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November 2007



AT&T BLUE WEB'N HOT SITE OF THE WEEK

Friday, 30 November 2007 9:15 A GMT-08
Title: Gizmo Catalog (ExploreLearning)URL: http://www.explorel earning.com/ index.cfm?Description: Browse for Gizmos (virtual manipulatives for math and science) by Grade and Topic, by State Correlations, by Textbook Correlations, or by a List of Col
Category: Tech Tools Teacher Resources Math Science Middle School High School Elementary Higher Education
Lynne Wolters

Help his sixth graders teach Jeff Corwin Spanish!

Wednesday, 28 November 2007 11:18 P GMT-08
An open letter posted to the edtech listserv:  My name is Chris Craft and I am a sixth grade Spanish teacher in South Carolina. Occasionally, my students and I watch short clips of Jeff Corwin of Animal Planet fame exploring Central America and
Category: Middle School Web 2.0
Lynne Wolters

Free Small School District Technology Leadership Wiki

Wednesday, 28 November 2007 3:33 A GMT-08
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) offers a free Small School District Technology Leadership wiki created with support from the U.S. Department of Education.The wiki is designed to help with systematic planning at the local level for distric
Category: Tech Tools Professional Development Culture of Education Web 2.0
Lynne Wolters

Mirriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online

Wednesday, 28 November 2007 3:12 A GMT-08
The Visual Dictionary Online is the dictionary with a new point of view. A quick glance at the index is all it takes to connect words with images. Explore the 15 major themes to access more than 6,000 images and see words like never before. T
Category: Teacher Resources Information Literacy Visual Literacy
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Lynne Wolters

21st Century Learning: 'We're Not Even Close'

Wednesday, 28 November 2007 12:52 A GMT-08
Without incorporating technology into every aspect of its activities, no organization can expect to achieve results in this increasingly digital world. Yet education is dead last in technology use compared with all major industrial sectors, and that
Category: Culture of Education Teachers & Tech Educational Technology
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Lynne Wolters

PBS Early Literacy Initiative Launches in January

Thursday, 15 November 2007 5:40 P GMT-08
by Dave Nagel, T.H.E. Journal, November, 2007 In January PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will launch a five-year literacy initiative for preschoolers and young learners aimed at teachers, parents, and caregivers. Funded in part thr
Category: Teacher Resources Reading Early Childhood
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Lynne Wolters

Teragen Video Student Project

Wednesday, 14 November 2007 7:01 P GMT-08
Find more videos like this on Technology in Lutheran Schools
Category: High School Videos
Lynne Wolters

Kids Collaborating to Create a Virtual Blue Ribbon

Wednesday, 14 November 2007 5:39 P GMT-08
From: Nancy Raff <nancy@planetfesto.org>Please check out www.planetfesto.org , the environmental nonprofit that is trying to shift attitudes about the earth, and promote personal action, through building a virtual ribbon around the earth. Hund
Category: Teachers & Tech Science Middle School High School Elementary
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Lynne Wolters

Naming Polygons and Polyhedra

Wednesday, 14 November 2007 5:23 P GMT-08
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@temple.edu> MATHEMATICS: GEOMETRY : GEOMETRIC SHAPES: Naming Polygons and Polyhedra What do you call an 11-sided polygon? A 14-sided polygon? Can you give me a list of names of polygons? This answer represents exc
Category: Math Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

YouTube Video: Who's Watching YOUR Space?

Tuesday, 13 November 2007 5:36 P GMT-08
        
Category: Professional Development Culture of Education Information Literacy Educational Technology Videos
Lynne Wolters

Video: A Vision of Students Today

Tuesday, 13 November 2007 5:33 P GMT-08
A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifet
Category: Culture of Education The Arts Higher Education Web 2.0 Information Literacy Visual Literacy Videos
Lynne Wolters

Video: Information R/evolution

Tuesday, 13 November 2007 5:30 P GMT-08
This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed
Category: Professional Development Web 2.0 Visual Literacy Videos
Lynne Wolters

David Warlick Highlights "Transliteracy"

Tuesday, 13 November 2007 5:20 P GMT-08
From 2 cents Worth: Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.
Category: Culture of Education Web 2.0 Information Literacy Educational Technology
Lynne Wolters

Video: Introducing The Book/A.k.a. Medieval Helpdesk

Monday, 12 November 2007 5:50 P GMT-08
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Category: Educational Technology Videos
Lynne Wolters

"Reinventing Project-Based Learning" Just Published

Sunday, 4 November 2007 5:43 P GMT-08
Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age (Paperback)<!--aoeui--> by Suzie Boss; Jane Krauss (Author)I heartily recommend this newly published book to any and all educational technology pract
Category: Teacher Resources Professional Development Teachers & Tech Middle School High School Elementary Educational Technology
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Lynne Wolters

Reptiles and Amphibians Online Resources

Sunday, 4 November 2007 3:47 P GMT-08
Retrieved from the Edtech Listserv, posting by David Dillard, November 3, 2007. African Hingeback Tortoise Central http://www.testudo.hit.bg/index_en.htm Amphibian Research Centre http://frogs.org.au/ Amphibian and Reptile Images http://www.herp-p
Category: Teacher Resources Science Early Childhood High School Elementary
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Lynne Wolters

TRAILS: Free Assessment of Student Information Literacy Skills

Saturday, 3 November 2007 11:40 P GMT-08
TRAILS is a knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills appropriate for high school students. This Web-based system was developed to provide an easily accessible and flexible tool for librar
Category: Tech Tools Teacher Resources High School
Lynne Wolters