A list of screencast and tutorials by Darren Drapper.
The Prose of Blogging (and a Few Cons, Too) : November 2008 : THE Journal
Do specific technologies effect student scores
From Caldwell-West Caldwell Public school study cited in "The Prose of Blogging" THE Journal Nov 2008 cover story
Weblogg-ed » So What is the Future of Schools?
A great blog post from Will Richardson about his thoughts of where schools are going after his trip to Microsoft's Future of Schools conference.
- I think I’m finally getting to the root of my continued frustration with my kids’ education which is the system’s inability to help them find and nurture the areas they truly have passion for. It would be nice if the institution were the place that connected my kids to the experts they desired and needed to support their learning, wouldn’t it?
- I found myself amazed at how deeply woven the reasons why not are ingrained in our conversations. At one conversation, someone said that many of her teachers didn’t feel like they needed to teach with technology at all since their students were doing just fine passing the tests without it. And I wanted to scream (but instead politely said) ‘then we gotta change the assessments.” Nothing in these conversations changed my view that to really change what we do in schools we have to first change our understanding of what it means to teach in this moment. That doesn’t mean than we throw out all of the good pedagogy that we’ve developed over the years and make everything about technology. But it does mean, I think, that technology has to be a part of the way we do our learning business these days.
A wiki for understanding, creating and sharing rubrics.
Free web conferencing tool
A great visual of what the day of a tech integrator looks like.
Parent Coffee Morning a Success! | always learning
We are thinking of having a similar type of parent meeting to discuss technology and I have been following this groups lead. Interesting recap of their first meeting
Thanksgiving: Free Software We're Most Thankful For
A long list of free, quality software.
Forvo: the pronunciation guide | Thoughts from a tech specialist...
Blog post about Forvo, a website that is striving to pronounce every word in the world.
Resource for copyright and fair use instruction
Children's Internet Protection Act
Congress passed on Sept. 30.
From the Free Tech 4 Teaches blog, there ever growing list of resources. A great place to start looking.
Free Technology for Teachers: Wired Antarctica - Life at the Poles
This blog post and video introduces you to Wired Antartica, a great resource for the study of climate change or the Artic regions.
A ning with materials for the NCTE 2008 conversation. Some colleagues who went raved about the conference and their inclusion of technology. Some good resources.
A great video from the Jordan School District in Sandy, UT. While not ground-breaking, it is a great "push you to change" video done without audio and lots of research.
education & tech: 5 Ways to use Web 2.0 in the Classroom - Annotated
Most of these ideas are things we do or know about, but it's an interesting reminder.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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