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.”
TL2014 – Resources you may find useful… 12/19/2011
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21 Things for the 21st Century Administrator – Home
“The purpose of this resource is to provide ”Just in Time” training through an online interface for K-12 administrators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A). These standards are the basic technology skills every administrator should possess. In the process, administrators will develop their own skills and discover what teachers need in order to meet the NETS for Teachers (NETS-T).”
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ARKive – Discover the world’s most endangered species
Arkive’s main feature is the extensive collection of videos and images of plants and animals.
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“Self-paced, online assessment and tutorial modules for grades 6 through 12 and faculty development.”
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21st Century Information Fluency | Scoop.it
““Learning to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically.””
TL2014 – Resources you may find useful… 12/16/2011
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Virtual Tour: Panoramic Images: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
The museum’s virtual tours are 3D panoramas of the rooms of the museum. As you go through each room you can click on small camera icons to get a closer look at various museum artifacts.
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Film English | Learning English Through Film
According to Mr. Donaghy’s about page there are three objectives for his blog:
1. Promote the critical and creative use of film in the language classroom.
2. Promote cineliteracy, the ability to read critically and evaluate moving images, in the language classroom.
3. Promote creativity amongst both teachers and students.
TL2014 – Resources you may find useful… 12/10/2011
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Nobelprize.org Educational Games
The Nobel Prize website has an educational games site designed to help students learn about subjects in the areas of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economics. In all there are twenty-nine interactive games for students to play. Each of the science-related games and the economics game is based upon the research of Nobel Prize winners. The literature and peace games are based upon concepts central to the work of Nobel Prize winners in those fields.
Falcon Courier Goes Paperless
The Falcon Courier, the Salisbury High School news publication, is now paperless. New issues will be released quarterly. Click on this link for the first edition for the 2011-12 school year.
In this edition:
- High School Has Whole New Look
- Advances in Technology Necessitate Increased Responsibility
- Students, Faculty Adjust to Four Grade levels…
- …Block Scheduling, Eighty-minute Classes…
- …Increased Class Size and Falcon Period
- Texting Skills Kill
- Mendez, Creveling Thrilled to be winners of “1 G for Good”
- Zapf Sets Up In-house College Visitations
- Seniors Stress Over What’s Next
- Fall Sports
- Spirit Week and Homecoming 2011
- Halloween is Holiday Steeped in Tradition
- Haunted Barn is Frightfully Good Time
- Halloween Brownies Make Great Monster Treats
- SGA Serves Couch Potatoes on Sideline
- Football Game Proceeds go to American Cancer Society
- Honochick Works with Allentown Public Library Children’s Department to Collect Food for Second Harvest
- Esslinger Performs with Lehigh County Chorus
- Accessories Highlight Fall Fashion
- Riddle Me This
- Chess, The Musical Melds Rock Concert with Greek Tragedy
