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Welcome Teachers "Isn't it wonderful that none of us need wait a moment before starting to change the world." Anne Frank (1929 - 1945) {///Users/thomasgerard/Desktop/presentation/illusion_triangle.jpg} l {///Users/thomasgerard/Desktop/presentation/illusion_triangle.jpg} {illusion_triangle.jpg} In this Wiki you will find resources to help integrated technology into the class room 5/26/10 Media Specialists Organizations with access to blogs for information http://mnlearningcommons.org/ MnLC Mission The mission of the Minnesota Learning Commons is to provide access to effective and efficient online learning provided by Minnesota public education partners. http://memotech.ning.com/ Welcome to the Minnesota Educational Media Organization web site. MEMO is an organization serving school media and information technology professionals. http://memotech.ning.com/ Welcome to the Minnesota Educational Media Organization web site. MEMO is an organization serving school media and information technology professionals Upcoming Conferences TCSTG will Attend: Twelfth-Annual Minnesota Catholic Home Education Conference and Curriculum Fair May 28-29, 2010 Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mnconference.org/index.html The next Education Minnesota Professional Conference takes place Oct. 21 and 22. If you want to reach Minnesota educators, the 2010 Education Minnesota Professional Conference is the place to do it. The annual conference attracts 10,000-plus teachers, student teachers and other educators. It’s the only two-day comprehensive professional development opportunity in the state. For booth information, call Jennie Howard at 651-767-1283. chris.carlin@educationminnesota.org Jennie.Howard@educationminnesota.org Hello Thomas – Thank you for contacting us regarding presenting a workshop at the Education Minnesota Professional Conference in October. Attached is a workshop Request for Proposal (RFP) form for you to fill out and mail back to me when you can. If I can help you further, contact me anytime. Have a good day! Wendy M. Nelson Education Issues Office Assistant Education Minnesota 41 Sherburne Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55103 651-292-4834; wendy.nelson@ educationminnesota.org 2010 MEMO Fall Conference Thriving in Adversity: Finding Balance in Challenging Times Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2010 St. Cloud Civic Center - St. Cloud, MN on line registration http://www.tfaforms.com/158109 Registration for the MEMO Fall Conference is now available. Sign up now! Our keynote speakers will be Buffy Hamilton, "The Unquiet Librarian" and Cathy Nelson, from Paul M. Dorman High School in Roebuck, South Carolina. Both of these speakers will demonstrate how technology and school libraries naturally fit together to help students achieve. CALL FOR PRESENTERS FOR MEMO FALL CONFERENCE 2010 MEMO is now seeking presenters for the 2010 Fall Conference, which will be held at the Kelly Inn and St. Cloud Civic Center in St. Cloud on September 30-October 2, 2010. Please complete the Presenter Application Form at this link Fall Conference 2010 Presenter (2).doc and email to Gina Light at gmlight@chaska.net. The deadline for applying to present is June 15, 2010. Thank you! http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/glance/schedule.php ISTE 2010 Conference June 27-30 Colorado Convention Center Now in its 31st year, ISTE's Annual Conference & Exposition features an amazing array of professional learning and collaborative networking opportunities. As part of your conference registration, you can choose from more than 600 sessions— ,135 additional workshops, and informal learning environments everywhere you turn, ISTE 2010 provides leadership and professional development for the entire education team. http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/ Technology in Education Colorado "It is our mission to provide a platform and forum, for classroom teachers in Colorado and surrounding states, to improve, expand and share knowledge on best practices in classroom technology integration." http://www.tiecolorado.org/ 2010 Annual Conference, Washington, DC: June 24–29, 2010 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/hall-erickson/ala_2010conference/ MORE STUFF: Call 800.624.5669 to Speak with a D&B Representative. market_data_retrievals Directory of Charter Schools http://www.mncharterschools.org/page/1/directory.jsp Great Photographs and video teaching tools resource http://www.learnnc.org Here are some sample from this site 55 records tagged with African Americans 172 records tagged with American Indians 60 records tagged with American Revolution 103 records tagged with animals 79 records tagged with archaeology 363 records tagged with history 182 records tagged with maps 56 records tagged with National Monument 96 records tagged with religion 170 records tagged with women 139 records tagged with World War II 5/4/10 Partnership for 21st Century skills framework by Jody Ouradnik Hopkins School District Video Training http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2oIesRQGbE&feature=channel Sites used in this training: http://www.p21.org/route21/ http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS www.atomiclearning.com/uk/en/download/la_staff-dev-guide.pdf http://www.p21.org/ series of youtube tutorial from Atomic Learning, click on 31 videos to see all This one in on planetfesto - Making a slideshow "your thought on saving the earth with slides" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uL8tFhNQb8 voicethread Ning http://voicethread.ning.com/ 4/21/10 Career curriculum resource http://msn.careerbuilder.com/MSN/Category.aspx?categoryid=CL http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/gettingthejob/a/Interviewing.htm 4/19/10 What is ThinkQuest? ThinkQuest is a protected, online learning platform that enables teachers to integrate learning projects into their classroom curriculum and students to develop 21st century skills. It includes: ThinkQuest Projects (formerly Think.com): A project environment where teachers and students engage in collaborative learning ThinkQuest Competition: A competition space where students participate in technology contests ThinkQuest Library: The world's largest online repository of student-developed learning projects, visited by millions of web learners each month ThinkQuest Professional Development: A comprehensive training offering for educators http://www.thinkquest.org/en/ Discovery has both paid service and free on-line resources http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ Using Cel Phones in Education http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech248.shtml "Cel Phone Part of much larger site http://www.educationworld.com 4/14/10 PBS Video: Digital Nation: Frontline producers have collected stories about our online world, asking parents, grandparents, young adults and children how they use technology. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/ PBS Video: How to educate kids in the digital age. