2009-2010+Class+Resources

Welcome to the 2010-2011 Class Resources Page
These are the resources that YOU and your classmates have gathered during our time together! GREAT COLLECTION! Feel free to edit this page and add annotations/recommendations/comments! It will improve the usefulness of the page! :)


 * **Edublogs**

[|Welcome to the Blogoshere:The Educational Use of Blogs] by Ray [|Bringing the World to My Doorstep: A Teacher's Blog-Reading Habits] by Hodgson [|Educational Blogging] by Downes [|The Educated Blogger] by Huffaker [|ePals School Blog] [|Blogging in the Classroom]

Rubrics for Blogs in the Classroom: [|Sample 1] [|Sample 2] [|Sample 3]

Edublogs Created by Pre-service Teachers: [|Sample 1 Cindy Giroux] [|Sample 2 Beth M] [|Sample 3 Amanda F] [|Sample 4 Rachel B] [|Sample 5 Sarah B] || **Internet Safety**

[|Safekids.com] [|Bad Guy Patrol] [|Audio: Children Talk about Cyber Dangers] [|Internet Safety in the Schools] by McFadden [|Be Web Aware] [|Internet Security for Kids] [|Acceptable Use Agreemen]t [|Protectchildren.ca] [|cyber-safety.com] [|CyberSense & Nonsense: The 2nd Adventure of the Three Cyber Pigs] || **Podcasting**

[|Podcasts: Changing the Face of e-Learning] by Tavales & Skevoulis [|Podcasting for Teachers and Students] by Tony Vincent [|AceKids] Podcasts [|Building Social Skills Through Podcasts] I[|ntegrating Podcasting into the Classroom] ||
 * **Digital Storytelling**

[|Digital Portfolio Examples] || **Digital Imagery**

[|www.irfanview.com] Freeware; been using this one for years, nice for basic image manipulation.

[|www.gimp.org] Free open source; The Gimp is basically the open source equivalent to Photoshop.

[|www.blender.org] Free open source; Blender is for 3D images.

[|vivia-video.org] Free open source; Vivia is video-editing software.

[|osliving.com] -editing Directory of free (both as in price and as in freedom) open source video editing software.

http://osliving.com/index.php Directory of open source software in general.

Smart Technologies [|Lesson Activity Toolki]t and [|Essentials for Educators] || **Web 2.0**

[|Wikispaces Connecting Teachers, Students and Parents] [|Google Docs] [|Teacher Web 2.0 Blog] [|EdTech.com] ||