My 100th Post on Blogger: The Digital Generation Speaks: A Video For Educators

Here's a video which was produced by middle school students in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It should be seen by all teachers, because the classroom needs to be adapted for this generation of digital learners. Thank you to math teacher Scotti Glasgow for tweeting this.

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30 Web Sites to Teach You About Technology Integration

It's the 21st century and I'm sure your school district has been embracing technology. With budget cuts, however, can your school keep up with the need for new and updated computers? I work in Bergen County (N.J.) where we have the highest property taxes in the nation, and yet this fall I'm not sure whether or not our media center will see more computers for our students. (Thank you, Governor Christie) I know of districts where every student has their own laptop. Not where I am. Still, I try to use what we have to prepare our students for when they graduate and go out into the world. No matter what they will do in their career, whether it's an auto mechanic or a lawyer, they will need these digital skills. If you are still wary about technology, it is time to jump into the water. We don't want you and your students left behind.


 7 Ways to Increase Teacher Technology Integration in the Classroom

10 Tips for Planning the Use of Technology in Lessons

10 Tips for Teaching Technology to Teachers

32 Great Technology Integration Tips- contributed by educators on Free Technology for Teachers' site


41 Web Sites for Teachers to Integrate Tech into Your Classroom

50 Free Collaboration Tools That Are Awesome for Education

50 Ways to Integrate Technology into Your Classroom Tomorrow

EdTech: Focus on K-12 Video Library- includes "The High Tech Classroom" and "IT Training"

EdTech Magazine

Effective Technology Integration- from Classroom Connect

Getting Started with Technology in Your Classroom- from Edutopia

How to Build a Technology-Based Curriculum- from Edutopia

How to Increase Tech Integration in the Classroom- written by Cheska Lorena, high school science teacher

International Society for Technology in Education

Lesson Plans: Infuse Technology into Your Classroom- from EdTech

The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators- written by many teachers who love using technology



Teach Yourself to Teach with Tech

Teaching with Technology-wiki index covers documents, images, video and more

Tech and Learning Online- you can also subscribe (free) to their magazine

Technology in the Classroom Infographic

Technology Integration Best of 2010- from Education World

Technology Integration for Teachers- long list of ideas for classroom projects

Technology Integration Made Easy- from Education World

Technology Integration Matrix- as used by Florida Schools

Technology Use V. Technology Integration In The Classroom

Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration- written by Richard Byrne

Web 2.0 Tools- my extensive listing of tools for Web 2.0

What Does Technology Integration Mean?- by Mary-Beth Hertz

What is Technology Integration?- from Edutopia

Why Integrate Technology into the Classroom? The Reasons are Many- Edutopia

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38 Sites for High School Lesson Plans

Hopefully these web sites offer every high school teacher some great lesson plans for their subject area. The links should bring you directly to the "high school"  section. I tried to label those sites which did not offer browsing by grade level.  Even though it's not even August yet, it's never too early to start gathering some  great ideas. You will also notice that I just added the "high school" tab at the top of the blog. A to Z Teacher Stuff Awesome Library Cybersmart! Student Curriculum- covers cyberbullying, Internet safety, digital citizenship Discovery Education Free ESL Lessons to Download- nice listing includes Word documents, PDFs, MP3 files Grade 9 to Grade 12 Science Lesson Plans High School Level English Language Arts Lesson Plans High School Social Studies Lesson Plans Holocaust Activities HotChalk Lesson Plans Page ITVS PBS Lesson Plans Lesson Planet- over 200,000 reviewed; can't browse by grade

Lesson Plan Central- can't browse by grade

Lesson Plan Megasearch- search (3) directories. including TeAchnology, LessonPlanz and Virginia's site for educators Lesson Plan Search-can't browse by grade level Lesson Plan Templates Lesson Plans for P.E. Lesson Plans by Veteran Teachers- browse by subject only Lesson Tutor Lesson Planz.com McRel Lesson Plans- can't browse by grade level Microsoft Education Lesson Plans Modern World History Lesson Plans NY Times Daily Lesson Plan- browse by category only Online Economics Lessons Smithsonian Education Lesson Plans Spanish Lesson Plans- from TeAchnology Teaching Economics As If People Mattered TeachNet TeacherPlanet- short list Teachers.net Lesson Plans- long list of all high school lesson plans Teachers Network- high school ESL lessons Teachervision Tech Lesson Plans Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania- grades 10-12 lesson plans Technology Education Handouts- 28 to download These Kids Mean Busine$$- for business teachers Thirteen Ed Online Lesson Plans

