Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
cool tech links 12/11/2010
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cool idea
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great sounding solution for setting up a reasonably priced computer lab with central admin as a bonus
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possible movie making curriculum ideas
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documentaries with a point of view
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Mountaintop Middle School: The Justice Projects
Mountaintop Middle School: Falling Whistles
Mountaintop Middle School: Enviro-Mend
Mountaintop Middle School: Empty Plate
Mountaintop Middle School: What would you do without a computer?
Mountaintop Middle School: Escape & Rescue
Mountaintop Middle School: Opening Our Eyes to Homelessness
Monday, November 29, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
cool tech links 11/02/2010
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The Fear of Doing | Donald Miller's Blog
good advice
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an interesting way to make a seemingly boring subject come to life and relate to today's technology
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
cool tech links 10/23/2010
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looks like a fun way to make a quick movie
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
cool tech links 10/12/2010
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Charles Carroll Middle students sing the stories they see in the news
great example of middle school students advocates
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Saturday, October 09, 2010
cool tech links 10/09/2010
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
cool tech links 10/07/2010
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cool map of social media landscape
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star wars trilogy in paper stop motion
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
cool tech links 10/05/2010
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YouTube - Lip Dub Axe Sud Toulouse 2010
fun video project with domino-like approach using people & props
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Sunday, October 03, 2010
computer science meets social justice
- Girls and minorities are not represented in the CS field. This still baffles me, but it was reiterated again and again by industry (google, yahoo, microsoft) and academia (stanford, duke, mit)
- Many kids are not being exposed to programming until college.
- AP CS is not a required course in high school and sometimes AP CS courses are not accepted by colleges.
- School administrations don't understand what CS really means, often equate to applications (word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, keyboarding)
- There are way more CS jobs available than students studying CS.
- There is a bill in Congress (Computer Science Education Act of 2010) geared to addressing this crisis.
- By age 13 girls determine a positive or negative attitude towards subjects like technology (I did this by deciding I certainly didn't want to be a teacher when I was a teenager and changing my major from math to CS once I was exposed to programming).
- Girls often associate technology with white, nerdy, boring men.
- The impostor syndrome is a real problem for women at every age and occupation, but especially for women who find themselves in male-dominated fields.
- I met amazing people and learned about resources that have helped re-ignite my passions for technology and social justice.
- Technology teachers like myself who are just trying to reach and teach students as much as we can about technology with little direction and funds.
- CS professors from major universities who are so passionate about their field, willing to listen to the struggles of K12 teachers and provide their support.
- People from industry who seem to be willing to fund almost any worthwhile project, if only we could get hooked up.
- Computer Science Education Week @ http://www.csedweek.org/
- Computer Science Teachers Association @ http://csta.acm.org/
- Computer Science Unplugged @ http://csunplugged.org/
- Digital Citizens @ http://www.digizen.org/
- Dot Diva @ http://dotdiva.org/
- Education e-Village @ http://techbridgeworld.org/evillage/
- Eric Roberts @ http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/
- EtoysIllinois @ http://etoysillinois.org/index
- Karel the Robot in Scratch @ http://code.google.com/p/scratch-karel/
- Learning to Program with Alice @ http://www.aliceprogramming.net/ (I found out at the workshop that there is a username and password that Steve Cooper (coopers@cs.stanford.edu) will share with teachers if you ask)
- MATHmaniaCS @ http://www.mathmaniacs.org/
- Mrs. Prescott's Computer Literacy Class @ http://teacherweb.com/NE/SchuylerGradeWW/DPrescott/wscal1.aspx
- National Lab Day @ http://www.nationallabday.org/
- A Clean Slate Approach to High School CS by Jan Cuny
- ACM K-12 CS Model Curriculum, 2nd Edition
- Computer Science Education Act of 2010
- Exploring Computer Science Curriculum 3.0 (really interesting CS curriculum based on social relevancy)
- Let's Fight It Together (movie about cyberbullying)
- Impostor Syndrome Panel Presentation by Katie Siek
- Odd Girl Out (movie about bullying)
- Rising Above the Gathering Storm Revisited
- Running on Empty (a paper coming soon about the state of CS by state)
- Stuck in the Shallow End
- The Power of Abstraction by Barbara Liskov
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Sunday, September 05, 2010
cool tech links 09/05/2010
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a trading card game based on biodiversity
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Friday, September 03, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
cool tech links 08/23/2010
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The Story of the Battle of Gettysburg on Trailmeme
create a trail of content
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digital scrapbooking
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
cool tech links 08/18/2010
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Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick
looks like a great way to get student feedback or ideas on a subject
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
cool tech links 07/28/2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
cool tech links 07/18/2010
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Tikatok - Kids Activities: Publish a Children's Book with Tikatok
- Create book for free and pay to get a printed copy. - post by Barbara Signer
- Katie, who runs the site is one of the most helpful people I know. Titkatok is constantly offering free services to help teachers use their site and make it managable in the classroom. It is one of my favorite sites to recommend to elementary teachers for writing. - post by Lauri Graybill
- This is an amazing idea for students to publish their work! - post by Jennifer Foster
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how viruses spread
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Thursday, July 08, 2010
cool tech links 07/08/2010
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http://gamebucket.instituteofplay.com
a repository of educational games
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
cool tech links 06/23/2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
cool tech links 06/18/2010
Web helps boost school supply drives | Featured Funding News | eSchoolNews.com
That’s why OfficeMax teamed up with Adopt-a-Classroom, a nonprofit organization that uses the web to match teachers with community donors to purchase resources for the classroom.
