This blog is a resource for professional development/DDI given by Karen Brooks. The links provided are JUST highlights from the class and serve as electronic notes for participants to use as future reference. In between PD session, Karen will be posting powerful teaching tools and insights that can be used in any classroom.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Websites to Enhance Spelling
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/Safari/safari.htm - Kids type in their own word list and then practice spelling the words – offers different levels (easy, medium, and difficult)
http://www.apte.com/puzzles/index.cfm?action=dsp_home&CFID=14775064&CFTOKEN=16304414 Puzzle Center – Create word games with your spelling list.
http://kidsspell.com/ create your own spelling list and name it. You are then given a link tp\o use for your list. Then all the games the students have access to on that page use the words form that particular spelling list.
http://spellcheck.net/speller/ Web-based spell checker
http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/spelling.htm Scholastic Spelling Tool - create your own spelling list to challenge student abilities by creating a word search or a word scramble.
http://e-zombie.com/ - Looking for something different – this will allow you to have your spelling words spelled like Zombies to embed in your webpage.
More spelling resources at: http://www.delicious.com/dembe01/spelling
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Must Know Tech Tools for 2010-2011
Must Know 2010-2011 Tech Tools for the Classroom
Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/
Aviary - http://aviary.com/
Zoho - http://www.zoho.com/
Prezi – http://www.prezi.com
Momindum - http://www.momindum.com/product/studio/
Thumbalizer - http://www.thumbalizr.com/index.php
Blabberize - http://blabberize.com/
Zooburst - http://alpha.zooburst.com/
Zoom it - http://www.zoom.it/
Wobook - http://www.wobook.com/
We To Ku - http://www.wetoku.com/
Titan Pad - http://titanpad.com/
Crocodocs - http://crocodoc.com/
Touration - http://touration.com/
Open Heat Map - http://www.openheatmap.com/ Visualize Data
Paper Rater - http://www.paperrater.com/
Google for teachers Guide – 33 Pages - http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/03/free-33-page-guide-google-for-teachers.html
Animated Explanations - http://animatedexplanations.com
InstaCalc - http://instacalc.com/
Wolphram Alpha - http://www.wolframalpha.com/ Widget - http://developer.wolframalpha.com/widgets/
ChaCha - http://www.chacha.com/
KGB - http://superbowl.kgb.com/
Soundation - http://www.soundation.com/studio
Vocaroo.com – http://www.vocaroo.com
Twitter – http://www.twitter.com
The Ultimate Twitter Guide - http://edudemic.com/2010/06/the-ultimate-twitter-guidebook/
PPT Games for the classroom - http://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/index.html
E Tool Box Wiki - http://etoolbox.wikispaces.com/
UDL tech Tool Kit - http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com
Yakitome - http://www.yakitome.com/
Free OCR - http://www.free-ocr.com/
JogtheWeb - http://www.jogtheweb.com
On Photo Editor - http://drpic.com/
Shared todo or Task Lists - http://www.divvyus.com/
That’s Not Cool - http://www.thatsnotcool.com/
What happened in - http://whathappenedinmybirthyear.com/
Kid Info - http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/famous_historical_people.htm
Thinking Guides - http://www.exploratree.org.uk/
Curriki - http://www.curriki.org
Digital Scrapbook Collage - http://www.shapecollage.com
Slideshare.net - http://www.slideshare.net/
Glogster - http://edu.glogster.com/
My Favorite Web 2.0 - http://dembe01.edu.glogster.com/web20intheclassroom/
My Webspiration - http://mywebspiration.com/
Discover Educator Classroom Resources - http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Media in the Classroom
Delicious.com Video & Media Links http://delicious.com/dembe01/video
Social Bookmarking http://delicious.com/
Goofy Teachers are People – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMdTBep3W9c
Radford University for Instructional Technology Tutorials http://www.youtube.com/user/RadfordEducation
One semester Spanish – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw
Yourtube EDU Channels – http://www.youtube.com/education?lg=EN&b=400&s=edu&t=m
Digital Wish - http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/grant_awards
Dollar General - http://dollargeneral.com/Promotions/Pages/essay_contest.aspx
StudentTube - http://studenttube.boostcast.com/ New – Not sure how good – still developing.
Kidstube - http://kidstube.com/
HippoCampus - http://www.hippocampus.org/
Khan Academy - http://www.khanacademy.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Online Video Websites - http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/media/streaming.cfm
The Book Introduction - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFAWR6hzZek
Bubble Ply - http://www.bubbleply.com
360 Cities - http://www.360cities.net/
Top Educational Video Sites from open Culture Blog - http://www.openculture.com/intelligentvideo
Learn360 - http://www.learn360.com
Camaleo & Vocaroo in The Clay Marble Project -= http://www.newpaltz.k12.ny.us/1563201114112624990/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=58607
C-SPAN Video Library - http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/
Jaycut - http://jaycut.com/
Common Core Standards - http://www.corestandards.org/
Monday, August 2, 2010
Common Core Standards and Technology
Web 2.0 to Support Common Core Standards
Monday, July 12, 2010
Web 2.0 and the Classroom
The Connected Classroom http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/Web20Tools
Web 2.0 Social Bookmarks - http://delicious.com//dembe01/web2.0
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Free Tools for the Classroom
I will be posting Grants for Teachers very shortly - so please check back. It will be a whole grants section.