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15 Sites for Classroom Management Templates & Forms

Behavior Management Forms- from Teachervision

Bookmark Calendar- 2011

Calendars

Classroom Helpers- from ABC Teach

Classroom Forms- very extensive listing includes passes, lesson plan, parent-teacher conference forms, behavior management forms


Classroom Forms for 1st Grade- Mrs. Perkins' list includes ABC cut-out flash cards, calendars, 100s chart

Classroom Management Forms- covers K-12

Classroom Organization -templates for kindergarten, including book basket labels, center rules, large center signs

Classroom Organizer Templates- miscellaneous items include monthly planning guide, syllabus

Classroom Seating Chart- from Microsoft.com

Class Set-up Tool- interactive program allows you to design your classroom; from Scholastic

Education World- parent-teacher communication

Keyboard Template- great for tech teachers 

Microsoft Templates

Templates/Resources- covers elementary, middle and high school; nice size list

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28 Resources for Twitter

Thinking about using Twitter in the classroom? Not sure where to start? Summer vacation is a great time to catch up on your reading.....so.....here are 28 resources to help you learn how to use Twitter and how to teach with Twitter.

5 Free Ways to Never Miss a Twitter @Reply- from Mashable

5 Twitter Newbie Mistakes to Avoid

7 Levels of Twitter Followers

8 Videos to Help Teachers Get Started with Twitter- written by David Wees

9 Twitter Directories You Should Be Listed On

10 Awesome Ways to Integrate Twitter with Your Website

10 Ways to Archive Your Tweets

25 Important Twitter Guides and Apps for Teachers- excellent listing!

100 Ways to Teach With Twitter

The Beginner's Guide to Twitter- written by Michael Hyatt, this is a "20 minute guide to Twitter for non-techies."

Building a Personal Learning Network (PLN) on Twitter

Nine Reasons to Twitter in Schools

Mastering Twitter in 10 Minutes...or Less- download here

A Teacher's Guide to Twitter-written by former science teacher Kate Klingensmith

Seven Ways to Find Teachers on Twitter-learn about new resources and exchange ideas about teaching

Ten Top Twitter Tips

Ten Twitter Mythconceptions

TweetDeck- manages tweets

TweetDeck Support

Twibes- group of Twitter users with the same interest in a particular topic

Twishort- write more than 140 characters on Twitter

Twitter as an Interactive Newspaper for Teachers

Twitter4teachers Wiki-connect with teachers in your subject area

Twitter Chat Tools- list of 5

Twitter Etiquette: Five Dos and Don'ts

Twitter Handbook for Teachers- written by Tomaz Lasic

TwitterU- wikispace which lists some Twitter hashtags

Using Twitter in the Classroom- written by Michael Zimmer, whose blog is The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness.

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Web 2.0 for Newbies

Chances are you are quite overwhelmed with all the technology that has bombarded you this school year.  I consider myself a real tech geek, and even I have had a headache many times because I felt that I just couldn't keep up with how fast Twitter postings, Google Reader postings and web searches arrived on my desktop. With that said, I have narrowed my list down to the 12 basic Web 2.0 tools I feel I can't live without. With so many choices, I kept my list to those apps which are free, easy to learn and use. Basics....just the basics are here. Please add your choices to the comments section at the end of this post.

Open publication - Free publishing - More free apps

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Promo Video For ISTE Philly Rocks!

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Explaining QR Codes

I'm sure you've noticed these boxes and wondered what they were. I'm quite confident that most of the teachers in my school do not know about them. QR stands for Quick Response, and is made up of black modules in a square shape on a white background.Actually, you could call it a 3D bar code.  The encoded text in the square can represent a web address or text. Camera phones (with a QR app) or QR readers can read the encoded message. If you can scan the QR code I have on this page, it will lead you to my website, A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet, where you will find teacher resources by grade level. QR codes are used for many applications, whether it's in an advertisement in the newspaper or on someone's business card. Believe it or not, there are many ways to use QR codes in education. Here's a great presentation put together by Steven Anderson which offers many suggestions by other teachers how they use QR codes in the classroom. I'm sure your students will love the idea of using their smartphone in the classroom; that is, of course, if cell phones are allowed in the classroom.

Related: Here's a great site to create a QR code (for free) and put it on a tee shirt , hat, mug and more.
QR Code Generator

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