Finding Common Ground » Diigo-licious http://mkrill.edublogs.org Talking Education (& Technology) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:35:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Sites to See 09/27/2008 http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2008/09/27/sites-to-see-09272008/ http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2008/09/27/sites-to-see-09272008/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:30:04 +0000 mkrill http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2008/09/27/sites-to-see-09272008/

  • How to Clean Stuff

    tags: useful, household, cleaning

  • Flowgram

    Create interactive guided presentations by combining web pages, photos, PowerPoint and more with your voice, notes and highlights.

    tags: web2.0, presentation, screencast, web2tool

  • Cyberbullying – digizen.org

    tags: cyberbullying, internetsafety

  • Put to the Test: Confronting Concerns About Project Learning | Edutopia

    Questions abound about the inquiry-based teaching approach. Here are answers, from how to meet standards to how to keep control of the classroom.

    tags: edutopia, pbl, testing

  • Best RSS Reader – FeedDemon for Windows

    tags: rss, software, windows, aggregator, reader, feed

  • My Project Pages

    Built by teachers for teachers, use myprojectpages.com to create structured online inquiry-based learning activities for the courses you teach that enable your students to engage in meaningful learning experiences while online.

    tags: tools, project, pbl, inquiry, constructivist, Resources

    • courses you teach that enable your students to engage in meaningful
      learning experiences while online.
    • Built by teachers for teachers, use myprojectpages.com
      to create structured online inquiry-based learning activities for the

  • Handbrake: How to Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod or iPhone Using Free Software

    tags: handbrake, dvdtoipod, ipod, converter

  • If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em : August 2007 : THE Journal

    tags: no_tag

    • One of the roles of education is to help students learn to socialize,” says Karen Greenwood Henke, chair of the Emerging Technologies Committee at the Consortium for School
      Networking (CoSN),
    • It has given me a whole different relationship with my students,” Messier says. “They
      can message me and it’s private, or they’ll e-mail me. It’s like we are more of a community
      and I’m not just a teacher—I can be a friend at the same time.”

  • ThinkQuest

    A web-based online learning community sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation as a safe space for students to collaborate and share knowledge. It features tools to enable students to publish their own websites and to collaborate on projects with other participating students anywhere in the world.

    tags: collaboration, thinkquest, socialnetwork, community, cff

  • TakingITGlobal – TIGed

    An offshoot of the global-awareness social networking site TakingITGlobal, where teachers can get their students involved in issues that affect the environment, and other contemporary topics. The site features an activities database, discussion boards, thematic classrooms, and other tools, and teachers control the environment. It’s currently being used in more than 700 classrooms in 39 countries. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Canada are corporate sponsors, and more than 10 educational foundations also support the site.

    tags: web2.0, global, flatclassroom, collaboration, socialnetwork, community, cff, web2tool

  • Free Social Network for Kids, Teachers & Parents – imbee – imbee

    A web-based site developed for the tweener set. Features a spot for teachers to have their own class pages and even includes lesson plans. The animated look draws kids in, and the site has all the social networking gadgets of the larger sites, but the teacher areas are open only to whomever the teacher allows in—other teachers, students, and parents. This site gets contributed content from its corporate sponsors, which include PBS and Disney.

    tags: socialnetworking, Web2.0, social_networking, community, 21st

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  • dogtrax – Animation-Claymation Camp Overview

    • tags: stopmotion, claymation, animation

    tags: techplan, digLiteracy, assessment

    tags: article, pd, 21st, techplan

    tags: article, 21st, techplan

    tags: fun, music, billboard

    tags: art, collage

    • Home Empower Peace is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to building a worldwide network of high school students and teachers committed to breaking down cultural barriers and misperceptions through open dialogue using videoconferencing, the Internet and other new technologies.

    tags: videoconference, collaboration

    tags: ning, bestpractices, socialnetwork, pln, horizon

    tags: education, CellPhones, edtech

    tags: firefox, tips, extensions

    • Internet Archive The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.
    • tags: search, research, library, reference

    tags: images, flickr, photography, photos, web2.0, tools, creativecommons

    • StainedGlass Collage With StainedGlass Collages you share more than just collections of photographs; you share entire events.

    tags: collage, web2.0, tools, art

    tags: art, poster, collage, tools

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    tags: 21st, eschool, hybrid

    One educator demonstrates that blending face-to-face and online instruction can lead to better student grades and understanding

    Kirk Douglas hits cyberspace for another facet of his legacy – Los Angeles Times

    tags: article, myspace

    4 high schools to show off new technology – Lebanon Daily News

    tags: flipswitch

    eduwikius » How To

    tags: no_tag

    Viddler.com

    tags: Web20, video

    Record, Upload, Share videos

    • web-based video editor, taggable timestamp. looks great. 500 mb limit. – post by cburell

    Parade of games in PowerPoint

    tags: templates, powerpoint, iwb

    Series of downloadable powerpoint games for educators would be good to use with Interactive Whiteboards

    U.S. History – Roaring 20s

    tags: roaring20s, socialstudies, history

    A collection of “rated” sites from besthistorysites.net and teaching with technology.

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