Valuable Websites and Resources

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• Valuable Websites and Resources

Cindy Walker Cabot Public Schools
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Our students come into our classrooms after they
have sent an IM or text message and played an
online game with someone in China. They then
walk into our classrooms and we tell them to
power down. Why???
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International Society for Technology in
Educationhttp//www.iste.org
iste

• The International Society for Technology in
  Education (ISTE) is the trusted source for
  professional development, knowledge generation,
  advocacy, and leadership for innovation.
• A nonprofit membership organization, ISTE
  provides leadership and service to improve
  teaching, learning, and school leadership by
  advancing the effective use of technology in
  PK12 and teacher education.
• Home of the National Educational Technology
  Standards (NETS), the Center for Applied Research
  in Educational Technology (CARET), and the
  National Educational Computing Conference (NECC),
  ISTE represents more than 85,000 professionals
  worldwide.
• We support our members with information,
  networking opportunities, and guidance as they
  face the challenge of transforming education.

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Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0

• Web 1.0
• Static Web pages
• Use of search engines
• Surfing
• Web 2.0
• Web only based applications
• Information served to the server
• User interaction with online information

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Differences You Can See

• Web1.0
• Netscape
• Hotmail
• Ofoto
• Personal Websites
• Mapquest

• Web 2.0
• Google
• Yahoo! Mail
• Flickr
• Blogger
• Google Maps

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Teachers Corner www.coe.uga.edu/K12

• The Teachers Corner is a College of Education
  outreach initiative developed through the Office
  of Technology. It is a portal of information for
  K-12 teachers who
• Would like more information on integrating
  technology in their classroom
• Need more information for submitting a grant
• Would like to see how other teachers are using
  technology in their classrooms

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Apple Learning Exchangehttp//ali.apple.com

• The Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) is a social
  network for educators. Find a wealth of content
  ranging from simple lesson ideas to in-depth
  curriculum units for K-12 educators as well as a
  new channel for Higher Education faculty
  showcasing campus projects, research and more.
• Viewing content is just the beginning. Create
  your free account and gain access to an
  environment for publishing and collaboration rich
  with movies, images and sounds.

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21st Century Information Fluency
Projecthttp//21cif.imsa.edu/

• Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability
  to find, evaluate and use digital information
  effectively, efficiently and ethically. 
• DIF involves Internet search skills that start
  with
• understanding how digital information is
  different from print information
• knowing how to use specialized tools for finding
  digital information
• strengthening the dispositions needed in the
  digital information environment. 
• As teachers and librarians develop these skills
  and teach them to students, students will become
  better equipped to achieve their information
  needs.

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Schools and Libraries for the Net Generation
http//doug-johnson.com/

• Schools and libraries will be more effective if
• educators acknowledge the unique attributes and
  preferences of the Net Generation
• adapt educational environments to suit students
  instead of trying to change their basic natures.
• Doug Johnson looks at the unique attributes of
  todays students and proposes a Net Gen learning
  environment.

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Thinkfinity.org

• Educators who are familiar with Thinkfinity
  (formerly known as MarcoPolo) recognize it as a
  valuable resource for teachers and students, and
  a real leader among the vast array of educational
  offerings that are available today. This new
  site goes way beyond MarcoPolo. It has been
  voted Best Site for Free Lesson Plans two years
  in a row.
• Thinkfinity provides the highest quality
  educational resources to teachers and students.
  (55,000 state-of-the-art educational and literacy
  resources plus comprehensive professional
  development.) Developed by world-renowned
  organizations who are experts in their fields,
  these standards-based resources include lessons
  plans, student materials, reviewed Web resources
  and interactives.

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Free and Open Source Software

• Free and Open Source Software is software that is
  developed openly and built collaboratively.
  While these programs are often distributed free
  of charge, free in this context actually means
  the freedom to run, distribute, study and improve
  the software.
• Recent studies have shown open-source software to
  have many fewer coding errors than proprietary
  software because of the process of peer review
  that takes place in the development process.

