Sites to See 10/31/2008

YouTube – Mars Commercial
tags: greenscreen, solarsystem

Directory of Learning Professionals on Twitter
‘This Directory lists (in alphabetical order by Twitter username) learning professionals from both education and corporate training, as well as other related professionals and e-learning products and services on Twitter. If you are a learning professional who wants to connect with others via Twitter [...]

Sites to See 10/30/2008

K12 Landing Page
Free K12 Online Software Tutorials
Your Quick References are below; download and share them at your school with our compliments. Give your school Free Online Software Training for the 2008-2009 school year. An unlimited number of users can access over 10,000 Online Software Tutorials.
tags: tutorials, office, handouts

Kevin Kelly — The Technium
“The internet is a [...]

Sites to See 10/29/2008

Google For Educators
Students engage in activities to learn about the candidates and issues, then cast mock ballots that are counted along with those of millions of other students across the nation.
tags: google, election, socialstudies, civics, politics, election2008, voting, mockelection

Scholastic News Online: Election 2008 | Scholastic.com
tags: Election, scholastic, socialstudies, civics, election2008

Video: Electing a US President in [...]

Election 2008

The United States election process is confusing! It’s confusing to understand and confusing to explain. I’m sharing three things that could make the job easier.
First up ~ the Common Craft video ~ Electing a US President in Plain English. This 3 1/2 minute video goes a long way in making sense of the electoral college [...]

Sites to See 10/28/2008

ManyCam – Home – webcam graphics plus use your webcam with multiple programs simultaneously!
Use your webcam with multiple applications at the same time
and add cool graphics to your webcam video window. (PC)
tags: webcam, manycam, video

It’s all so calculated
Honors PreCalc Blog
tags: math, calculus, blogging, blog, students

Only2Clicks
tags: web2.0, hotlist, only2clicks, visual, bookmarks

Only2Clicks – speed dial to favorite [...]

Sites to See 10/27/2008

Moodle Themes – ThemZa Free Templates
tags: moodle, moodle_themes, templates

‘Learning 2.0′ Brings Schools into the Digital Age – News – Village Voicepage 1 – Village Voice
Great article about promising use of Google Docs in NY. Addresses bullying issues near the end.
tags: google, googledocs, collaboration, 21st, reform

Self Publishing – Lulu.com
Upload and make books at lulu.com. Store the [...]

Security Questions.

Cross posted from my Learning (with) Web 2.0 ITS Course Blog
While reading The Move To Web 2.0 Increases Security Challenges all I could think about was the book Groundswell ~Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies, which I’ve been working at reading for awhile now. The web article, dated May 2007, focuses on the [...]

Sites to See 10/26/2008

Directions for Requesting Ad Removal from an Educational Site – Ning in Education
To help educators benefit from Ning’s unique social networking environment, Ning has offered to remove the ads from educational networks which are geared toward students between the ages of 13 and 18 (grades 7 – 12). Because of COPPA, Ning networks should not [...]

GTA in NYC

The next Google Teacher Academy will be held in New York City on November 18th. I am thrilled to report that I’ll be in attendance and will leave that night as a Google Certified Teacher! So far, I know there are four other Pennsylvania teachers that were also selected and we’re looking forward to the [...]

Sites to See 10/24/2008

kompozer-handout.pdf (application/pdf Object)
tags: kompozer, howto, webpages

Google Docs Guide: How to do Stuff with Google Docs
“A Practical guide to Google Docs: Learn how to do anything and everything with your online Google Office.”
tags: Google_docs, docs, google, howto

Getting Started “The Google Gamut: Everything you need to get started”
K12 Online Conference 2008 Session. Great intro to the suite [...]