Stayin’ Alive In The Digital Age

Stayin’ Alive in the Digital Age Bethany Rees & Jill Weir Cabot Middle School North Cabot, AR http://teamweirrees.googlepages.com

United Streaming
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
Free to educators in Arkansas
Great visuals

Web Quests an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.
Web Quests - http://webquest.org/
Social Studies Example: Civil War
Track Star- http://trackstar.4teachers.org/
Science Example: Layers of the Earth

Free Websites
Digital Gaming (gamequarium)
Variable Math
Virtual Manipulatives
Math Manipulatives
Assessments
Multiple Intelligences

Google Earth Ethiopia Darfur, Sudan (Africa)

Wikis - Allows users to create, edit, and link web pages easily; Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites
Google Docs
PB Wiki

Back to the Mac

Digital Storytelling combination of longstanding art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools
Photo Story 3
Windows Movie Maker

Web Pages / Blogs
Google Pages
Edublogs
Teacher Samples Web 2.0 is a trend in World Wide Web technology, and web design, which aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing among users. Where Web 1.0 allowed us to be consumers of information, Web 2.0 is a second generation of web-based communities and hosted services such as social-networking sites, wikis, and blogs that allow us to be producers of information.

Student Samples

Back to the Mac

Cabot Middle School North "Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Opportunities" website

Free Online Resources
Delicious – social bookmarking
Photo Gadget – reduces sizes of pictures
MediaConverter.org – converts media to different format
PDF Converter – Converts word file to PDF
Hi-Q Recorder – free audio recorder
ePals – E-mail and blogs for classroom
Zamzar.com – free file converter
Answers.com – Dictionary/Encyclopedia; can “ALT” click on any word to find out information on that word
Online Practice Modules for software programs

Free Online Resources
FlipTrack – picture slideshow with music
Pics 4 Learning –copyright friendly pictures for education
FreeFoto.com - copyright friendly pictures for education
Picnik – free photo editing software
Slideshare – turn your powerpoint into a slideshow or podcast
iTeach Digital.com – all the help ou need for using technology in the classroom
Internet 4 Classrooms – Very helpful website with ideas, how to’s, and lesson plans
Teacher Tube – teacher made videos
Web 2.0 tools – Explains and supports
Free is Good – teacher resources from lesson plans to video games to technology how to’s
EducationWorld.com – resource site for teachers

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