On-line Math Resources

Ten Marks
Here is a new online math tutoring service designed to supplement classroom instruction. Teachers can sign up for this free resource,assign math practice problems to students, and track their progress. If a student gets stuck on a problem he or she can open a tutorial for help. 10 Marks provides teachers with the option to CC parents on the assignments sent to students. The online curriculum provided by Ten Marks can be aligned to state standards. And did I mention that it's free?

100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media in the Classroom

In an amazingly short amount of time, social media sites like Facebook have evolved from fun ways to connect with others to powerful tools for business and education. Social media provides many new and exciting opportunities for students to learn. This list from Online University is sure to spark some educational ideas for your classroom.

Guess What? Kids don't e-mail anymore....

With more than 400 million Facebook users, and the number increasing exponentially, social media represents a fundamental shift in the way we communicate. Other statistics that educators must consider include:

• Over 50% of the world’s population is under 30-years-old
• 96% of them have joined a social network
• Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the U.S.

Clearly Social Media is not a fad. According to a new Nielson report, social networking has overtaken personal e-mail as the 4th most popular online sector in the world. The implications for education are enormous. Still not convinced? Watch this Social Media Revolution Video for even more statistics.

Flip Videos in the Classroom

Thanks to online collaboration, teachers all over the world are brainstorming ways to use pocket video cameras like Flip in the classroom. Here's a slide show that shares just some of those ideas.

Improve your memory with Headmagnet

What a cool idea! Headmagnet is a free website with tools for helping you to remember, whether vocabulary words, event dates, quotes, birthdays, even names and faces. Students can use headmagnet to create their own flashcards and share flashcards with friends. They can also browse public galleries of flashcards. Study lists can be saved and tracked, and there are mutliple study mode options. . Headmagnet is also a great resource for anyone looking for help remembering anything. Check it out at www.headmagnet.com.

VoiceThread for Education

VoiceThread offers amazing opportunities for educational technology by allowing students and teachers to create, comment, and collaborate with digital storytelling and online multimedia projects. The possibilities are endless! VT projects in the works at HES include a 5th-grade poetry assignment that will allow students to display and reflect on original, illustrated poems; and a 2nd-grade author study.

Watch Your Digital Footprint

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Increasing we--and our students--are navitaging a digital world. As you move through cyberspace, are you aware of your digital footprint? This thought-provoking video will help you recognize the good, the bad, and the ugly of our digital world. Clearly we need to understand the potential, and to teach students to always be aware of their digital footprints.

WatchKnow -- Videos for kids to learn from

Finally! http://www.watchknow.org/ is a YouTube-like web site created especially for children by a co-founder of Wikipedia. YouTube is great, but its unfiltered format makes it inappropriate for young viewers. Both learners and teachers will appreciate this new resource, which was just launched in November and already includes hundreds of thousands of useful educational videos, all rated and sorted into an easy-to-use directory. Definitely join this non-profit online community and try searching for a video to help you teach one of your subjects!

You can watch this video for an overview of WatchKnow features. I think you'll be impressed.

Shift Happens 2009

This newly updated version--the 4th--of Did You Know? (also known as Shift Happens), is as powerful as the others. Technology is changing the world, and changing the way students learn, in remarkable ways! To learn more about the development of Did You Know? and see the previous versions, visit the Shift Happens wiki: http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/versions

What the heck is Twitter anyway?

Everyone keeps asking...what is Twitter all about? This video offers a good explanation, and some food for thought. I have a Twitter account myself, but honestly can't think of why I would use it (yet....).

Web 2.0 is YOU! That's one of the messages, humorously delivered especially for teachers in this creative slide show. Check it out & enjoy!

A Teacher's Guide To Web 2.0 at School

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Bloom's Taxonomy for the 21st Century

Here's a visual representation of Bloom's Taxonomic Hierarchy with a 21st Century skills frame. This could be a starting discussion point for teachers looking to use web 2.0 resources to address the needs of Bloom's Taxonomy: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. For example, Delicious, is categorized in remembering; Wikipedia is in evaluating. The graphic was created by Mike Fisher, an instructional coach and education consultant, who hosts an interesting wiki called Visual Blooms.

If you're not familiar with delicious, you should consider using this excellent social bookmarking site. It's a great way for teachers to bookmark and organize educational websites. I'm happy to share my delicious account, show how to follow my favorites, and give some quick instruction to any HES staff. You can also learn how to use Delicious with Russell Stannard's excellent teacher training video.

Play With Technology This Summer!

In between sun and fun, try some of these tips for learning new--and fun--technologies this summer:

http://www.edutopia.org/tech-savvy-summer

Welcome to the Digital Generation | Edutopia

Welcome to the Digital Generation | Edutopia

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It's Elementary: Web 2.0 in the elementary classroom

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It's Elementary: Web 2.0 in the elementary classroom

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