Webliography

Lauren's Top 5:

4. [|Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com]
5. http://randyaust.com/


 * || Title || Annotation || Tags ||
 * 1 || [|Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning | Video on TED.com]  ||  lays out her plan to re-engage boys: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video games that teach as well as entertain.  || Male, Learning, Gaming ||
 * 2 || === [|Kathy Schrock's - Google Blooms Taxonomy] === || An interesting look at Blooms Taxonomy in light of all the different Google Tools. Each level of Blooms shows which Google Tool can be used and a link to it! A really great resource & a shows just how much we can use Google!  ||  [|Google], [|bloomstaxonomy] , [|technology] , [|googledocs]  ||
 * 3 || === [|YouTube - What is a browser?] // - // === || Simple Google video on what a web browser is. I find parents and some students are often confused when I mention "chrome" or "firefox". Makes a great point that your web browser is the most important piece of software on your computer.  || [|youtube] [|browser] ||
 * 4 || === [|Free Technology for Teachers: Free Guide - Making Videos on the Web] === || Thorough instructions on how to create videos as a classroom project...FREE! Topics covered: Copyright & Creative Commons, Creating your own audio tracks, Screencasting, Finding images & audio, Documentary, Full length videos, & Sharing videos  ||  [|videos] [|classroom] [|creative] [|commons]  ||
 * 5 || === [|Your Free Online Video Editor | JayCut] === || Free, video editing. Uses simple drag & drop motions, moving the ruler tool, install and save videos to your own computer or website. Step by step instructions.  ||  [|video_editing] [|tools]  ||
 * 6 || === [|Infographics - GOOD] === || Incredibly interesting infographics on a wide range of topics--done VERY well!  || [|infographics] [|visualization] [|data] [|design] ||
 * 7 || === [|What Do Kids Say Is The Biggest Obstacle To Technology At School?] === || Students surveyed and respond to what they think their technology needs are. Surveyed almost 300,000 students--lots of interesting data!  || <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;"> [|technology] [|obstacles] [|freedom]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">8 || === [|StudyBoost.com] === || Free site that allows you to create quiz/study questions and then have them sent to you as a text message/instant message etc for studying purposes.  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">[|flashcards] [|elearning] [|tools] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">9 || === [|10 Things That Will Be Obsolete In Education by 2020| The Committed Sardine] === || I feel like some of these are already obsolete (#1) and others are on their way---exciting!  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">[|web2.0] [|classroom] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">10 || === [|7 Google Search Games] === || Interesting way to engage your students and teach them how to use google!  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">[|google] [|game] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">11 || === [|Writing Better Blog Posts: What You NEED to Know | The Edublogg] === || Good basic info on blogging for both Teacher bloggers and student bloggers.  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">[|blog] [|better] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">12 || === [|Free Technology for Teachers: Geocaching - Global GPS Cache Hunt] === || I love geocaching & letterboxing---it would be very simple, fun, & educational to integrate into the classroom.  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">[|geocaching] [|geography]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">13 || === [|TR10 - Technology Review] === || All of these emerging technologies can effect our future as classroom teachers  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">[|emerging] [|technology]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">14 || === [|Tom Chatfield: 7 ways games reward the brain | Video on TED.com] === || Games engage & reward players. TED talk looks at the ways that games do this and how we can bring this into other realms---in particular for us--education.  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">[|gaming] [|education]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">15 || === [|Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com] === || Saving the world through gaming....  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">[|gaming] [|education]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">16 || === [|25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole] === || We all have started to developed our twitter accounts--more ideas for our classrooms!  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">[|twitter] [|pln]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">17 || === [|CNN Student News - Special Coverage on CNN.com] === || Part of my World Studies curriculum is to cover current events in the classroom. CNN Student news is a great resource--daily 10 minute videos (discussion questions & newsquiz provided!)  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">[|currentevents] [|education]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">18 || === [|PBS Teachers | Resources For The Classroom] === || Great resources from PBS for the classroom--interactive!  ||   [|resources] [|pbs] [|lessons]   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">19 || === [|Learnable. Make or take an online course. Share your passion. Learn new stuff.] === || FREE online course you can take on various subjects! Just browsing through them a lot were tech related. OR you can create your own class (and charge people...)  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">[|elearning] [|online] [|courses]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;">20 || === [|Free Documentary TV - Free Documentaries, Watch Documentaries Online] === || I always like to show my students clips of documentaries---I scour youtube, my own netflix, the library....this site is a great one stop shop for LOTS of FREE documentaries  || <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f5f5fa; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">[|documentaries] [|free]  ||