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Conversations about Teaching, Blocking, Motivating with Dr. Garcia's Students
"Just as with the automobile, it is likely that one of my students or more will be in a wreck during their lifetime - likewise this generation will experience identity theft, privacy issues, and all that comes with living much of their life on-line. We cannot block it - it is the torrent of change and the tide of their lives."
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
cool tech links 06/15/2010
amazing powerpoint effects with Office 2010
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
cool tech links 06/08/2010
Get this game: Game Dev 101 lessons with WarioWare DIY - Boing Boing
Publish your own games, 4 panel comics and music via WarioWare DIY
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Sunday, June 06, 2010
cool tech links 06/06/2010
"imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on earth"
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
cool tech links 05/29/2010
video search library
interactive civics lessons
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Friday, May 21, 2010
cool tech links 05/21/2010
Zamzar - Free online file conversion
cool site for downloading youtube videos
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
cool tech links 05/19/2010
YouTube - Kids Teaching Time Travel (Stephen Hawking)
great video of kids explaining Stephen Hawkings theory of time travel
Help raise funds for BlinkWorks documentary Indie Game: The Movie - Boing Boing
story of a game designer - how he uses his childhood experiences in gaming
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
cool tech links 05/11/2010
8 Tips for a Successful Social Media Cause Campaign
Possible ideas for students to create a social media cause campaign.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
cool tech links 05/05/2010
Middle school interactive science curriculum.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Monday, May 03, 2010
cool tech links 05/03/2010
Grockit Test Prep - SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, and LSAT
Like Facebook, but for learning
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
cool tech links 05/02/2010
How It Works - Pepsi Refresh Project
Funding opportunity with social media.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
cool tech links 04/29/2010
Kids giving kids advice on the transition to high school.
Looks like an interesting site to teach kids how to be ad aware.
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Anne Collier: On-line Safety 3.0: Rethinking Net Safety Together
Myths of online safety and social media.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
cool tech links 04/27/2010
Every child needed to boost economy | 21st Century Education | eSchoolNews.com
Experts say a key to U.S. competitiveness is ensuring that every student, including girls and minorities, can succeed
SF writers make up monsters for kids' writing program
Illustrate and/or create a story about a monster from the imagination of great sci/fi writers.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
cool tech links 04/21/2010
Create A Quiz. Online quiz creator for School, Work or fun Quizzes, Tests
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Monday, April 12, 2010
cool tech links 04/12/2010
A teacher's resource for teaching programming.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
cool tech links 04/07/2010
Student-created music video with whole school as the instrument.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
cool tech links 03/31/2010
"Playing Video Games Will Not Get You a Job But Creating One Might "
"Gaming as part of a wider media literacy"
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
cool tech links 03/30/2010
ASCD Literacy in a Digital Age Presentation Notes
Nice presentation about digital literacy.
Looks like a great resource for creating rubrics.
Ideas to Inspire - Ways to use Wordle in your classroom
I love wordle, so I loved seeing ideas to use in the classroom.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Monday, March 29, 2010
cool tech links 03/29/2010
How should Facebook and MySpace handle cyberbullying? - By Emily Bazelon - Slate Magazine
It's these kind of things that haunt me about social media. How do we best prepare our students for this world?
New AD/HD Workbook Crosses Cultural and Language Barriers | eSchoolNews.com
Looks like a great resource for teens & parents to help them get a handle on these learning disorders.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
cool tech links 03/27/2010
Molecular Expressions: Images from the Microscope
Photo gallery and information that explores the fascinating world of microscopy.
Interactive games on Nobel prize subjects.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
cool tech links 03/25/2010
Blogger Templates by Templates Block
Cool, free blogger templates.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
cool tech links 03/23/2010
The Film Foundation Educational Program from the The Film Foundation
The Story of Movies looks like a great resource for educating kids about film genres, narratives, history, process, production, style, etc.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.