Tech Trek Next Generation

2007

NETS Standards: Next Generation
Recently released during NECC 2007
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
Be sure to click on the 2 links at the bottom of the page
9 Excellent Reasons for Technology in Education
Most schools have the technology, but do they know why?
Pushing for the
A conversation with the Governor of Arizona
One Size Fits Few
Wade Whitehead writes about how to create a curriculum that targets the individual learning styles and preferences of students.
The Eye Generation Prefers Not to Read All About It
Visual Literacy needs to be looked at!
National Staff Development Council
Start with Joan Richardson's Funeral Rites for Staff Development
Teacher 2 Teacher Workshops
Free Staff Development & resources by US Dept. of Education
Working Towards Excellence
works to identify and advocate for promising education practices, with an emphasis on professional development for teachers and
PBS Peer Connection (Sept.)
High quality resources like videos on best practices and research-based articles --all in one location.
PBS for Teachers
All levels; All Areas, it's all that and more!
American Masters
PBS series celebrating the creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists.
Smithsonian Education
Find resources that match subject, grade level and Va. SOLs.
Bibme
The quickest way to create a bibliography on the web
Open Educational Resources
OER Commons is a teaching & learning network of shared materials, from K-12 through college, algebra to zoology, open to all.
Get A First Life
A one page Parody?
Eggman 913
Great Morphing Ideas
Quirkology: The Lying Experiment
Can you detect a lie?
Yenka 3D Shapes
For Geometry
jalbum
Free Web Album
Michael Resnick's MIT site
JumpCut
FREE online video editor
Jing Project
Free (for now) online image and video capture tool by Tech Smith
A New Model of Education: Designing Virtual Communities for Creativity and Learning

2007 Part 2

del.icio.us
Social Bookmarking Site
Twitter
A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing?
RSS - A Four Part Tutorial Series
Learn about RSS
Bloglines
Web aggregator
NetVibes
Another Web Aggregator
Pageflakes
web aggragator
Blabberize
Can We Talk?
Gizmoz
Animate yourself in 3D
Tech Center reviews Gizmoz
Crazy 3D Avatars
NECC 2007 Videos
Shambles
Choke full of information, links, and activities
Fix8
Create 3d Avatars with a webcam and FREE Software.
Spresent
Witty Comics
StripCreator
MakeBeliefsComix
Visuwords
Online Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus
Quintura Visual Search Engine
Make sure you try out Quintura for Kids!
Kartoo Visual Search Engine
TouchGraph - Visual Search Engine
Awesome
Zoho
Like Googledocs - Free online collaboration tools
VoiceThread
Free Online Presentation tool
Panraven
Online storytelling free presentation tool
Phanfare
Online storytelling, presentation tool (monthly fee)
Photobucket
Free Creative Hub for web sharing
izimi
Free sharing tool
Askville
Brought to you by the Amazon folks
TeacherFirst Web 2.0 Tools
Awesome overview of Free tools and how to use them safely with your students.
Hyperhistory
Just Awesome!
NowThen
Lets you capture your life as it is happening using your cell phone camera and storing it on the web for future use.
blinx
Video Search Engine
WeeWorld
2D Avatar Creation
Zits Cartoon
Digital Immigrant vs Digital Native
Luan
Digital Immigrant vs Digital Native
Piki Strips
Create Comics from your photos
Meez
Free Avatar Creator but without sound
Slide
create your own slide show and other widgets
Rock You
Like Slide - full of fun widgets
Slideroll
Comics Lab
Awesome