great websites/infor I found from Journals...FYI

I'll be adding these with reviews to my diigo site in the near future!!!!

Good Stuff from Journals

Websites:

http://podcast.eusd4kids.org/groups/iread/

http://www.eusd4kids.org/edtech/project_live.html

SOFTWARE RESOURCE LIST:

Choose options that support your school's curriculum focus.

Angel: www.angellearning.com

Angel allows educators to offer online interaction or classes. Teachers can create class Web pages with it.

Blogger: https://www.blogger.com/start

Google offers free blog space and directions on how to set up a blog. Since many of today's students already use blogs, give clear expectations for classroom blogs.

DyKnow: www.dyknow.com

DyKnow supplies a computer-monitoring segment as well as interactive teaching components. Start with monitoring and then expand to the other components.

Email: www.gaggle.net/gen?_template=/templates/gaggle/html/index.jsp

Gaggle.net makes available a free, filtered email service for schools. Educational email expectations for students need to be clearly defined.

PBWiki: http://pbwiki.com

PBWiki provides a free format for creating a collaborative, accessible Internet space. Students may have already used this space, but will see it in a new light when it is used educationally.

Hardware Resource List:

Each company sells a variety of equipment See which pieces fit your educational plans.

Acer: www.acer.com/public/home.jsp

Compaq: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/

Dell: www.dell.com/

HP: www.hp.com/

IBM: www.ibm.com/us/

Mac: www.apple.com/dotmac/

Sony: www.sonycomputers.com/

Toshiba: www.toshiba.com/tai/

Interactive Whiteboards aka "Smartboards"

I really enjoyed working with "Smartboard" technology in class. Unlike many of the students in our class, I have never done so before, so it was a lot of fun. I learned a lot from the readings as well. I definitely would want one in my classroom and would use it as much as possible. I cannot wait to download the "Smartboard" application to my computer- and play around with it- in all me spare time(which, I hope, is sooner, rather than later!) I sincerely hope that the seasoned teachers will embrace this technology and are motivated to learn all it can be, if they take the time to learn. I also hope that the Net Genner, incoming teachers, take the time to share this wonderful resource, not only with students, but with the older teachers, who may feel intimidated and uncomfortable by this valuable resource. I know a few who would fight it tooth and nail! The students would benefit tremendously and I believe, we can keep many more students engaged in school, dramatically decreasing dropout rates! I am very excited to be in the middle of this exciting time in education and look forward to following the studies and statistics of how technology affects the entire educational system.

Moviemaker project

Being a MAC user, I was very unimpressed by the Movie maker program on the PC, and I found it very difficult to edit clips and do what I wanted it to do. That really frustrated me. Otherwise, my partners and I had several good laughs at what we ended up with and how it all came together. The three of us are definitely "Immigrants" in this "Net Genner" class, but are also learning so much as we go. I think an intro course to this would be beneficial to those of us who are not as computer savvy as others. I think I now know enough to be dangerous, and I feel with more practice (especially on MAC's) I can become more effective and actually feel comfortable and want to use this tool in my classes.