Technology+Tools

**Constructing a Professional Learning Network**
[|How to Build a Professional Learning Network (PLN)] [|Nebraska's Beth Still on creating a PLN and using web 2.0 tools] [|Social Networking Sites for Teachers] [|Did You Know? Social Networking]

[|Twitter.com]
 * Twitter Resources**

Tutorials
 * [|Twitter in 60 seconds (video)]
 * [|Twitter tutorials]
 * [|50 Terrific Twitter Tutorials for Teachers]
 * [|Twitter Tips for Beginners (video)]

Finding People to Connect with on Twitter
 * [|History Teachers on Twitter]
 * [|100 Technology Experts on Twitter]
 * [|100 Twitter Feeds to Find Teaching Advice]
 * [|Tips for finding folks to follow]
 * [|Finding teachers on twitter]
 * [|The Best Twitters for Sharing Resources]

Twitter in Schools
 * [|A mom's perspective on Twitter]
 * [|Twitter for Teachers]
 * [|Ways to use Twitter in the classroom]
 * [|Can Twitter Change your Teaching?] NEA article.
 * [|Advice for teachers new to Twitter]
 * [|Twistory]
 * [|What Parents Should Know About Twitter]
 * [|Twitter Lessons in 140 characters or less]

Twitter Helper Apps
 * [|Tiny URL] - shorten those web site addresses so you have room in twitter
 * [|Bit.ly]
 * [|Screenr- Create screen casts to share via twitter]
 * [|Get started with Screenr]
 * [|Free Tools to Embed Twitter feeds in a Powerpoint Presentation]
 * [|Tweetdeck]
 * [|Edmodo] - Social networking for education

General Twitter Info
 * [|TIME magazine article about Twitter]
 * [|Teens Snub Twitter]
 * [|Twitter: The Opera]
 * [|The Ultimate Twitter Resource]
 * [|Twitter, Google impact dopamine in the brain]

[|List of Education of Blogs by Discipline] [|Free Tech for Teachers] [|School AUP issues] [|100 Best Blogs for Tech-Savvy Teachers - Online Courses] [|The Best Collections Of Web 2.0 Tools For Education] [|100 Blogs Every Teacher Should Read]
 * Education Blogs**

[|Great collection of resources for using wikis in the classroom] [|Ten Interesting Ways to use a Wiki in the Classroom] [|Digital Citizenship Wiki]
 * Education Wikis**

[|Resources about Facebook] [|Coach Sued for Requesting Facebook Log-ins] [|10 Solid Tips to Safeguard Your Facebook Privacy] [|Controlling Privacy Settings in Facebook] [|Using Facebook in the Classroom] [|Edmodo] - Social networking for education Sample response to parent/student Facebook friend requests:
 * Facebook**
 * I’m so glad you want to connect with me. I’ve decided to keep my Facebook profile private with my close friends and family. But I would like to stay connected to you. So if you would like to join my fan page here: @http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jeff-Utecht/75623012224 we can stay in touch. Thanks! Jeff

**Cell Phone Info**
[|Cha Cha] [|Google SMS] Cell phones at school? Article from Washington Post [|Mosquito ring tones] [|Cell Phone Jamming Abandoned in Iowa School District] [|Cell phones used for cheating?] [|Please turn on your cell phone] [|Engaging Learners with Cell Phones] [|Video showing dangers of texting while driving] [|Textiquette and Mobile Manners]

**Productivity Tools**
[|Remember the Milk - Manage To-Do Lists] [|Lovely Charts | Free online diagram software] [|Make a Print Friendly Version of any WebPage, save Webpages as a PDF] [|Go Poll Go] [|Evernote]- Collect thoughts, web sites, etc. in one place [|Doccop] - Plagiarism detection [|Soshiku] - Don't miss a deadline again! Great online planner for students and teachers alike. [|TimZon - The Easiest Way to Share Visual Feedback] [|Beyond Google's First Page!] - How to get better search results
 * [|Remember The Milk - Blog]

Web Site Building Tools
[|Weebly] - Drag and Drop web page creation Wikispaces - Collaborative, easy way to build web pages [|Classjump] - Free, curriculum based web sites [|iWeb] - Apple's free, drag and drop web page creation software [|Wix] Flash-based, easy to use web site building tool

**Chat/Video Conferencing Tools**
[|Tokbox] [|Skype]

Flip Video Cameras/Digital Images
[|Using Flip Video cameras] in the classroom

Assessment and Homework Resources
[|NDE] (Nebraska Department of Education) - State Standards link in left column

[|Free Tech 4 Teachers]Outstanding ed tech blog. Richard blogs about at least one new, free online tool for teachers every day. Classroom web 2.0 tool collection [|2009 Top 100 Learning Technology Tools] [|Wordle] Create word clouds [|Motivate and Engage Students with Web 2.0] [|Interesting Ways to Use Search Engines in the Classroom] [|Shmoop] Outstanding resources for middle school, high school and college literature classes. Also had a collection of civics resources. [|Footnote]- Footnote helps you find and share historic documents. We are able to bring you many never-before-seen historic documents through our unique partnerships with [|The National Archives], the Library of Congress and other institutions.
 * Web 2.0 Tool Collections**
 * [|38 Ways to use Wordle in the classroom]
 * [|How to Keep Wordle Safe in Your Classroom]
 * [|Great discussion of uses of Wordle]

Online publishing tools
[|Why publish online?] [|Mrs. Kolbert's 4th grade blog]

[|Collection of Web 2.0 tools to publish student work] [|Voicethread] - Online posting of images and shared conversation [|Prezi] - Create poster presentations [|Google Docs] Create and share online versions of documents, presentations and spreadsheets [|Storybird] Create your own online storybooks with words and images [|Glogster] "Posterize" yourself [|Wall Wisher]Virtual sticky note collections [|Set up a free, no-ad K-12 Wikispace account] [|Livebinder] [|Posterous]
 * [|Glogster Tutorial via Free Tech 4 Teachers]
 * Tony Vincent's comments about Posterous

