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=7
High School mobile Podcasts to Reflect on literature Used: Http://utterz.com
Weblink: http://wordsworthreflections.wordpress.com/
High School American Literature Used: http://polleverywhere.com
Weblink: http://leclaire6english2008.blogspot.com/2008/11/quiet-desperation-or-barbaric-yawping.html
Mathematics teacher has students document their mathematical steps and lab activities, then put them into a slideshow along with process explanation.
Weblink: http://mathematicslearning.blogspot.com/2008/04/mobile-has-changed-my-way.html
Citizen Mobile Journalism
Clean Up New York! Citizen Activism http://www.peoples311.com/
11th Grade English http://www.netc.org/focus/examples/messag.php
Canadian Election http://atomiq.org/archives/2004/04/the_youth_text_2004_challenge.html
In Japan, wrote bestselling novel via text messaging.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/world/asia/20japan.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
Listen to webpages on your phone at http://jott.com
Listen to radio on-demand at 1-415-692-4923 or http://www.lexy.com / Free sources
Concept Mapping / Concept mapping is a technique for representing knowledge in graphs. Knowledge graphs are networks of concepts. Networks consist of nodes (points/vertices) and links (arcs/edges). Nodes represent concepts and links represent the relations between concepts. / Free Online Sources
MyWebspiration - Your favorite diagramming tool, Inspiration, has hit the Web. The beta is Free! (for now)
Demo video - Quick intro video to Webspiration (created by Dr. Z using Jing)
Software you can purchase
Kidspiration $70 from Inspiration Software
Inspiration $70 from Inspiration Software
Pixie $55 from Tech4Learning
Some computer tools for concept- or mind mapping
Inspiration Software, Inc. maker of Inspiration
Axon Idea Processor 5.0 by Chan Bok
CMap 2.0 for Macintosh fetch by gopher
Decision Explorer (formerly called Graphics COPE) by Banxia Software
SemNet Research Group maker of SemNet
MindMan by Micheal Jetter
CoCo Systems maker of VisiMap and InfoMap (Lite)
Activity Map by Time/system Int.
TextVision / TekstNet by Piet Kommers.
SMART Ideas by SMART Technologies
EGLE Magic (info by e-mail) maker of Mind Mapper [Mind Mapper fetch by ftp (approx. 300kb)] / Online sources free; others are for purchase
Copyright Issues / Issues about copyright, fair use, copying, use of digital sources, online sources, etc. / Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/code_for_media_literacy_education/
Lesson Plans, Video Case Studies and Music Videos for Teaching about Copyright and Fair Use
http://mediaeducationlab.com
EXTEND YOUR LEARNING
Online community for sharing http://copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com/
The copyright office is part of the Library of Congress! www.loc.gov
Resources:
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use_and_teaching/
http://wwwdev.ncte.org/positions/statements/fairusemedialiteracyv
http://mediaeducationlab.com/index.php?page=265
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/fairuse.htm
http://benedict.com/
http://copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/code_for_media_literacy_ education/
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/scholcomm/glossary.html
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/definiti.shtml
http://www.koce.org/classroom/copyright.htm
http://filmclipsonline.com/
http://pics4learning.com/
http://freeplaymusic.com/
http://kitzu.org/
http://www.mediafestival.org/old_site/downloads.html
http://www.mediafestival.org/copyrightchart.html / Free sources
Digital Photography / Digital cameras are a great way to help students “see” what you are trying to teach. Students as young as kindergarten can reap the benefits of digital photography. / http://www.wacona.com/digicam/digicam.html
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech148.shtml
Digital Picture editing sites
www.picnik.com
www.photofunia.com
http://fotoflexer.com/
www.lunapic.com
https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html
http://pixer.us/
More Resources
http://tinyurl.com/photowebinar
Arnie’s website: http://www.arnieabrams.net,
http://www.arnieabrams.net/dp_day.htm
Handout at http://www.arnieabrams.net/handouts.htm
E-mail -
Consulting, presenting, workshops - http://www.arnieabrams.net/
Order his books at: http://www.classsource.com/arnieabrams
PhotoShow <http://www.photoshow.com>
Other resources on Craig’s site: http://tinyurl.com/photowebinar / Online sources are free; some software has a cost like Adobe PhotoShop; Some digital cameras come with proprietary photo editing software
Digital Storytelling / Digital storytelling is storytelling with the addition of modern technology; images, music, narration and voice. / http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ds.html
http://electronicportfolios.com/digistory/
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
Microsoft Photo Story 3
PhotoShow <http://www.photoshow.com>
More Resources
Bernajean's Website Resources @www.DigiTales.us
• Accessing Bernajean's articles
• Accessing StoryKeepers Gallery of examples
• Accessing Student Scoring guides
• Accessing Seven steps
• Connecting to resources for documentaries / docudramas
