Aug

29

WebWare Top 100 Winners

August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Over the course of 20 days in May and June, the community of Webware.com users voted for its favorite Web applications. These are the results: the top 100 Web apps, 10 in each of 10 categories, determined by Webware readers and the fans of the sites that made the final cut.
There were more than 5,000 [...]

Aug

27

Update on One Laptop Per Child Project

August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

60 minutes did an update on the One Laptop per Child Project. Our middle school did some testing for Mr. Negroponte so we have seen this little laptop up close. It is an intriguing project and it will be interesting to follow it’s progress.

Aug

24

Google launches Sky for Google Earth

August 24, 2007 | 2 Comments

Google launches Sky for Google Earth; lets users explore the heavens
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 – 03:15 PM EDT
Google today announced the launch of Sky, a new feature that enables users of Google Earth to view the sky as seen from planet Earth.
With Sky, users can now float through the skies via Google Earth. This easy-to-use [...]

Aug

19

Women of the Web 2.0 Back to School

August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Women of the Web 2.0 will be back in action on Tuesday August 21 at 9PM EST (02:00 GMT). This is a great opportunity to join fellow teachers in a great conversation. This is one of the best professional development opportunities I have participated in.

Aug

19

Lit2Go

August 19, 2007 | 1 Comment

Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:

Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.

The [...]

Aug

18

ACTEM Conference

August 18, 2007 | 2 Comments

The 2007 Association for Computer Technology Educators Conference is October 11 and 12 in Augusta. The keynote will be by Will Richardson. This is a great conference with many sessions geared for teachers in the classroom.

Aug

18

Listen and Learn

August 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I ran across this looking at the PBS Teacher Previews. What a resource!
Listen and Learn
The WGBH Forum Network Offers On-Demand Lectures from World-Renowned Scholars Online
Grades 6-8 / 9-12
Educators have an audio and video library of scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policy makers and community leaders at their fingertips with the WGBH Forum Network, a free resource [...]

Aug

18

Schoolboards: net dangers over-rated; bring social networks to school

August 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

August 7, 2007
By David Cassel
The internet isn’t as dangerous as people think, and teachers should let students use social networks at school.
That’s the surprising new recommendation from the National School Boards Association — a not-for-profit organization representing 95,000 school board members — in a new study funded by Microsoft, News Corporation, and Verizon. See the [...]

Aug

10

Teachers Teaching Teachers

August 10, 2007 | 2 Comments

I encourage you to listen to Teachers Teaching Teachers at Ed Tech Talk. Last Wednesday and for the next two weeks (august 15 and 22 at 9PM EST) the discussion is focused on using online databases in the classroom. Specifically featured is Maine’s MARVEL as well as Florida’s FEL and New York State’s Novel. These [...]

Aug

7

Consumer Reports: recommendations for internet safety

August 7, 2007 | 7 Comments

The best ways to stay safe online. Note #7!

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