Online Still/Video Comic Creators
[|Comic Strip improves literacy among boys] (article) [|Ways to Use Comics in the Classroom] (Slideshare) [|Bitstrips] [|Comiqs] [|Pixton] [|Pivot Stick Animator] [|GoAnimate] [|Witty Comics] [|ToonDoo] [|Create Your Own Marvel Comic Book] [|Claymation in the Classroom] [|Doink]create fun animations with this incredible free animation / drawing tool [|Pencil Animation -]Download Only [|Dfilm] easily create fun films [|Fluxtime] more animation fun [|Flipbook] create fun flipbooks with this tools [|Xtranormal] create movies with real characters [|Canvastic] - create simple animations on this free canvas [|Quizlet] Enter vocabulary lists and let quizlet create a collection of games based on those terms. [|Hot Potatoes] Online flash card creator. [|Spelling City] Excellent spelling practice tool, especially for elementary and middle school students. [|FunnelBrain - Answers, Questions, Flashcards] [|Tutpup - play, compete, learn] Excellent math facts practice games. Play against kids from around the world. [|Power Proofreading] for Grades 2-8 [|100 Best Websites for Free Homework Help - Online Courses] [|ABC Reading Eggs] [|Road to the Capitol] What how a bill becomes a law. [|Educational Games, Worksheets & Homework Help for Kids, Parents and Teachers] [|Get A Clue Educational Software] [|The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers] [|Storybook - Open Source Novel Writing Software for Novelists, Authors and Creative Writers] [|Teaching Science] [|Create and share flashcards - ediscio.com] [|PlaceValueChart] Great tool to practice place values. Hippocampus - Secondary math, science and American government tutorials tied directly to YOUR textbooks [|Great collection of history games and simulations] for upper elementary, middle and high school students [|Printable Graphic Organizers] Galore! [|Preschool Science games] tied to PEEP tv series
 * [|Sample movie] by TIG teacher Phyllis!
 * Quizzes/Practice/Homework**

Augmented Reality
[|GE's solar/wind farm] [|Virtual Business Cards] [|Topps Baseball Cards]

Cool Tools
[|Google Voice] [|Johnny Lee's Wiimote Interactive White Board demo] [|How to Build an Infrared pen to use with wiimote board] [|How to connect your wiimote to your Windows Vista machine] [|How to listen to Husker games on your iphone or ipod] [|10 Sites to Learn Something in 10 minutes or less each day]

Humor
[|Web site story: the musical] [|My Life is Average] [|New BBC Talking Animals Series]

**Interactive White Boards (IWBs)**
[|Technowellies Weblog: Promethean Boards] [|42 Interesting Ways (and tips) to use your Interactive White Board] [|Free Mathsframe Interactive Whiteboard Teacher Resources] [|Teachers Love Smart Boards] [|PBS Interactive White Board resources] for Pre-K through 5

Projectors and Document Cameras
Ideas for using Projectors and Document Cameras to Impact Instruction

Thought Provoking Articles
[|Reading by the Numbers] - New York Times Essay on computerized reading management systems "The Web site for Renaissance Learning, which owns the program, describes it as a way to build “a lifelong love of reading and learning.” As a novelist and mother of three passionate readers, I’m all for that. But when I looked closer at how the program helps “guide students to the right books,” as the Web site puts it, I was disheartened."

[|Willing to Be Disturbed] "As we work together to restore hope to the future, we need to include a new and strange ally–our willingness to be disturbed. Our willingness to have our beliefs and ideas challenged by what others think. No one person or perspective can give us the answers we need to the problems of today. Paradoxically, we can only find those answers by admitting we don’t know. We have to be willing to let go of our certainty and expect ourselves to be confused for a time."

[|Band Achievement and Incentive System Based On "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band]

[|Technology Integration Matrix]

[|Why Apple’s Tablet Will Eat Kindle’s Lunch]

[|RESEARCH ALERT: Systemic and Planned Approaches to Using Technology Improve Learning]
 * Interesting Studies/Research**

Awaiting Classification
[|101 Undiscovered Freebies: The List - PC World] [|6 easy laptop repairs: Your step-by-step guide] [|Technology and Education - Box of Tricks] [|21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life] [|Google Steals My Idea and Makes It Better... Go Figure! | Google, Results, Give, Little, Things] [|65 Things You Should Do Right Now To Avoid Burnout « So You Want To Teach?] [|100 Useful Tools for Special Needs Students & Educators | Teaching Tips] [|The Best Free Apps - Free application - Download Free software] [|The Economist Media Convergence Remix] [|YouTube - Did You Know 4.0] [|Twenty-Four Interesting Ways and Tips to use Google Earth in the classroom] [|‘ThumbTack’ microphone for iPod] [|Course: Intro to NROC] [|Schools] [|Top 10 Back to School iPhone Apps Gallery] [|FableVision Posters!] educational-origami - Starter Sheets [|DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms] [|Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration] [|10 Educational uses for Flip Video | DigMo!] [|Only2Clicks.com: visual bookmark sharing! | Welcome to NCS-Tech!] [|Instructional Technology Department - Resources] [|BigHugeLabs and Education] [|Welcome to Aviary] [|Digg Launches New Toolbar - Makes Digging and Sharing Easier] [|For Apple, accessibility is much more than lip service - Ars Technica] [|StoryBoard Pro Software - Atomic Learning] [|Assess Yourself - Atomic Learning]

Google Spreadsheet: Activities for Various Web 2.0 Tools