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Classroom Programs with Open Source Software

• Audacity http//audacity.sourceforge.net
• Blender http//www.blender.org
• Celestia http//www.shatters.net/celestia
• Dia http//live.gnome.org
• Firefox http//www.getfirefox.com
• FreeMind http//freemind.sourceforge.net
• GIMP http//www.gimp.org

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Classroom Programs with Open Source Software

• KNOPPIX http//www.knappix.org
• Nvu http//www.nvu.com
• OpenOffice.org http//OpenOffice.org
• Scribus http//scribus.net
• Tux Paint http//tuxpaint.org
• Ubuntu http//www.ubuntu.com

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Open Source Softwarehttp//www.tcpdpodcast.org/o
ss.html

• This site will give you a multitude of resources
  for open source software. The site is updated
  regularly so check back from time to time.

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Wiki

• What does wiki mean?
• Wiki means means fast or quick in Hawaiian.
• What is a wiki?
• A wiki is a webpage with an edit button.
• A wiki gives a little more ? easy, gives a
  history of changes and can be set up for groups
  of users.
• How is a wiki different from a blog?
• A blog is a stream of journal entries.
• A wiki consists of pages being edited by groups.

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Wikispaces

• What is Wikispaces?
• A place where you can create a wiki, an easy to
  use collaborative website.
• How can you learn to use Wikispaces?
• Video Tutorials http//wikispaces.com/site/tour
• Free spaces with no advertising to K-12 teachers
• 100,000 free spaces are being given to K-12
  teachers
• Sign up here http//wikispaces.com/t/x/th1

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• If you are already using Wikispaces you can take
  advantage of the free offer.
• Email the names of your spaces to
  help_at_wikispaces.com and mention they are
  exclusively for K-12 (primary and secondary)
  education.
• Is there an easy way to create accounts for all
  of my students?
• Sure! See http//wikispaces.com/helpteachers
• Where can I see examples of other teachers using
  Wikispaces?
• http//educationalwikis.wikispaces.com
• http//coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com/
• Its a wiki so add your own example later!

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Why Wikis?

• Free
• Runs on older computers
• Runs on slower Internet
• Easy
• Tech enabled quality
• Lesson Summaries
• Collaboration Notes Projects
• Cooperative Learning
• Online Reference Guides Manuals
• Electronic Portfolios

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BE CAREFUL!!!

• Your computer has no brain. Use your own!
• Use wikis for FACT and blogs for OPINION.

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Meebo.com

• Are you keen on instant messaging, but frustrated
  that Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL all require you
  to have different bits of software running in
  order to keep in touch with people? Meebo.com
  rolls all these services and more into one
  application that runs inside a browser window and
  that you can use on public computers.
• From its home page at Meebo.com, Meebo offers
  access to AOL's AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Google
  Talk, and MSN Messenger. (The service also lets
  you connect via iChat, ICQ, and Jabber, though it
  doesn't link to them directly from the home
  page.) To connect to an IM service, you simply
  enter your existing screen name and password in
  the spaces provided. You can connect
  simultaneously to as many services as you'd like.

 
 
 
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• Search engines serve up links on any given
  query, but the results may not be relevant to
  what youre actually looking for. Its typically
  up to the user to qualify each link and spend
  time determining whether a source is legitimate,
  useful, outdated or inaccurate. Answers.com
  gives you what youre really researching for.
• Answers.com is a virtual library that provides
  definitions and explanations on more than 4
  million topics from reliable sources without
  questionable links and wasted time.
• Simply type in a word or phrase and receive a
  comprehensive answer on that topic.

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Mimio.com Turn any Whiteboard into an
Interactive Whiteboard

• Mimio Interactive is a portable and low cost
  device that attaches to any whiteboard (up to
  4'x8' in size), connects to your PC and when used
  with a projector, allows you control your desktop
  applications and documents directly from the
  board.

• The Mimio Capture Kit upgrades your existing
  Mimio Interactive or Mimio Board. The Mimio
  Capture Kit enables you to digitally capture
  notes or drawings that can be saved, shared,
  and/or integrated into other materials.

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Sync / Charge / Organize

• Clone 15 Apple iPods
• Palm HP Handhelds
• 
  www.tribeam.com

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Apple, Windows, Linux on the Same Screen

• Parallels Desktop for Mac is the leading
  virtualization solution for the Mac, enabling
  Apple users to run Windows in conjunction with
  Mac OS X without rebooting.

