Interesting Ways Series

The Interesting Ways series originally created by Tom Barrett, but contributed to by many, is chock full of rich technology integration ideas for the classroom. I have viewed many of the presentations on this site and have used some of the ideas with students almost immediately.  A few that I would recommend are:

• Use Google Docs in the Classroom
• Ideas for Class Blog Posts
• Use Audio in the Classroom
• Use Voicethread in the Classroom
• Use Wordle in the Classroom

Which one is your favorite?

Top 50 School Technology Blogs

Just came across this extremely comprehensive list of Top 50 School Technology Blogs that I thought you might be interested in perusing at your convenience.

Classroom 2.0

If you haven't checked out Classroom 2.0 yet, you should definitely put it on your list of resources to investigate.  Classroom 2.0 is a free, community-supported network hosted on Ning for educators interested in Web 2.0 and Social Media in their classrooms, created by Steve Hardagon.  They also host Live and Interactive Webinars almost daily on Blackboard Eluminate to expand your learning even more.

Each time I log in to Classroom 2.0 and check the forum questions and answers I always find something  relevant and useful.  When I have posted a question in the past, I have answers within minutes.  I have also participated in one of the webinars and found it to be incredibly useful.  I hope you check it out and let me know what you think.

Did You Know 4.0?

Have you seen this yet?  What do you think?

Try Something New This Summer?

My favorite blogger has been at it again, putting together another information-filled document for you to check out and try some new tools.  Take a look, check out some of the links, and maybe try a new tool to use in your classroom this year. If you see something that catches your eye, let me know, maybe we can work on it together!

Biographies, Poems, Journals Oh Joy!

I am so proud of the hard work that has been going on in the lab this spring.  Our new favorite tool has definitely been Glogster.  I was lucky enough to sign up for Glogster and was offered 200 student accounts, all on the free account. Students have their own username and password all under one teacher, myself.  They love the creativity aspect of creating a glog and are always teaching me something new!

Check out the work of our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders on Runkle Technology.

Check it out - Khan Academy

If you haven't checked out Khan Academy yet, it is definitely worth a look.

Khan Academy includes a library of videos that covers K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even finance and history. Each video is about 10 minutes long and meant to be viewed on a computer.

This is an extremely informative blog post written by Dolores Gende about Khan Academy and how it could be used with small or large  groups in an educational setting.