Disrupting Class Book, by Clayton M. Christensen

The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You | Edudemic

Check these out. How many do you use? Which ones would you like to use but cannot access from school?

The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You | Edudemic

Two Tech Teachers: Improving Reading Fluency with Web Cams

Two Tech Teachers: Improving Reading Fluency with Web Cams: "While at my wife's bedside at the Cleveland Clinic last week, I ran across an interesting post on Twitter. It offered a link to an article ..."

If we were really serious about educational technology

Here is a great post by Scott McLeod from his blog, Dangerously ! Irrelevant.

If we were really serious about educational technology

What would you add to his list?

Harrison Tech Club: Understanding the Internet

Harrison Tech Club: Understanding the Internet: "Google has created a free eBook that explains the internet.  This is a must-read for all Tech Club members, parents, and teachers.  20 Thing..."

The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness: 10 Ways to use iTunes/Podcast in the Classroom

The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness: 10 Ways to use iTunes/Podcast in the Classroom: "I had a great learning moment the other day when a teacher I was observing was using iTunes to teach Current Events and World Geography.  Th..."

"Moodle" Official Music Video

Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers | Video on TED.com

Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers | Video on TED.com

Wes Fryer on Digital Storytelling in the Math Classroom

A Catalog of Classroom Resources

Welcome to the Learning Tools Directory.  This guide is easy to navigate and is constantly being updated.  You are welcomed to add your own, too.  Just be certain it hasn't already been posted.  The site is provided by Jane Hart, founder of the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies.  Ms. Hart's directory contains more than 2,000 web tools for education and business.

The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness: Weekly Core Subjects Resources

The more I look at the work of Michael Zimmer, the more impressed I am. He is amassing an amazing list of resources. Visit his blog soon and be sure to check out his older posts as well.

The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness: Weekly Core Subjects Resources: "Another week, another great set of resources for the Math, Science, Social Studies, and English. Hope you find some resources that you can ..."

Eric Sheninger, Principal, New Milford HS, New Jersey

Office in Education - Teacher guides for Office Web Apps

Office in Education - Teacher guides for Office Web Apps

Justin Tarte - Life of an educator...: Reflections of a PD representative - try not to ta...

Justin Tarte - Life of an educator...: Reflections of a PD representative - try not to ta...: "I typically have a clear and well-thought out purpose for each blog post, however for this blog post I am going to simply reflect on today's..."

The Case For Social Media in Schools

A Must read from Mashable

The Case For Social Media in Schools

Welcome to the International Children's Digital Library

Thanks to Twitter, I found this powerful resource a few minutes ago, the International Children's Digital Library.  It is free to join for students and teachers.  I was able to easily create a short list of culture stories in multiple genres.  Thousands of books are available in native languages, making this a great resource for our ESL/ELL families.

Since the library is digital, a group of students with computer access can read and enjoy the same book.  No worries about locating enough copies.  Let's discuss the possibilities of this resource.

Over 75 Free Rapid E-Learning Resources » The Rapid eLearning Blog

Over 75 Free Rapid E-Learning Resources » The Rapid eLearning Blog

A Vision of Students Today

10 internet technologies that educators should be informed about

How many of these do we use? Why?

10 internet technologies that educators should be informed about

Watch and Learn

Here are 20 sites for free educational videos.

Watch and Learn

Confer-The perfect App for Readers/Writers Workshop?

David Lowe has come up with what may very well be the perfect application for Reader's and Writer's Workshop.  Confer is a note-taking application that is great for tracking conferences with students.  The full program is a $4.99 download from iTunes, but you can check it out by downloading the Confer Lite version.  The program works on iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone.  I just put the Lite version on my Touch and will post my opinions after I try it with students.  Meanwhile, check out these screenshots.

The Ultimate List of Free Web-Based Education Resources - eLearners.com

Wow! Nearly everything you need to supplement instruction is here at your fingertips.

The Ultimate List of Free Web-Based Education Resources - eLearners.com

Class blogs: A better way to teach?

This article comes from the Mortarboard Blog.  Have you considered student blogging as a way to increase and improve writing skills?

DigiGogy: How can we do more with less?

"Effective teachers are effective because they know their students, maximize the resources they have, and collaborate with colleagues." Michael Fisher

DigiGogy: How can we do more with less?: "In the last few workshops I’ve done with teachers, there has been an underlying theme of, “this is great, but my reality is…” And then they ..."

Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: New Posted Resources 11/06/2010

Steve Anderson is an Educational Technologist who is well worth following. He regularly posts tools, resources, and insights that assist and inspire the classroom teacher. Take some time and investigate his site.

Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: New Posted Resources 11/06/2010

Digital Storytelling-Making Stopmotion Movies

Kevin Hodgson is a sixth grade teacher and serves as the technology liaison for the Western Massachusetts Writing Project.  I have long respected Kevin as an educator and a technology innovator.  His guide to Making Stopmotion Movies is one of the most how-to guides I have found.

Twitter Increases Student Engagement [STUDY]

Here is a follow-up to the previous post.

Twitter Increases Student Engagement [STUDY]

Thirty Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom

There is a link to this topic on the Interesting Ways page, but recent events have compelled me to bring the link out here: Thirty Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom.   Teachers in elementary school classrooms in the Wawasee district are now actively using Twitter in their classrooms.  They are increasing real-world opportunities for their students to write.  They are using Twitter to connect with other kids around the world and share their learning.  They are demonstrating that increasing opportunities to write increases skill levels in writing.

These are educators who have come to understand that social media is here to stay.  It will not go away and is the preferred method of communication for most of our students.  These same educators have invited me to join them and explore ways for our students to share their learning with each other.  I gave them the link to Thirty Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom.  Then, I told them Twitter was blocked in Warsaw, at least, I know it is for me.  The last time I asked, I was told unblocking Twitter and Facebook was being considered.  There was a time it was unblocked for me for more than a year.

I told the Wawasee teachers that WCS was still considering the question.  Maybe now is the time.  Maybe now is the time for us to join the discussion.  I would love to know your thoughts.

Free Technology for Teachers

Richard Byrne has created an award-winning blog that is an invaluable resource for teachers He just posted a new article on 20 tutorials for using Google Tools.  I have linked his blog in Favorite Blogs section on the left side of this page.  Take a good look at his resources.  They are well worth your time.

34 Free productivity tools that will help you eliminate expensive software

Kelly Tenkely posted this list of 34 Free Productivity Tools for the Inspired Classroom blog.  These are great tools for sharing with your fellow teachers.

Blogger Buzz: Safe Browsing on Blogger

Blogger Buzz: Safe Browsing on Blogger: "National Cyber-Security Awareness Month is here once again. In that spirit we wanted to share a bit about what we are doing on Blogger to he..."

Tiny URLs

When blogging, we often take a word or phrase and link it to a web site.  No one really sees the link.  They just click it and go.  There are some times, though, when we have to show the URL just as it is.  One example would be sharing a link on Twitter or in a electronic document where linking a word or phrase is not an option.  Some URLs, especially those for linked documents buried in the back pages of a web site, can be extraordinarily long.  Times like those are when you need a URL shortener.  One of the easiest to use is Tiny URL.  Bookmark this site and keep it handy.  You will be able to shorten any URL quickly and easily.  Here is a screen shot of the site.  Add it to your tool bar.  It's free.