Sunday, November 7, 2010

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.



Saturday, November 6, 2010

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