Digygogy - Where does a Teacher Start with Learning Technology?

Another informative article from Didygogy outlining some of the things that we as educators should keep in mind as we dive into the deep and diverse pool of technology.

http://digigogy.blogspot.com/2010/01/where-does-teacher-start-with.html

It is easy to get overwhelmed with tech that is constantly improving and evolving. Where do you start? What should you do? Michael Fisher gives you some suggestions.

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Children's Storybooks read by Celebrities

Here is an interesting website from the Screen Actors Guild Foundation that may be of interest to those who make use of children's books in the classroom. Storylineonline.net lists a number of popular children's books read by celebrities. Each book that is read is accompanied by illustrations as well as links to related activities as well as an activity guide which you can download.

Learn more about tech with Good-Tutorials.com

A great resource on photoshop, photography, HTML, flash, java script, etc.  If you have access to photo editing software or web-design software through your school but have no idea how to use it - start looking here for some help.

http://www.good-tutorials.com/

Interesting Facts and Trivia from Mental_Floss

If you are looking for some interesting facts and trivia to help generate interest and attention at the beginning of a class or unit, check out Mental Floss.  This site interesting articles, top 5 and top 10 lists as well as quizzes and amazing facts.  A 'must-have' resource for a teacher webpage or jump-page.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/

Make Interactive Timelines on Dipity

Here is a webapp which allows you to make nice looking timelines and enables you to make links to other websites and media.  Using these timelines presents a very interactive and informative experience.  For students it can serve as another great way to organize and connect events as they create their own timelines.

Check it out...  Dipity.com

Here is a timeline (from Dipity) outlining the events and efforts around Haiti...

Haiti Earthquake on Dipity.

Teacher Tools from Scholastic Canada

Check out this site for a variety of tools and templates of organizers (Venn Diagrams, KWL chart) as well as resources on reading comprehension, story elements and assessment.

Teacher Tools from Scholastic Canada

Thanks to Sandra B for the link (follow Sandra on Twitter).

Graphic Organizers - from Classroom Toolkit

A wide array of organizers and templates organized by subject area in this visual organizer 'starter kit'.  This 'starter kit' is a section from this online e-book.  Check out the rest of the sections on this website for more information on Higher-Order Thinking, Multiple Intelligences as well as a variety of links to free and trial software.

Graphic Organizer Starter Toolkit