Lucy Gray sent this to me on the ISED listserv. I feel it is appropriate to post here.
Please consider joining a Ning community on global education:
http://globaleducation.ning.com/
At the National Educational Computing Conference to be held in Atlanta, Georgia this June, fellow Apple Distinguished Educator Julene Reed and I will be hosting a workshop on global collaboration. [...]
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You Tube is wonderful, but you can see as much junk as you can pearls. Check out Teacher Tube and include some of the videos. In fact, you can add to the library with a class project or a video of a topic you are passionate about. NextVista is another video sharing site for schools. [...]
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I listend to Alan November’s Podcast last week. He interviewed Dr. Yang Zhao from Michigan State University regarding online learning, global workforce, one to one learning, 21st Century Skills, game theory and much more. I found it incredibley interesting and would encourage anyone who is interested in these topics to give it a lesson. I [...]
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Even though you can use Vixy.net, TubeSock shines when it comes to downloading and using Google Video, YouTub, or even iFilm. TubeSock 2.0 has added some great features. Check it out!
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This is a wonderful drawing program that offers a free version or a version for only $19.95. It is really cool. http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
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http://flashstacks.com/ is a new tool for Durham Academy Middle School Students. The software was written by Robert Kindman and Joel Nackman who are now Upper School students.
Presently, there are no stacks are in the Middle School’s partition on the server, so when you “Open Stacks” on FlashStacks, none will appear (until middle schoolers start making [...]
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Time magazine gave readers a chance to ask him 10 questions. I thought his answers were relevant to our use of Wikipedia here at school.
“How can I persuade my teachers to allow me to use Wikipedia as a legitimate research source?” Kaitlyn G, Medina OH asked. Jimmy’s answer may surprise many but here it is: [...]
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