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TurningPoint
http//www.turningtechnologies.com/

• TurningPoint audience response system integrates
  100 into Microsoft PowerPoint and allows
  audiences and students to participate in
  presentations or lectures by submitting responses
  to interactive questions using a ResponseCard
  keypad or other hand-held/computer devices.
• Using a TurningPoint audience response system,
  your PowerPoint presentations become powerful
  data collection and assessment tools that collect
  real-time audience responses and dramatically
  improves productivity and results for your
  business or educational organization. Author,
  deliver, assess and report without ever leaving
  PowerPoint.
• Engage participants, assess learning, gather
  data, or enhance presentations with TurningPoint.
• Seamlessly maintain student grades from
  TurningPoint sessions into Pinnacle Gradebook as
  well as traditional tests and assignments.
• 30,000 questions currently available

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http//teachertube.com/

• TeacherTube.com provides an online community for
  sharing instructional videos.
• The site enables anytime, anywhere professional
  development for teachers, based on
  teacher-produced videos uploaded each month.
• For students, it provides anytime, anywhere
  instructional support.
• Key in what you are looking for in the Search box
  to learn from educators all over the world.

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Present with Confidence!http//interlinkelec.com
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• An affordable, full-featured presentation remote.
  Features full mouse control, an integrated laser
  pointer and a radio frequency of 50-foot range.

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Create-A-Book http//lintorpublishing.com/index
2.htm

• All Lintor Publishing Packages Include
• 30 Hard Cover Leatherette Book Covers (6 each of
  5 vibrant colors) w/ binding Paper
  Reinforcement Strips
• CD-ROM with Book Layout Cover Label Templates
  (interface with popular software programs)
• Book Binding Instructional Video
• ClipArt Library
• Site License
• Printed Instructional Manual
• Heavy Duty Stapler
• 30 Peel--Stick cover Labels
• Choose between small books, large books,
  landscape books or a combination of all three
  styles. Plus discounts on all Lintor supplies -
  for life!

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Just for Girls!http//www.girlsinc.org/gc/

• This is definitely worth your time to check out
  its many features.
• The website inspires all girls to be
• Strong
• Smart
• Bold

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Career Idea Books http//careerideasforkids.com
/books.htm

• This site and the books contain career
  opportunities for various fields of interest.

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Do your students chug technology while you merely
sip?
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FREE
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http//www.google.com/a/edu/

• Imagine how valuable it would be if your entire
  campus community students, faculty, and staff
  could share information and ideas more easily.
  With Google Apps Education Editions free
  communication, collaboration and publishing
  tools, including email accounts on your schools
  domain (like student_at_your-school.edu), you can
  start bringing that vision to life.
• You can select any combination of our available
  tools and services and customize them with your
  school's logo, color scheme and content. Manage
  your users through a web-based control panel, or
  use the APIs to integrate Google Apps into your
  existing systems.

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In Your District

• Save your districts time and money. Put Google
  to work for your district so you can focus on
  what matters.
• Completely free. No servers, no support costs,
  no licenses.
• Intuitive products and online training materials
  make new tools easy to use.
• Mail migration allows you to transfer existing
  mail for your entire staff.

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In Your School

• Make it easier for teachers to work together and
  manage communications with each other with
  students, and with parents.
• Access email from home or school anywhere with
  an Internet connection.
• Create and publish calendars for students and
  parents.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing teamwork with
  online documents.
• Easily create a portal for the entire school
  community.

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In Your Classroom

• Facilitate collaboration and project-based
  learning. Enable students to access work from
  school or from home.
• Online document editing allows for collaborating
  projects. Teachers can view and comment on
  documents from home or school.
• Personalized email addresses for students.
• Full administrator control means you choose which
  services to turn on.

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Communicate and Connect
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Collaborate and Publish
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http//groups.google.com/

• Here is the place where educators meet to discuss
  all things technology, education or whatever.
  Take a few moments to browse the discuss topics.
• Why not start your own group? For your classroom,
  your students parents, your faculty... Creating
  a group is easy just pick a name and start
  inviting members.
• Groups can be private or open.

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http//google.com/coop/cse/

• Specify the sites you want to include in searches
  for your students.
• Place a search box and search results on your
  website.
• Customize the look and feel to match your
  website.
• Invite your community to contribute to the search
  engine.

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http//earth.google.com/

• Google Earth combines the power of Google Search
  with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D
  buildings to put the world's geographic
  information at your fingertips.
• After opening Google Earth click View and then
  Switch To Sky to view stars, planets, etc.