• Exploring ExplorITorium Ideas
• Linking to Second Life (Enjoy Bernajean's Persian storytelling palace - teleport to Ramapo's StoryKeepers Gardens)
• Linking to DigiTales 2009 Mountain Summer Storytelling Camp
Bernajean's New Projects
• Inquiry Quest: Working with Adams 12 (CO) school-wide performance based projects for 8th grade NCLB Literacy Mandate
• S.T.A.R.S. Project: Working with Forsyth County Schools GA school-wide inquiry projects for student directed meaning-making and media-making
• Second Life Project for Digital Storytelling: ShaheraZade
• CharZeee Kitaj (SL avatar) host of ShaheraZade
• StoryKeepers(Join this SL group for upcoming notices)
• Second Life Project for inworld professional development courses credited by Pepperdine University: Opening mid-winter
• Atlantis Rising Campus.com
• Bernajena Pinazzo (SL avatar) host of Atlantis Rising Campus
• Atlantian Seekers (Join this SL group for upcoming notices)
Bernajean's Books @Amazon.com
• Digitales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories
•Evaluating Student Digital Products: Training and Resource Tools for Using Student Scoring Guides
• Grappling with Accountability7
Inquiry Resources to Explore
• Young Investigators by Judy Harris Helm and Lilian Katz (book)
• Understanding by Design: Professional Development Workbook by McTighhe and Wiggins (book)
• Teaching for Tomorrow by Ted McCain (book)
Wild and New Online Resources
• Goanimator.com (online animation tool)
• VuVox.com (online collages)
• www.wwar1.blogspot.com/ (dramatic blogs)
• http://tbirdtimes.org/ (participatory wiki student newspaper)
• http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/ (an international learning/teaching project using a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children 9-15 in educational tasks)
• http://knowclue.wikispaces.com/ (Marianne Malstrom's webpage sharing resources on machinimas - inworld filming) / Most programs are free or come already installed on your computer or free online
ePortfolios / ePortfolios include a compilation of student work made up of documents andartifacts displayed electronically. / Wiki: http://sites.google.com/site/eportfolios/iste
Categories of ePortfolio software: http://electronicportfolios.org/categories.html
Evaluation Study: http://electronicportfolios.org/myportfolio/
Creating ePortfolios with Web 2.0 tools: http://electronicportfolios.org/web20portfolios.html
Google Apps for Education: http://electronicportfolios.org/google <http://electronicportfolios.org/google/>
Helen’s site: http://electronicportfolios.org/
Online course: http://electronicportfolios.org/learning/ / Free
Geocashing / Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container (usually a tupperware or ammo box) containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value. / Alice’s website: www.alicechristie.org
Dr. Alice Christie’s EduCaching Guide: www.alicechristie.org/geocaching/
Dr. Alice Christie’s EduCaching Podcast: http://www.alicechristie.org/geocaching/podcast/
Using GPS and Geocaching Engages, Empowers, and Enlightens Middle School Teachers and Students © 2007 by Alice A. Christie http://www.alicechristie.org/pubs/E6/index.html or on the Meridian site: http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/win2007/gps/index.htm
Dr. Alice Christie’s GPS Buying Guide: http://www.alicechristie.org/geocaching/compare/
Dr. Alice Christie’s Steps for Creating EduCaching Lessons: http://www.alicechristie.org/geocaching/steps.html
Dr. Alice Christie’s Café Press Site: http://www.cafepress.com/geocachingcafe/
GPS Faces
Magellan Explorist 300: http://www.alicechristie.org/geocaching/exp_300/index.htm
Garmin Mapping 60: http://www.alicechristie.org/geocaching/garmin_60/index.htm / Free
Google Lit Trips / Google Lit Trips allows users to explore literature through travel while discovering the world of books. Visual learners will benefit from Google Lit Trips as they can see and experience the book which may lead to a higher comprehension of the story. / http://www.googlelittrips.org/
More Resources
www.googlelittrips.com
Real World Math website. http://realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/RealWorldMath.org.html. / Free
Interactive Whiteboards / An interactive whiteboard, or IWB, is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface, where users control the computer using a pen, finger or other device. The board is typically mounted to a wall or on a floor stand. / Starfall: www.starfall.com
RIF Planet: http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/content/read_aloud_stories.mspx
BBC CBeebies: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/drilldown/stories/2/1/1/
Scholastic: http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/story_3.htm
Family Learning: http://familylearning.org.uk/counting_games.html
Priory Woods: http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/resources/programres.htm
SMART Notebook Lesson Plans: http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/
ISTE has set up a discussion area on Moodle where Kathleen McClaskey and Randy Welch will respond to questions posed during the webinar. Access the discussion board here: http://moodle.iste.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=769.
