For those of you who are receiving these tech tips because you subscribe to my blog, most of this week's tech tip will probably be information you already know. This is my first "Weekly Tech Tip" as technology integration specialist for East Metro Integration District 6067 (EMID). For EMID teachers, what I like to do, and have done for the past three years, is produce a short 5-10 minute video each week where I introduce you to a new technology tool or technology-enhanced teaching strategy. I also always include in my tech tips an area called "Link Stew" where I publish a run-down of interesting websites and resources I came across this week and usually have a section called "Blog Carnival" where I post links to interesting or thought provoking blog posts from the Edubloggosphere.
I prefer to make tech tips that include footage from actual classroom application but since I have only been observing this week I don't have any classroom footage to draw upon this week this tip is more an introduction. In this tip I will walk you through the "Digital Backpack," a tool I maintain to help organize free online resources that have potential for education and I show how I made the animated character Walter from the introductory video EMID staff were sent.
Weekly Tech Tip:
- Crosswinds Tech Tips (UPDATE: This will be integrated into http://xw-integratedtech.wikispaces.com/)
- Harambee Tech Tips
- The Digital Backpack
- Xtranormal
- Skype in Schools
- School officials say distance learning classes have helped reduce dropout rate, keep children interested in school. http://bit.ly/c9zK3C
- Student overcomes adversity with Virtual School
- Online High Schools Test Students' Social Skills
- iPhone and iPod Touch Trick: Sharing Your Apps
- 5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best]
- New Technology Supporting Informal Learning
- TEDxNYED: Independently organized TED event
- Street View Gallery
- CUE Unplugged - home
- Make a thank you movie!
- Kenyan Birth Certificate Generator - Make your own! Invalidating legitimate presidencies since 2009!
- Microsoft Makes Some Real Mischief in the Classroom by Derek Bruff on Teaching with Classroom Response Systems
- “Great” Teachers?" by Larry Cuban on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
- Social Networking in High School by Lisa Thumann on Thumann Resources
- Transactional Disability and the Classroom by Ira Socol on SpeEdChange
- Weekly Tech Tip: Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Strategy - Backchanneling
- Weekly Tech Tip: Integrating Clustr Maps in the Classroom
- Weekly Tech Tip: Using Social Networks in the Classroom
- Weekly Tech Tip: Beginners Guide - Social Networking for Educators
- Weekly Tech Tip - Terms of Service and Age Restrictions
- Weekly Tech Tip - Downloading and Converting Online Video
- Weekly Tech Tip - Twitter for Teachers
- Weekly Tech Tip - Technology Enhanced Active Learning Strategy - KWL
- Weekly Tech Tip - Distributed Research with Google Forms
2 comments:
Wow, thanks Carl! I am very excited about this. The Digital Backpack looks like just what we have been looking for. It's especially helpful to have the explanation of what age groups can use what tools.
It may be information that we have seen before, but we could always use a reminder, myself especially!
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