May 31 2009
School 2.0 Bookmarks (weekly)
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Free web service for these who want to learn touch typing. The site provides a variety of interactive tutorials to learn quick typing for all levels (beginner, advanced, special). To begin, simply select the tutorial you want and start typing
- free online typing tutor – post by teachwithtech
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Thirteen Interesting Ways* to use Voicethread in the Classroom
Tom’ interesting ways collaborative google docs are always wondeful and informative. Go add some ideas….
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WebTools4u2use -A wiki for school library media specialists to learn about
A wiki for school library media specialists to learn about cool new web tools, see how they can be used in school library media programs, and share ideas & success stories.
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Why Our Current Education System Is Failing (by a student) Must read I think – Annotated
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All the education in the world is worthless if you never unlock what makes your heart beat.
- Yes, it is… I’m using it as a quote! – post by sharon_elin
- Wow, what a great statement!!! – post by mackrellr
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RunPee.com to log non-sequential movie interludes
I am sure we could use this in the english class for movie reviews or something?
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Lots of great educational theory stuff and 21st century learning. Very interesting
- Educational Origami is a blog, and a wiki, about the integration of ICT into the classroom, this is one of the largest challenges that I feel we as teachers face. Marc Prensky coined the now popular and famous phrase “Digital natives and digital immigrants” in his two papers on digital Children. We the teachers are the immigrants and our students are the natives, brought up in a world where there has always been computers and the internet, where information is always instant and varied.
I made this wiki on request from Miguel Guhlin after I blogged about matching ICT tools to traditional classroom practice and Bloom’s Taxonomy. – post by alanpoon
- Educational Origami is a blog, and a wiki, about the integration of ICT into the classroom, this is one of the largest challenges that I feel we as teachers face. Marc Prensky coined the now popular and famous phrase “Digital natives and digital immigrants” in his two papers on digital Children. We the teachers are the immigrants and our students are the natives, brought up in a world where there has always been computers and the internet, where information is always instant and varied.
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Wacky Web Tales- another one for my library collection
# These Wacky Web Tales are geared for grades 3 and above.
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An example of a teacher pageflake of activities and info for her students
This is an excellent example of how an english teacher used pageflakes to create a mashup activity centre for her learners
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TeacherTube: create your own branded video site
Imagine, your very own CO-BRANDED version of TeacherTube filled with just your K-12 school, college/university or organization’s media content. Post your class videos, your school district documents, or audio recording from one of your organizational meetings. You decide how your educational site works. Remove, approve, add, upload — literally at the click of a button.
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ICDL – International Children’s Digital Library
The mission of the International Children’s Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world’s children in becoming effective members of the global community – who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas — by making the best in children’s literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision by building a digital library of outstanding children’s books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children.
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MIcrosoft Digital Literacy curriculum document
The goal of Digital Literacy is to teach and assess basic computer concepts and skills so that people can use computer technology in everyday life to develop new social and economic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Whether you are entirely new to computing or have some experience, this curriculum will help you develop a fundamental understanding of computers. From using the Internet, to sending e-mail, to creating a résumé, the Digital Literacy Curriculum helps you develop the essential skills you need to begin computing with confidence.
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TheBrain: Mind Mapping, Brainstorming, GTD and Visual KM Software – Annotated
Simply type in your ideas. Drag and drop files and web pages. Any idea can be linked to anything else. Using your digital Brain is like cruising through a Web of your thinking. See new relationships. Discover connections. Go from the big picture of everything to a specific detail in seconds
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Teaching Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication Facts
Postings include tips on teaching math facts, and information about two math practice books, Two Plus Two Is Not Five: Easy Methods to Learn Addition and Subtraction and Five Times Five Is Not Ten: Make Multiplication Easy.
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The Best Eleven Websites For Students To Learn About Computers
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Ten Ways To Get Beyond Powerpoint With Classroom Projectors
True tech integrators know the digital projector can be used for much more than projecting. Here is a sampling of some creative ways to use your projector in any curriculum.
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Amazing list : 78 Videos for Technology & Media Literacy
Here is a source for teaching from a post 80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy from the Open Thinking blog:
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Librarians need a new branch of skill sets specific to utilizing and leveraging social networking sites to provide quality services and maintain their role as information experts in a Web2.0 world.
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Measuring angles: A great interactive tool
A great site with interactive flash widgets for measuring any angle!
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Little Red Riding Hood Remixed – Teach42
A great idea for getting students to remix curriculum material
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Copyright Alliance Education Foundation
The issues surrounding copyright have never been more visible. But the classroom presents its own copyright-related challenges, for students and teachers alike. How is an educator to know what the rules are? How do those rules apply in the classroom? And how can we make sure that students know the rules as well?
To help educators answer these questions, the Copyright Alliance has established the Copyright Alliance Education Foundation.
Working with Young Minds Inspired, the Foundation has developed a comprehensive program for teachers. Additionally, we have compiled a library of free curricula that helps teachers of all grades and subject areas incorporate copyright into existing lesson plans.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.