Other resources
Topmarks
General Interactive Whiteboard Resources
IWB in the classroom
IWB Lessons
IWB Resources / Free
iPods / iPods can be used with students of all learning abilities. iPods can be used to learn a foreign language. Downloaded audio books let readers of all levels listen at their own pace. Students in speech therapy can have sounds recorded and have the ability to practice at home or during free time in the classroom. / http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/ipod/
http://www.schoolcio.com/ShowArticle/1014
http://www.slideshare.net/gpoli/an-ipod-in-your-classroom-toolbox-presentation-736951
Ipods for Language Learners
Lyrics and Music Resources:
The Green Book of Songs and Subjects
http://greenbookofsongs.com
Annual Subscription $19.95
Type the code - grace Into the coupon box for $10.00 discount: Pay only $9.95
Free music for your iPod or iPhone http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/free-music-for-your-ipod/
Grammar, history, geography and math songs http://audiomemory.com
Other Great Resources:
AudioBook Builder http://splasm.com/audiobookbuilder/ ~ $10.00 cost (Imports all tracks into a single audio book track)
Conversation questions for ESL students http://iteslj.org/questions/
Foreign Language Instruction http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu
Discovery Education - http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
Teacher Tube - http://teachertube.com
Visual Learning Company - http://www.visuallearningco.com/
http://iquizmaker.com
USA http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=305888083&mt=8> Factbook <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=305888083&mt=8> Free <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=305888083&mt=8>
Spel <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=304520426&mt=8> It Rite <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=304520426&mt=8>
Idiom Dictionary <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=296123548&mt=8>
VocabWiz <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=297725249&mt=8> SAT http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=297725249&mt=8> Lite <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=297725249&mt=8>
SightWords <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300906779&mt=8> Free <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300906779&mt=8>
SAT Word http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291807250&mt=8> Lite <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291807250&mt=8>
ABC's Free <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=304814569&mt=8>
Apple Learning Interchange - http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/
Grace Poli - http://teachwithgrace.com
iPod in education: The Potential of Language Acquisition http://e2t2.binghamton.edu/pdfs/iPod_Lang_Acquisition_whitepaper.pdf
iRead (iPod & iPhone apps for Education) - http://podcast.eusd4kids.org/groups/iread/
ISTE - http://www.iste.org <http://www.iste.org/>
Dictionary http://ipreppress.com
Wikipedia http://encyclopodia.sourceforge.net/en/installwin.html / Most songs download for .99 per song
Micro-blogging / Micro blogging is a form of multimedia blogging that allows users to send brief text updates or micromedia such as photos or audio clips and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, digital audio or the web. / Twitter
Tumblr
Supporting Applications
Twitterrific - Desktop twitter application
Twitteroo - Desktop twitter application
Interesting Education Examples
Collaborative Writing, 140 Characters at a Time - Blog Posting
Teaching Tweets - Blog Posting
Twitter breaks down barriers in the classroom - Blog Posting
Twitter for Academia - Blog Posting
Twitter Community of Practice - Blog Posting
Twitter for educational purposes is a good SlideShare tutorial about Twitter for teachers
Interesting Examples
Election '08 on Twitter
Twittervision (mash-up with Google Maps)
Twitter at AECT
Finding People to Follow on Twitter
100+ E-Learning Professionals to follow on Twitter: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/socialmedia/edutwitter.html
List of Educators on Twitter: http://twitter4teachers.pbwiki.com/
List of Star Discovery Educators: https://www.jotform.com/grid/80943239187