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Google Bloghttp//www.blogger.com/

• Share your life online with a blog -- it's fast,
  easy, and free

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Smart Board http//education.smarttech.com/ste/e
n-US/WhyChoose/K-12solutions/Productnewsandre
sources/SMARTBoard600iseries/default.htm

• Touch the interactive whiteboard to control
  computer applications, and write in digital ink
  over any application.
• New features have been added so check them out!

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http//www.edutopia.org/

• The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF)
  was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit operating
  foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation
  in schools. Since that time, we have been
  documenting, disseminating, and advocating for
  exemplary programs in K-12 public schools to help
  these practices spread nationwide.
• We publish the stories of innovative teaching and
  learning through a variety of media -- a
  magazine, e-newsletters, DVDs, books, and this
  Web site. Here, you'll find detailed articles,
  in-depth case studies, research summaries, short
  documentary segments, expert interviews, and
  links to hundreds of relevant resources. You'll
  also be able to participate as a member of an
  online community of people actively working to
  reinvent schools for the twenty-first century.
• Don't miss a single issue of Edutopia (its free)
  The George Lucas Educational Foundation's
  magazine on innovation in education. With a fresh
  and lively design, it's the one magazine that
  will give you practical, hands-on insight into
  what works now, what's on the horizon, and who's
  shaping the changing future of education.

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Search Engine http//www.mozilla.com

• The award-winning Web browser from Mozilla is now
  even faster, more secure, and totally
  customizable to your online life.
• Surf more efficiently with tabbed browsing,
  integrated search and faster page loading.
• Rest easy knowing we block pop-ups, viruses and
  spyware.
• Customize your web experience with more add-ons,
  visual themes and options than any other browser.

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Technology is a moving stream. How can you use
the technology the kids already have in a
positive way?
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Podcasting in the Classroom

• Create digital records of stories, class
  projects, teacher instructions, school
  announcements and much more. Your imagination is
  the limit to what you can do!
• Post your podcasts to the Web using Garageband
  (Apple) or Audacity (Windows).
• Watch and listen to other podcasts from the Web.

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Crazy Talk 4
149.95

• Create and control a virtual cast of live talking
  characters ready to deliver an animated vocal
  performance for your video, web, mobile or
  messaging projects. Just a single photograph,
  recorded or imported audio, combined with
  transitional effects, animated illustrations and
  expressive emoticons, and CrazyTalk's powerful
  facial morphing animation technology is all you
  need to begin creating speaking actors, virtual
  guides, and digital hosts adding perfect
  personalities to any multimedia experience.
  This is fun to the max!

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New ISTE Publications

• National Educational Technology Standards for
  Students
• Available September 2007
• Educators Podcast Guide

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Digital Citizenship

• Most of todays students are entirely comfortable
  with technology, but are they using it
  appropriately? How can teachers help students
  become responsible digital citizens? Digital
  Citizenship in Schools is your guide to this
  quickly changing social paradigm.
• ISTE Publication

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http//cricksoft.com/us/

• Clicker is a writing support and multimedia tool
  - it enables you to write with whole words,
  phrases or pictures.
• Cloze activities are a well-established and
  proven way of developing reading, comprehension
  and vocabulary skills. Now there is a tool that
  enables you to create a cloze activity from any
  text in seconds.

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https//www.govconnection.com/ipa/home

• GovConnection is a leading national provider of
  major-brand information technology products and
  services to the academic community.
• They offer very competitive prices!

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Lo Jackhttp//absolute.com/markets/homeoffice.as
p

• Computrace LoJack for Laptops is an affordable
  and effective computer theft recovery service for
  home office, small business and consumers.

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Online Fundraising
http//easyonlinefundraising.com/

• Earn funds by patrons buying items online. You
  will have the opportunity to send a picture,
  mascot, or logo graphic that will be displayed in
  the webstore.
• The 15th of each month your school will be sent a
  check for the revenues from the previous months
  sales.

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http//www.edgetechcorp.com/services/customark.asp

• Have your corporate name logo professionally
  silk-screened onto any of our popular DiskGO
  products. CustoMark is the perfect way to promote
  and project your brand and corporate image in
  today's high-tech world.

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Plan for next year!
What will you learn?