TL2014 – Resources you may find useful… 12/25/2011
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Facebook Timeline: The 21st Century Resume – Available Now!
5 Ideas for Getting Your Students Started with Facebook Timeline. Important when discussing digital footprint with students.
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Flubaroo is a free tool that helps you quickly grade multiple-choice or fill-in-blank assignments.
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Create Tutorials in One Click on Tildee !
Tildee is a free tool to help you create and share instantly and easily tutorials on any subject
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Morton Subotnick’s Creating Music
“Creatingmusic.com is a children’s online creative music environment for children of all ages. It’s a
place for kids to compose music, play with musical performance, music games and music puzzles.
Come discover fun and easy ways to make music” -
Interactive Biology’s Channel – YouTube
“Many People struggle with Biology. We try to make it EASIER and FUN. Subscribe to our channel and be updated whenever we post new, interactive videos.”
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Student Voices: Game Development and Gamestar Mechanic
If you use Gamestar Mechanic you may be interested to read about how one teaching is using it and what students think.
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Educational iPad and Android Apps for Kindergarteners
Looking for apps good for kindergartners? Here are a few
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A Principal’s Reflections: Social Media is Not Just For Students
Suggestions on how school leaders might use social media tools for education related purposes.
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In the collection you will find rubrics for assessing student blogging, student wikis, podcasts, and video projects. Beyond the rubrics for digital projects there are rubrics for activities that aren’t necessarily digital in nature. For example, you can find rubrics for writing, research, and oral presentations.
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The Virtual Keyboard is an online keyboard where students can virtually play the piano, organ, saxophone, flute, pan pipes, guitar, bass and steel drums! They can play individual notes or they can create their own chords. This tool is a great way for students to practice their music and sound skills. It also could be a great introductory tool for students who are interested in learning how to play an instrument and want to practice.
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Apple – Education – Special Education
All about the accessibility features built into Mac OS X Lion. Appropriate for special education.
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“May I download and use music? Is it okay to copy and use a poem from a textbook? May I use video clips from a television show? What is “Fair Use”? What is ethical behavior in the digital age? How is plagiarism defined? How can it be detected? The links below provide answers and insights to these questions.”
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100+ Google Tricks for Teachers | TeachHUB
“From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time.”
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Lots of Google apps resources and information, especially for education.
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Containing 75 full-length documentaries. You can view these videos online or use the iPad, Android tablet, and Kindle Fire apps to watch Snag Films.
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“The Google Educast, hosted by the Google Certified Teachers, features a weekly roundup of the newest Ed tools from Google, highlighting best practices using Google tools, and further highlighting the impact that these tools have on the classroom, schools, and school districts.”
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CBC News – Interactive: Truth and Lies: The last days of Osama bin Laden
“An insider’s look at the operation that killed bin Laden”
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Life in a 21st-Century English Class | MindShift
This is a great story of learning in the classroom. When people ask, “But what does it look like,” point them in this direction. Highly recommended read.
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To Make Algebra Fun, Rethink The Problem : NPR
“For most people, the word “algebra” conjures classroom memories of Xs and Ys. Weekend Edition’s math guy, Keith Devlin, says that’s because most schools do a terrible job of teaching it. He talks with host Scott Simon about what algebra really is. Plus, Devlin explains how algebra took off in Baghdad, the Silicon Valley of the ninth century.”
