Tech+Resources

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 * 21st Century Professional Resources **

[|http://www.21st centuryskills.org] · Provides teachers with online tools and resources, lists state initiatives, links for publications, and professional development assistance [|www.medialit.org] · <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Lesson plan ideas according to subject area or media issues, articles for more information, professional development, resources, and information about best practices [|www.cybersmart.org] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Online workshops for teachers, lessons in online safety according to grade level and topic, Web 2.0 tools, and support materials
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resources for Interactive Games or Activities **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">

[] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Popular children’s books read aloud by actors in a project by the Screen Actor’s Guild [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Online read-alouds, word and reading games, online coloring books, and create book illustrations [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Interactive games for students where they can name words, identify letters, and identify rhyming words when read aloud to them
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resources for Online Activities with Students in Other Classes **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">

[|www.voicethread.com] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students work together to create visual presentations with video, images, and audio. [|www.surveymonkey.com] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Create online surveys, download, and analyze results of respondents with charts and graphs! [|www.wetpaint.com] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Easy to use wiki with pages for discussion, photos, and videos. Good privacy for students, but there are ads on the site. E-mail for ad removal [|www.edublogs.org] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Protected blog sites for educators. Allows users to upload files and post comments
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resources for Online Discussions **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">

[|www.wordpress.com] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Free blogging service, allows group blogs with multiple authors, sidebar widgets like Twitter and del.icio.us [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Microblogging for educators and classes. Similar to Twitter, but for teachers. Updates for assignments, links, and upload files.

[|www.wikispaces.com] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">All users can create content, upload files, and discuss/edit pages and ideas [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Lists of websites teachers can use to help students collaborate with other international learners from the US DOE [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Global community of students, teachers, and academic experts, communication tools to connect students, teachers, and school districts… free!
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resources for Online Learning Community with Learners from **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Other Countries **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resources for Collaborating with Peers and Experts on Global **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Issues, and Presenting Material for Feedback in an Online Community **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">

[] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">US Department of State sponsored challenge for middle and high school students to create web projects to explain their view on international affairs and global issues. [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Free service where teachers can match up with classes in other countries and collaborate on projects online or through video. Search by age, language, and content area. [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Free real time collaboration tool, workshop, chat, draw, group activities, share class notes for a project!
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">General Teacher Resources **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">

[] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teachers and students can create and share flash cards online; create a flashcard link and send to students for extra help! [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">FREE resources for teachers! Create quizzes on the website, all students have user names and passwords and can take quizzes. Quizstar grades the quizzes and keeps the records for you [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">26 pages of educational websites for teachers to use! [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">International Society for Technology in Education’s Language Arts resource page. [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Top 100 tools for learning in 2009 [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">· <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Full text stories, articles, and books. Primary sources for images, videos, audio files