Student and Teacher Social Networking Possibiliites

Begin the conversation on the following blogs and wikis.

Students

• Student Bloggers http://studentbloggers.org/
  

• Word Press for Student Learning http://wordpress.com/tag/student-learning/
  

Teachers

• Cool Cat Teacher Blog http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
  

• Edu Blog http://edublogs.org/

• PBS Teacher Wikis http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/wikis/

• PB Wiki for Educatorshttp://pbwiki.com/education.wiki
  

• Teacher Lingo http://teacherlingo.com/

• Wiki Spaces for Teachers http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
  

Global Collaborative Projects

These sites were highlighted in an article entitled "Educators are Going Global" by Anita McAnear in the November 2007 issue of Learning & Leading with Technology. The sites are excellent and provide a variety of ways to connect globally. Some are focused on science projects and others include a more diverse range of subjects.

Global Education Collaborative
Taking IT Global
iEARN
GLOBE
Global Nomads
Thinkquest
Global Challenge Award

ePals

ePals is a great resource for connecting classrooms globally. Students and their e-mail pals around the world can work on projects such as global warming, solving water problems, coping with natural disasters, etc. or anything else they may choose.

Vocational Education

Many students will choose a career path requiring technical skills. These resources will steer them in the right direction.

• Dr. Steven Yuen's Homepage http://dragon.ep.usm.edu/~yuen/votech.htm

• Kathy Schrock's Guide to Technical & Career Education http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/vocation.html
• K-12 Vocational Sites http://vocserve.berkeley.edu/k12.html

• Vocational Information Center http://www.khake.com/

Special Education

These websites will provide useful resources to guide students with special needs.

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Special Education Teachers http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edspec.html

• Marc Sheehan's Special Education & Exceptionality Page http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/sped.html

• SERI-Special Education Resources on the Internet http://seriweb.com/
  

• Special Education Resources for Teachers http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/special_ed/
  

• Special Education-Teacher's Guide http://specialeducationweb.com

Global Schoolnet - a collaboration toolkit

Move curriculum projects beyond the classroom and the school and join global education and collaboration via http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsncenter/

The program incorporates a number of collaborative tools including bookmarking, document sharing, chat tools, web accessibility tools, animation, photoshares,and web publishing. Many of these tools are free.

Develop international partnerships which allow students to collaborate world wide on projects.

Basic membership is free. Super collaborative membership is $45.00.

tech4teaching

tech4teaching is another great resource that suggests ways in which technology such as nings can be effectively used in the classroom.

Assessment Tool for Information Literacy

I don't know how many know about this tool or if it has already been posted but if you can get teachers to give you their students for 2 or 3 days, you can teach then assess on basic information literacy tools.

http://trails-9.org/index.php?page=home

You need to sign up in an account, then drop students in by name or generic number, then give them the online assessment, then read the results. You can use this as a pre or post test on info literacy. posted by Ann S on 7/16/08

Students Teaching Teachers

I came across this website called Generation Yes-Youth and Educators Succeeding. http://www.genyes.com/



Students gain the opportunity to train teachers on implementing technology into the curriculum. This supports student interaction with the learning process. (Web 2.0 student participation, hint--hint)

Intute for Lessons and Lectures

Intute.ac.uk is a clearinghouse of web resources based mainly out of the UK. There are college level materials as well as course lectures on math, science, arts and health topics. I learned about it from noodletools.com and have recommended it to several teachers for curricular support ideas. www.intute.ac.uk
posted by Ann S on 7/14/08

techlearning.com

techlearning.com is a great resource that provides ideas about incorporating blogs, podcasts, collaborative writing tools, etc. into the classroom. It also includes tips for getting grants.

Copyright and Fair Use

Confused about copyright and what constitutes fair use? This short video provides an overview of what "fair use" means and its implications for the public.

School Libraries Worldwide

School Libraries Net http://www.school-libraries.net includes school (library) web pages throughout the U.S and internationally. By examining the various links, school librarians will gain insights of fair-exceptional school media centers across the globe. This page is especially noteworthy since Dr. Woolis and Dr. Loertscher sponsor this site.

Library Reference Guides

These library sites concentrate on popular subject guides and online sites for the general public. Teens, parents, and educators will find them useful for educational and recreational purposes.

ALA Best References http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/MARSBESTIndex.cfm

Kids Click
http://www.kidsclick.org/

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/

Librarian Internet Index
http://lii.org/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is an excellent resource that provides lesson plans, classroom activites, subject area links to other sites, and more.

Attention teachers: share your teacher resources with other teachers!

Use this discussion forum,Teacher Resources, to share your favorite websites with other teachers and view their suggested teacher resources. Here is your chance to communicate and collaborate with your fellow colleagues no matter where you are located. You can use this discussion forum as a guest. Be sure to click on “Test Forum 1” first to contribute and view this discussion forum.

Go on a WebQuest!

Have your students go on a WebQuest and see how much fun they'll have! A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. Tens of thousands of teachers have embraced WebQuests as a way to make good use of the internet while engaging their students in the kinds of thinking that the 21st century requires.

Teacher Tube

Teacher Tube, launched in March 2007, has the goal of creating an online community for sharing instructional videos. It is a site geared to provide just in time (JIT) professional development with the goal of teachers teaching teachers. It is also a site where teachers can post videos for students to view in order to learn key concepts or skills.

Boost Young Brains with Chess!

Chess is a great way to encourae the development of logic, critical thinking, and healthy competition on campus. Here are two great resources for running an effective scholastic chess progam:

US Chess Federation

How to play chess

Learn Words to End World Hunger!

Check out this awesome vocabulary game: Free Rice. For every correct answer students get to donate a handful of rice to the UN World Food program. It's a great website for students to use if they finish their research in the computer lab early.