Top 10 resources for 6/2/11

I missed a week of posting with the shutting down of school for the summer.  I got carried away with the packing of stuff to move my classroom and totally lost track of posting.  With that, it's summer time and the focus has shifted.  


A question to consider for summer.  How do you keep the learning and sharing momentum without built in colleagues you see every day?




Top 10 resources


10. Open letter to teachers

http://justintarte.blogspot.com/2011/04/open-letter-to-teachers.html

9. Inside the google teacher academy from Sydney

http://teacher.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/04/28/inside-the-google-teacher-academy-2011/

Apply for the next one in Seattle in July

8. Collect videos and build playlists

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~3/UvskaewC_tc/edmodothe-total-classroom-solution.html

7. I love this comments to this post.  Filters in school, meh

http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/2011/04/question-of-day-filtering-meh.html

6. Netspeak - when you are searching for that word you are missing

http://www.netspeak.org/#page=home

5. Webdoc looks like a very cool and useful resource for student and classroom blogging

http://www.webdoc.com/

4.  (should have made this number 1 for all my scientists out there) Science on the Simpsons

http://www.lghs.net/ourpages/users/dburns/scienceonsimpsons/clips.html

3. Increase student achievement, have students help make your lesson relevant

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/05/11/relevance-student-learning/

2. 20 Web 2.0 tools for teachers

http://www.slideshare.net/pingable/easy-web-20-tools-for-teachers?from=ss_embed

1. Homework, except in math, a complete waste of time (Made me say WOW!)

http://brooks.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/homework-follies/

Videos of the week

7 videos that WILL ignite discussion
http://justintarte.blogspot.com/2011/01/7-videos-that-will-ignite-discussion.html

Sixty Symbols – Videos about physics and astronomy
http://www.sixtysymbols.com/index.html

Project Based Learning explained:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCZvGesRz8&feature=player_embedded

Larry Smith wants to know your story. Since 2006, Smith has undertaken the Six-Word Memoir Project inviting his Smith Magazine readers to tell their live stories in just six words.  There are some really inspiration thoughts here
http://poptech.org/popcasts/larry_smiths_six_word_project?utm_source=PopTech+Website+subscribers&utm_campaign=19f591bf89-Smith_Goldacre_112_21_2010&utm_medium=email
 
Changing classroom relationships:  A great resource for all grade levels...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dvk9PuejN8&feature=player_embedded#at=109

How do you model? Great video that addresses the core of learning success.  Ask yourself, what would you say, what would your students say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H4RkudFzlc&feature=player_embedded#

GREAT SUMMER PD! 30 goals challenge for educators by the great Shelly Terell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M12omj0rRl8&feature=player_embedded

Top 10 list 5/20/11

10. 10 ways for teachers to collaborate

http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/10-ways-for-teachers-to-collaborate/

9. Build a home-school connection - There’s an app for that

http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/05/want-to-build-home-school-connection.html

8. Cool way to make sounds online

 http://www.beatlab.com/

7. Cool things to do with youtube videos

http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/xR4Bt3pPSkfz/Cool-things-to-do-with-YOUTUBE-videos#1

6. Love this.  Technology just a tool?  Oxygen just an element!

http://www.maggiehosmcgrane.com/2011/05/technology-as-tool-skill-or-goal.html

5. Interesting chart on traditional vs 21st century skills

http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/2011/05/culture-part-ii.html

4. 70 tools in 70 minutes - a great slideshare project

http://www.slideshare.net/langwitches/70-tools-70-minutes?from=ss_embed

3. 50 ways to integrate technology

http://goo.gl/FVHk

2. 5 coolest google search HACKS you didn’t know about

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-coolest-google-search-hacks-realized-existed/

1. How do we prepare kids for jobs we don’t know about yet

http://www.good.is/post/how-do-we-prepare-kids-for-jobs-we-can-t-imagine-yet-teach-imagination/

Videos of the week!

Great book: Patrick Lencioni - THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM

Pale Blue dot

Here’s to the students who refused to be standardized

Howard Gardner on Digital Youth

Should teachers make more money?

http://jeffthomastech.com/blog/?p=10268&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TechThePlunge+%28Tech+the+Plunge%29

Will Richardson, a leader in edtech and his thoughts on the 21st century learner

What can education learn from Hip-Hop

http://socialelearning.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/what-education-should-be-like/

Top 10 list for the week of 3/18/11

The Top 10 list for this week:

10.  Why Formative assessments matter

http://www.21stcenturyfluency.com/blogpost.cfm?blogID=1777

9.  Tying incentives to student performance for teachers.  What’s the evidence say?

http://www.danpink.com/archives/2011/03/does-giving-teachers-bonuses-improve-student-performance

(also watch the movie Freakanomics)

8.  Lyn (@L_Hilt) is an AMAZING principal, I’ve mentioned her here a number of times.  I love her thoughts on where we are in education and the homework section really gives me thoughts to chew on

http://lynhilt.com/crossing-the-finish-line/

7.  Don’t have a Twitter account, but want to "SPY" in on what’s being said.  Check this out...

go here http://www.tvviboard.com/ Type in #edchat or #edtech

watch it load and enjoy the resources...

6.  Free assistive reading tools.  This is pretty cool and a great set of resources for writing, reading, and more

http://carlanderson.blogspot.com/2011/03/free-assistive-reading-tools.html

5.  This looks like an awesome resource from the most gifted tech person down to the person who needs help using word/pages.  Check it out

http://teachertrainingvideos.com/

4.  Wallwisher.com, corkboard.me, spaaze.com, Lino it (http://en.linoit.com/) which one is the best...dunno, I like them all!

3.  Can you flip your classroom.  It’s all the rage now for 21st Cenetury learners

http://cybraryman.com/flipclass.html

2.  THIS IS SOOOOOO COOL!!! Making an interactive lesson using YOUTUBE

http://www.knewton.com/blog/edtech/education-edtech/2010/12/15/how-to-make-an-interactive-lesson-using-youtube

1.  Yep! Google WILL do that.  Great presentation on the google tools

http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/2011/03/yep-google-will-do-that.html

Videos of the week

3 who lead, learn and think – 3 great videos…

http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/thinking-and-learning-3-quick-videos-586.php

Pay attention – our students are changing to digital learners…

Youtube in the classroom

Below is a great video that came across my twitter feed about tools that teachers can use to personalize youtube to meet the needs of both teachers and learners.  It's a great video!