TL2014 – Resources you may find useful… 05/05/2012
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To Learn Twice: Google Apps for Education – Safety and Security
Great list of questions pertaining to SAFETY and SECURITY in Google Apps for Education.
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Grovo | Video Training & Internet Education
Grovo’s video lessons aren’t just stand-alone videos. There a part of a sequence of video courses. Each course has guiding questions that you can use to check your knowledge along the way.
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Aired between 1992 and 1994 on the BBC and HBO, The Animated Shakespeare brings to life 12 famous Shakespeare plays. Leon Garfield, a well-known British children’s author, wrote the scripts, mainly using Shakespearian language. And some talented Russian artists did the animation.
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Smart Notebook 11 : Activity Builder Tutorial | The Whiteboard Blog
“Here’s a short video tutorial that demonstrates how easy it is to create a simple drag and drop activity in Smart Notebook 11 using the activity builder add-on.”
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Why Floundering Makes Learning Better | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
“Trying to figure something out on your own before getting help actually produces better results than having guidance from the beginning”
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TED-Ed | Lessons Worth Sharing
TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas. Within the growing TED-Ed video library, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed platform. This platform also allows users to take any useful educational video, not just TED’s, and easily create a customized lesson around the video. Users can distribute the lessons, publicly or privately, and track their impact on the world, a class, or an individual student.
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Spelling & Vocabulary Website: SpellingCity
SpellingCity is one of if not the best site for vocabulary and spelling. It allows educators to create word lists that they can integrate into games to help students improve their skills. Also, there are lots of teacher resources to enjoy such as: videos, worksheets, printables, and more.
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The impact of tech on children
““The important thing is to weed out the hysteria and avoid the demonizing of technology. It’s not technology that’s good or bad, it’s what we do with it that’s actually good or bad.””
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List of suggestions for school leaders to start using Twitter and social media as an integral part of communication.
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Sound Effects & Clips | SoundCli.ps
SoundCli.ps is a community-powered site on which you can upload sounds to share and download sounds shared by others.
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ShelSilversteinBooks – YouTube
Animated books by Shel Silverstein.
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Education Rethink: Digital Citizenship: From Nice to Ethical
“If we take the word “digital” out of it, teachers wouldn’t tell students, “Be a great citizen. To do so, you need to be nice and stay away from perverts.” Instead, we talk about character, democracy, civic engagement and critical thinking. What if we took the same approach to digital interaction? What if we transitioned from “be nice” to “be ethical?” Different frame for “digital citizenship.”
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It is a good one-stop shopping spot for short video clips about how teachers are using technology in their classrooms. It is split out by grades, and then subject areas.
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Instant Screen Sharing | Screenleap
“Click the button above and start sharing your screen in under 5 seconds! (Java required to share)”
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“Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners.With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they’re just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training.” The site offers access to leveled lesson plans for K-12, search activities from AGoogleADay, and an archive of previous webinars.
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Copyright and Creative Commons | Common Craft
Copyright and Creative Commons Explained by Common Craft can be very useful in helping students understand why they cannot simply copy and paste whatever images they like that they find online.
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Hands-down the easiest tool I’ve seen on the Web to create infographics. You just “drag-and-drop” a variety of themes, type in your data, and you’ve got a great infographic.