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/learning/concentration/?utm_campaign=videoplayer&utm_medium=fullplayer&utm_source=relatedlink Grant application ttp://foundation.verizon.com/ 4/13/10 Added resources http://cooltoolsforschools. wikispaces.com/ Tom and others, Glad to see you put cooltoolsforschools to use and shared it with everyone. Wanted to also let you know about www.thinkfinity.org Another pretty good resource for teachers and a source with some lesson plans. A final resource I have looked into and was referred to me is www.21stcenturyskills.org/ route2. Don't know much about it and haven't really had the time to dive into it. Good luck!!Brad Alena Behr http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm Kari Klocke-Salminen artinthepicture.com Penny Koets http://www.kodalychaptermn.org Mark Petersen http://voicethread.com/#home http://www.voki.com/ http://earth.google.com/ Fun site with lots of information:To empower teachers with meaningful relevant professional development. http://www.weteachwelearn.org/ Where can I get free music? http://www.pandora.com/ http://free.napster.com/ http://freeplaymusic.com/index.php Lets start by learning what a wiki is:wikis in plan english create your own wiki http://www.wikispaces.com sample wikis http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis Next lets learn what a Blog is: Blogs in plan english Create your own blog http://www.blogger.com Sample blog Blog: http://mrayer.blogspot.com/ Great Resources: A) Internet resources for digital lesson materials http://www.teachersdomain.org/ Perhaps the most interesting resource for me is this one because it has K -12 lesson plans, flash interactive: students watch slide show, and can take their own notes and or watch quick time movies on the subject. http://www.edutopia.org/ George Lucas Foundation. Edutopia has lots of good links to check out. Lesson plans with videos, teacher webinars http://www.hippocampus.org/ Secondary and College level course content, nicely indexed into small bit size lesson units. http://educationalwikis. wikispaces.com/Examples+of+ educational+wikis The educational wikis on this page are listed in alphabetical order. http://www.mnlearningcommons. org/ Has career search tools. http://www.teachersdomain.org/collection/k12/la.rv/ BBC teacher resource sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/ http://www.hippocampus.org/ {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} Algebra {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} Algebra (Spanish) {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} American Government {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} Biology {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} Calculus {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} Calculus (Spanish) {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} Environmental Science {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} Physics {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} Psychology {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} Religion {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} Statistics {http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default/navigation/arrow_right_n.jpg} US History {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} The ascent of Learning 2.0.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} At Michigan LearnPort, Teachers Tap Social Networking.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Baby Steps in Web 2.0 Education.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Becoming Network Wise.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Best of Both Literacies.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Beyond Technology for Technology's Sake - Advancing Multiliteracies in the Twenty-First Century.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts - Chapter 4.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Blog On - Building Communication and Collaboration among Staff and Students.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Building an e-Portfolio.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Can Web 2.0 Improve Our Collaboration.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Children and Their Digital Dossiers - Lessons in Privacy Rights in the Digital Age.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Choice Theory and Student Success.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Courtside - MySpace.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Cybersullying and You.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} David Warlick's Web 2.0 Handouts.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Digital Literacy.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Digital spaces and young people's online authoring - Challenges for teachers.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Do-It-Yourself Broadcasting - Writing Weblogs in a Knowledge Society.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Don't Be Afraid to Explore Web 2.0.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Educational applications of Web 2.0 - Using blogs to support teaching and learning.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Educational Uses of Blogs and Wikis.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} The emerging Web 2.0 social software - an enabling suite of sociable technologies in health and health care education.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Enrichment 2.0 - Giftend and Talented Education for the 21st Century.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Facebook Fracas.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Five Steps to Developing a Powerful Social Networking Strategy.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Footprints in the Digital Age.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png} Four Web 2.0 Collaborative Writing Tools.doc {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Gaga for Google in the Twenty-First Century Advanced Placement Language Classroom.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Go With the Flow - Do your peers run the other way when you mention blogs and wikis - These talking points can help turn the tide.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png} The Grades That Vanished and Some Other Threats That Happened to Students Data.doc {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Information Literacy 2.0 - Empowering Students Through Personal Engagement.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Joy of Blogging.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Learning with Blogs.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Learning With Wikis PowerPoint.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Learning with Wikis.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Learning with Wikis Powerpoint - Orech.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Let's Talk 2.0.pdf {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png} The Medium - Sepia No More.doc {http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png} Mining the Internet - 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