Additional Great Art Resources
A guide to Facebook for Teachers
Teacher's Guide to Using Facebook (Read Fullscreen)
Monday, June 7, 2010
New - Great Resources for Kids
This is an update to my summer reading resources.
http://www.historypin.com/ Pinning History to the world!
http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/10/100-helpful-web-tools-for-every-kind-of-learner/ 100 web tools for every kind of learner
http://www.fuelthebrain.com/ Free educational games and resources
http://www.reading-rewards.com/pls/apex/f?p=501:89:3587375719165297 Never used this site, but it looks great for motivation and summer reading.
http://greenscreenadventures.tv/about/ What a wonderful idea for kids to promote writing!!!
http://springfieldlibrary.wikispaces.com/Google+Search+Options Search options
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/toolsforadventure/games/index.html Map games from National Geographic
http://kindersay.com/ Great site for preschool kids
http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/family/articles/72003.aspx 10 Best free Educational Game sites
http://www.chesskid.com/ Chess for kids
http://shop.sherston.com/freebees/act/CaptCactivity/loadcaptc.htm Understanding Scale
http://shop.sherston.com/freebees/act/WTactivity/loadwt.htm What is the Time Mr. Wolf – Sequencing and Telling Time
For more summer resources please check out these links:
Summer Resources for the K-12 Student - http://en.calameo.com/read/0002854876fbac840d976
Social Bookmarking:
http://delicious.com/dembe01/summer
http://delicious.com/dembe01/teacher
http://delicious.com/dembe01/web2.0
Twitter User Name http://www.twitter.com : Dembe
Friday, May 21, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
9 Days Left to Win $50,000 from Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge
Hurry! Just 9 more days to go before the Young Scientist Challenge video entry deadline. All videos must be submitted by Thursday, May 27, 2010.
Bonus - the first 100 students to submit a video by this Friday, May 21 receive a FREE Discovery Education MythBusters DVD.
Need some helpful hints on submitting a winning video? Sign up for a webinar and get some great tips.
Don't miss the opportunity to win $50,000, a trip to New York City to attend the competition's final event, and the chance to be named America's Top Young Scientist.
To access the list of science topics for video entries, samples of winning videos, student resources and much more, visit www.youngscientistchallenge.com. Questions? Email us at YSC@discovery.com .
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Educational Video ABout People Who Failed and Became Succesful
The video is excellent. However, it comes from Bluefish.tv, which seems to be a religious education site. There is an add for the site at the end of the video, but it can be shut off before it airs.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Graduate Student Scholarships
Deadline to apply is April 30th, 2010
SIGTE is pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships in the amount of up to $500 for graduate students to participate at the ISTE 2010 conference June 27-30 in Denver, CO. By providing this scholarship, we hope that more graduate students will have the opportunity to network with others in the field, gain new perspectives on the use of educational technologies in teaching and learning environments, and grow as a scholar or practitioner.
All teacher education graduate students are encouraged to apply.
The brief application is available at:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGstUnJuZGt4amhiS09abFpnY2xud0E6MA
Special consideration will be given to applications where the applicant is first author on a presentation. Please also note that the name and contact information of a faculty sponsor are required. The complete evaluation rubric can be found at http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcmn9wkb_2dtx4w9fn
Award recipients will be recognized at the SIGTE Business Meeting held at ISTE 2010 on Monday, 6/28/2010, 4:45pm-6:15pm. Recipients must attend the business meeting.
Deadline! The complete application form must be submitted on or before April 30th, 2010 to be considered. No late applications will be accepted.
Award recipients will be notified by mid-May.
Questions? Contact Mia Kim Williams, SIGTE Graduate Scholarship Chair, mia.williams@unco.edu
This information is also available via the SIGTE wiki at http://sigte.iste.wikispaces.net/Graduate+Student+Scholarships
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Must Watch Educational Videos on YouTube
10 Things they Don't Teach you in College about Schools
A Vision of K-12 STudents Today
A Vision of Today's Student
American Experience Videos for SS
American Teens and Social Media
Animal School
Animator vs. Animation
Common Craft - Explanation Videos
Connected Education
Did You Know - 4.0 - Latest Version
Did You Know 2.0 - Shift Happens
Digital Worls: Teachers Today
Do you Speak English?
Education Today and Tomorrow
FrontLine: Growing Up Online
Instructional Technology: Looking Backward - Thinking Forward
Introducing The Book
iSchool Initiative
Khan Videos - Biology Chemestry and Linear Algebra
Math Videos
Never Stop Learning
Pay Attention
Progressive Education in the 1940's
Science Video Search Engine
Social Media Revolution
Sylvia Earle's TED Prize wish to protect our oceans
TED: What's Next in Technology
The Networked Student
Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Using Us
What If? by Karl Fisch
What is Moodle?
When I Become A Teacher
When I Become An Administrator
Mathmaticious
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Must Know Educational Videos
- 10 Things they Don't Teach you in College about Schools
- A Vision of K-12 STudents Today
- A Vision of Today's Student
- American Experience Videos for SS
- American Teens and Social Media
- Animal School
- Animator vs. Animation
- Common Craft - Explanation Videos
- Connected Education
- Did You Know - 4.0 - Latest Version
- Did You Know 2.0 - Shift Happens
- Digital Worls: Teachers Today
- Do you Speak English?
- Education Today and Tomorrow
- FrontLine: Growing Up Online
- Instructional Technology: Looking Backward - Thinking Forward
- Introducing The Book
- iSchool Initiative
- Khan Videos - Biology Chemestry and Linear Algebra
- Math Videos
- Never Stop Learning
- Pay Attention
- Progressive Education in the 1940's
- Science Video Search Engine
- Social Media Revolution
- Sylvia Earle's TED Prize wish to protect our oceans
- TED: What's Next in Technology
- The Networked Student
- Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Using Us
- What If? by Karl Fisch
- What is Moodle?
- When I Become A Teacher
- When I Become An Administrator
Maukie - the virtual cat
Teacher Book Wizard
FEEDJIT Live Traffic Feed
Google Chat
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