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Hello II Workshops & Resources > Ted Talks SPAM Technology Treasures - 2nd Week Interesting Toys Computer Safety > Great Web Tools > Tech Blog: FC-Style > Fonts and the Web > Search   This is the raw, unfiltered list of notes listing topics we covered and links to resources we saw. Monday Discussion - How could Twitter ever be useful? Verizon Commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14CKzskjn4s http://fliiby.com/file/758277/2h6oc9wzpd.html MS Lab Great motivational video clips for educators TED.com TeacherTube SAFE & Moderated Video School Tube SAFE & Moderated Video U-DEMY  - Teach & Learn Online SAFE & Moderated Video Ted Site - "EDUCATION" search Many results... Harry Potter's creator... more results Is this true about math? ...  (what do you think) ed ... what if you had a direct line to the ideal panel of professional development pundits ... Or at least a highly motivated teacher with great ideas you like... http://twitter.com/rmbyrne How can I keep track of all this stuff? Online Tools, Social networks, etc. One tool that seems to have many benefits for teachers and students alike - Google Apps for Educators Google Docs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) (docs.Google.com) MS Lab https://www.google.com/a/students.footeschool.org Google Apps for educators will give each student a Gmail account and access to online documents without the additional cost of extra equipment and licenses(read more here.) Other resources - free online & tech approved... http://caisconnect.wikispaces.com/ http://caisconnect.wikispaces.com/Collaborative+Resources https://caiscot.wikispaces.com (PVT) http://sites.google.com/a/students.footeschool.org/mmccabe/home http://sites.google.com/a/students.footeschool.org/mmccabe/agenda http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AYIIoPZI-7z6ZGZmbmd2YjRfMGZya3Noa2do&hl=en Prezi - maybe cooler than PowerPoint (Prezi.com) MS Lab Tuesday SmartBoards & other interactive tools to get your students running to the front of the class. K-1 (Megan's room) WebSpiration Inspiration FREE on the web http://mywebspiration.com/ Pencil - a free animation and sketching software for Mac. http://www.pencil-animation.org/  MS Lab Wednesday Discussions: Is Youtube Safe? Youtube alternatives and safety settings. Student Email. Would it help your students, or distract them? Laptops - would they add anything to your classroom? MS Lab REAL treasure hunt - GEOcaching  (www.geocaching.com) OUTSIDE Thursday Smart Searching - How to use advanced searches to get what you really need from Google. & Wikipedia MS Lab Using what we've got- Using existing Foote resources successfully - bring your thoughts and questions about Flip video recorders, Faculty Web Pages,  Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Podcasts, and anything else you want to explore. MS Lab Even More Stuff http://penzu.com/ Write in Private. Don't want to share your thoughts with the world? Penzu is a free online diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. You can keep your thoughts and ideas to yourself and share only if you want to! Digital Cameras (slideshows, webpages) Voicethread Comic Life to teach punctuation, foreign language Scratch Google Earth Gollygee Blocks Keyboarding: Typingpal online http://www.typingpal.com/ End formal keyboarding by testing out (20 wpm and 90% accuracy) Teachertube Wikispaces Wiggio http://www.jingproject.com/ http://www.screencast.com/  Building a PLN (Personal Learning Network) using Twitter Forms Web 2.0 Resources voicethread.com animoto.com wordle.net qipit.com zamzar.com weebly.com chacha.com jott.com polleverywhere.com http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE3MjczNTM3/web ** http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE3MjczNTM3 ** **NECC 2008 web 2.0 smackdown** Togetherville? Kids learning to be "Responsible Digital Citizens" Responsible members of a digital society: http://tinyurl.com/34ytyku Click here to take a Poll Click here to see results Kurts Auto on Dixwell - great mechanic.. Top of Page