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Share Your Work & Protect Your Intellectual Property

readinggal — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:38:41 +0000

As you start sharing more of your work online, it is helpful to tell others how they can use the work, while at the same time protecting your intellectual property.

Visit Creative Commons to learn more about your IP rights!

Reflection

readinggal — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:54:36 +0000

Please use the comments section of this post to reflect on the week.

What did you learn?
What new resource(s) did you discover?
What do you plan to implement?
Any outstanding questions, suggestions or ideas!

Thanks!

Anna

Cultural Understanding, Global Awareness & Digital Citizenship

readinggal — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:23:47 +0000

PART 1

Select one of the projects below to review as a small group. Your group will present the following to the whole class:

Summary of project
Technologies used
NETS S/T addressed
How can you modify the project for use in your own school district?

PROJECTS (select 1 to review in class)

Flat Classroom Project
Google Lit Trips
Global Education Collaborative
ThinkQuest
ePals

PART 2

Digital Citizenship

Select 1 curricula unit to review.
Identify 3 activities you can modify to teach digital citizenship/Internet IP in your school/district

Feel free to share other related resources in the comments section of this post!

Links to Education Blogs

readinggal — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:08:12 +0000

Please share a link to your education blog in the comments section of this post!

Anna

Assessments

readinggal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:37:10 +0000

Here are some tools that will help you think about and design assessments:

Assessment Rubrics (University of Wisconsin)
Edutopia (Assessments)
Intel (Assessing Projects)
RubiStar (Spanish Version)
Rubrics 4 Teachers

Please add additional assessment resources as a comment to this post!

Critical Thinking, Creativity & Design

readinggal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:17:05 +0000

Critical Thinking Tools

MindMapper ($$$)
FreeMind (open source)
Inspiration / Kidspiration ($$$)
Webspiration (beta)
Bubbl.us (Web 2.0)

Creativity, Collaboration and Design

Blogs + Library of Congress

readinggal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:15:42 +0000

Blogs in Plain English (Common Craft Video)

Helpful Resources for Finding Classroom Blogs

How to Make a Classroom Blog

Library of Congress Digital Collections

WebQuests

readinggal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:42:31 +0000

Search: “A WebQuest About WebQuests”

Remember: You can use a search engine to find sample WebQuests easily using the search terms: “topic” and webquest (e.g., “global warming” and webquest).

You can make a WebQuest using Zunal or any website or blogging applications.

Please post additional WebQuest resources in the comments section of this post!

Podcasts, Digital Storytelling and More

readinggal — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:36:51 +0000

Webquests

Voicethread

Podcasting and Digital Storytelling

Learner Centered Strategies:

Differentiation:

Please feel free to post your own great finds and ideas in the comments section of this post!