tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75875736036438751712012-02-16T03:31:03.117-08:00Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587573603643875171.post-51752634469010257472008-11-07T18:24:00.000-08:002008-11-17T08:59:34.873-08:00<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffff99;">Project Gutenberg</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ffcc66;">A collection of over 25,000 FREE online books.</span> </span><span style="color:#ffcc66;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.archive.org/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#66ff99;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Archive.</span>org </span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffcc66;">Thousands of public domain moving images (video), audio files, and full text books. Includes gems such as early cartoons, sound recordings of books, and much, much more.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.teachertube.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff99ff;">Teachertube</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffcc66;">An online community for sharing instructional videos.<br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccccff;">Youtube</span></a><span style="color:#ccccff;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffcc66;">Check out youtube channels such as popular mechanics and the gadget show for educational videos.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc66;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.hulu.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hulu</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Full length hollywood movies, television shows, and more.<br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ffcc66;"><a href="http://ccmixter.org/">ccmixter</a><br />"ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under <a class="cc_format_link" title="http://creativecommons.org" href="http://creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</a> where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want." <em>-from ccMixter</em><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ffcc66;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ffcc66;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ffcc66;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ffcc66;"></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ffcc66;"></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7587573603643875171-5175263446901025747?l=lscforteachers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587573603643875171.post-6976213437180116692008-10-28T08:33:00.001-07:002008-11-24T09:44:21.171-08:00<span style="color:#ffff66;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><u>What is Web 2.0?</u></span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffff66;">Platforms and tools on the Web that increase communication, collaboration and connection </span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffff66;">Software built around communities </span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#ffff66;">User-generated content or data creating two-way exchange<br /><br />Basically - dynamic, two-way interactive websites that are ever-changing.<br /></span></span></li></ul><li><a href="http://www.bloglines.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Bloglines<br /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Subscribe to your favorite websites and have the headlines delivered to bloglines. RSS Feeds at their simplest!<br /><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Flickr<br /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Share, store, and find photos.<br /><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">youtube</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Believe it or not, youtube is a prime resource for finding documentaries and learning about other cultures.<br /><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://www.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Blogspot<br /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Create your own blog.<br /><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://www.skype.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Skype</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Free Internet phone and video service<br /><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Google Docs</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online! Real time collaboration and GTalk.<br /><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://senuit.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Senduit</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">File sharing - easy!<br /><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://doodle.ch/main.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Doodle</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Scheduling tool.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://voicethread.com/">Voicethread</a><br />An amazing new tool for sharing photos, voice, comments, and video.<br />Excellent application for online education.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.dumpr.net/">Dumpr</a><br />Edit photos with a variety of effects - very cool!</span></li><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7587573603643875171-697621343718011669?l=lscforteachers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587573603643875171.post-85579217333318148922008-10-28T08:23:00.000-07:002009-02-11T07:31:20.775-08:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lesson Plans<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.cerfinfo.com/">CERF</a><br />Check it out - a subscription database of thousands of dynamic lesson plans and much, much more! See library staff for password.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/">Discovery.com</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://edsitement.neh.gov/">EdSiteMent</a><br />From the National EndowmentS of the Humanities, this site has lesson plans and curriculum ideas to meet your standards.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.eduref.org/index.shtml">The Educator's Reference Desk<br /><br /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html">Enchanted learning<br /></a>Lesson plans, teaching tools, and more.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.nyiteez.org/MarcoPoloNY/">MarcoPolo NY</a><br />Lesson plans designed to match New York State learning standards.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.oswego.org/index.cfm">Oswego City School District</a><br />You won't believe the education resources on this page! Regents Prep, lessons plans, and so much more.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/teachers/">PBS Teacher Source<br /></a>Dynamic lesson plans on a variety of subjects.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://webquest.org/index.php">The Web Quest Page </a><br />Exciting and motivational interactive, team-oriented lesson plans which pose an essential question and require higher-level thinking skills.<br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For Interactive or online lessons...be sure to check out : </span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.whyville.net/smmk/nice"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">WHYVILLE.NET</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A virtual town for children from all over the world who come to learn, create, and have fun together. </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.gsh.org/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Global Schoolhouse</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">“Clearinghouse of more than 900 online collaborative projects, organized by topic, grade, and project date. Find partners or join projects from around the globe.” Dynamic, free, online lesson plans.<br /><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://www.virtualclassroom.org/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The global virtual classroom</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />(GVC) project is a collection of free, on-line educational activities and resources. </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/module1/strategies.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Virtual Resource Site for Teaching With Technology Teaching/Learning Activities</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />From the University of Maryland University College, this site provides links to virtual field trips and labs, web-enabled conceptual problem solving activities, collaborative learning experiences, and much more. </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bstpract/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Best Practices of Technology: Integration in Michigan</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />This is an excellent source for effective, student-directed lessons which use technology as a tool in the classroom. Sponsored by the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators, the REMC Association of Michigan, and the Great Lakes Educational Network (Glen).Standards: Aligned with Michigan's standards, covers all core content areas. </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.emints.org/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">eMints National Center</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">eMints is a resource base of online, technology driven lessons and activities for Missouri schools, including webquests and themed units. It is a collaborative education program sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the University of Missouri System Office of Academic Affairs. Standards: Aligned with Missouri's standards, covers all core content areas. </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Librarians Information Network for Essential Curriculum </span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Baltimore County Public Schools provides links to activities and resources across all curriculums. Standards: Covers all core content areas. </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.webquest.org/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">WebQuest News</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">WebQuests, as defined, by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University, are "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet."The www.webquest.org page links to numerous exciting and motivational, team-oriented lesson plans which pose essential questions and require higher-level thinking skills. </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.govhs.org/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Virtual High School</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A leading non-profit organization which offers an extensive course catalog of online classes for high schools.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.fno.org/sum04/fivekinds.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Slam-Dunk Digital Lesson Planning for Teachers</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Examples of online lesson plans and how and why to write them. Practical tip: Write a web page in Microsoft Word or other word processing program. You can create active links while not having to upload your page to the server.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www1.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/standards/Interactive_Technology_Environments.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Interactive Technology Environments</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Online lessons which include experiments, manipulatives, and virtual interactive experiences for students</span>.</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7587573603643875171-8557921733331814892?l=lscforteachers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurens Central Schoolnoreply@blogger.com0