LInks and Resources shared in AzTEA Mini-geekfest webinar on Monday, May 9, 2011.

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10. Links prepared for tonight's Mini-geekfest are available here for easy access: http://minigeekfest.wikispaces.com/Mini-geekfest_Links_5-09-11 Note: these links currently do not include links shared by participants during the session but they will be added later. http://www.lillyarts.com/html/month_of_may.html May 9, 2011

11. http://mobile2011blog.posterous.com/

12. http://mobile2011blog.posterous.com/sharing-session Web Tools Sharing Session facilitated by Peggy George

13. http://learninginhand.com/mmm

14. Flocabulary http://www.flocabulary.com Flocabulary produces educational hip-hop music and engaging curricular materials to teach academic content for grades K-12.

15. AIMS videos Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards Richard Pino, 8th grade LA @ McKemy Middle School in Tempe Elementary Bubble It http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=228689&title=Bubble_It&vpkey AIMS AIMS Baby http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=172928&title=AIMS_AIMS_BABY

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17. Seven Good Sources of Math Video Tutorials by Richard Byrne-FreeTech4Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/04/7-good-sources-of-mathematics-videos.html Good places that students can find mathematics tutorial videos on the web

18. Teacher Challenge on Edublogs: "30 days to using the best of the web’s free tools for educators” series http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/ The Teacher Challenge is made up of free 30 day professional development challenges where participants are stepped through weekly tasks that increase their skills while working together as part of a global community. Examples of Contributions Free Tools Challenge #5: Edmodo in the Web 2.0 Classroom Free Tools Challenge #4: Classtools.net – Quizzes, downloads, and educational games Free Tools Challenge #3: Bitstrips for Schools – Comics as a learning tool Free Tools Challenge #2: Create A Self Grading Multiple Choice Quiz Using Google Docs Free Tools Challenge #1: Wallwisher – Words That Stick

19. Sketchcast http://sketchcast.com/ Any sketch can then be embedded on your blog/ homepage for people to play-back, and you can also point people to your sketchcast channel here (or let them subscribe to your sketchcast RSS feed). Sketchcasting is new but it's based on an old principle: the whiteboard (or the napkin in a bar) on which you sketch something to get a concept across... or to just have some fun. Sketchasting was invented by Richard Ziade on July 23rd, 2007, Creative Commons licensed .

21. ASCD Annual Conference-March 26-28, 2011 http://www.ascd.org/conferences/Annual-Conference/Conference-Daily/2011-livestream-sessions.aspx?utm_source=edge&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=headline-livestream Quite a few sessions were streamed, and 4 excellent sessions have been recorded and posted so far: Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World- Heidi Hayes Jacobs The Strategic Teacher- Harvey Silver The Motivated Student: Five Strategies to Inspire-Bob Sullo Responding When Students Don’t Get It-Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey Did you miss Peter Reynolds's session at ASCD? Archive available until Apr18, 2011. Watch now! http://bcove.me/vk0bpzds

22. AzTEA WOW Virtual Technology Conference-Saturday, April 30, 2011 FREE!! Registration required but still open if you'd like to register to access the recorded sessions and other resources. http://aztea.org/moodle Quick Tour of Conference Moodle Site with "application sharing" to help you find your way around the site!

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24. Paper Cranes for Japan Project http://studentsrebuild.org/japan/ Make Paper Cranes, Rebuild Communities On Friday, March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake struck Sendai, Japan, resulting in a devastating tsunami that ravaged the coast just 180 miles from Tokyo. In response, Students Rebuild partnered with DoSomething.org, to ensure students worldwide have a way to support their Japanese peers. Help Japan by making paper cranes. These simple yet powerful gestures will trigger a $200,000 donation from the Bezos Family Foundation - $2 for each crane received - to Architecture for Humanity's reconstruction efforts in Japan. Once we reach our goal of 100,000 submissions, the cranes will be woven into an art installation - a symbolic gift from students around the globe to Japanese youth. See stories and pictures and "like" the Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/papercranesforjapan

25. Pre-Kdg Teachers: Participate in survey about Board Games Go to our project website for more information: Games in Early Childhood http://gamesinearlychildhood.blastgroups.com/ Thanks, Julie Clemens p.s. Please feel free to share with any Pre-K/K teachers that you feel may be interested in participating in this project. Thank you

26. Fascinating survey results conducted by Dr. Mary Ann Bell, Associate Professor, Sam Houston State University: https://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=A0rYKMoKEisvbm_2fFxFpKiPDunHe_2bTqoGbnD3ns7MZVE_3d According to Mary Ann: The survey asked questions about veteran educators and their interest/acceptance/ability regarding use of technology . It verified my hunch that veteran/older/seasoned (pick adjective here) educators are NOT Luddites who back away from technology. Do remember to click to see the comments for tips and for success stories. The responses to question 10 are especially helpful if you are mentoring/supporting teachers with using technology. "Please share any do's and don'ts or tips for working with educators, especially older users, to promote interest in and use of technology."

27. Movies you can download...legally! http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2010/08/11/top-40-best-free-legal-movies-you-can-download-right-now/ While you constantly hear about how downloading movies is illegal, there are numerous free legal movies you can download. Sure we aren’t talking about the latest summer blockbusters here, but there are some great films out there on the Internet that can be had for free. The Internet Archive works to bring together anything and everything that resides in the public domain, and that includes movies. We’ve gathered together 40 of the best ones that will keep you entertained for hours on end, all without costing you a dime outside of using some of your bandwidth. Enjoy!

28. Behold http://behold.cc/ Behold TM is a search engine for high-quality Flickr images. It aims to answer your queries based on what is inside the images -- at the pixel level. It offers a completely new way to search for images, using techniques of computer vision . It is different to standard image search engines, such as Flickr or Google, because those search through images using only image tags and filenames.

29. Today's Meet http://todaysmeet.com/ Backchanneling "lite" Easy to do. Able to print up transcript. (Saved for 24 hours.)

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31. Print What You Like http://www.printwhatyoulike.com Print the good parts of any web page while skipping the junk. Save paper & ink printing only what you want.

32. About oscar Oscar is four and likes to make things. He also likes dinosaurs. http://o.cormier.me/author/oscar/ Today we did a bit more history on the dinosaurs, when they lived and what a fossil is. We also talked about the stegosaurus family and the ankylosaurus family. "Hi. I am Oscar. I am four. I like dinosaurs. My parents type what I’m trying to explain about my art."

33. Board 800 http://board800.com/ Board 800 is an interactive multi-user (shared) whiteboard application that can be used for teaching, collaborative live training, brainstorming, and more. It is a great free application for students and teachers to use for up to 90 days, at which point the shared space is deleted. The site offers a lot of great functionality that is sure to make collaboration fun and easy.

34. Bembo's Zoo http://www.bemboszoo.com/ Bembo's Zoo is a very simple site that allows students to select a letter of the alphabet and then watch an animal's name (starting with that letter) morph into the animal itself. Simple, but very beautiful and effective.

35. They are using Issu to publish it online and it is really cool! There is an article about a parent initiative in it (Parent Partners in Digital Citizenship) http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/Newsletters SIGMS Newsletter for March 2011 (Example of publishing online with ISSU)

36. "How To" Videos for the Technology Classroom http://www.learnitin5.com/Archives and don't forget about the amazing videos for learning about web tools shared by Adam Bellow on http://www.eduTecher.net

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