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80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy

Over the past few years, I have been collecting interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy. Here are 70+ videos organized into various sub-categories. These videos are of varying quality, cross several genres, and are of varied suitability for classroom use.

California to Consider open digital textbooks

Top News - California considers open digital textbooks

California considers open digital textbooks
‘Open book examination' takes on new meaning as state officials aim to save schools money on curriculum materials

An Online Timer

Timer Stopwatch - Online Timer - Online Stopwatch

Our online timer stopwatch lets Internet users time a test, class, meeting, speech, contest, auction, experiment, phone call, game, etc. The best virtual timer stopwatch on the web in our opinion :-)

Educational Origami

educational-origami - home

Educational Origami is a blog , and a wiki, about the integration of ICT into the classroom, this is one of the largest challenges that I feel we as teachers face. Its about 21st Century Learning and 21st Century Teaching. Marc Prensky coined the now popular and famous phrase "Digital natives and digital immigrants" in his two papers by the same name. Ian Jukes talks about Digital Children.

An Online Timer

Timer Stopwatch - Online Timer - Online Stopwatch

Our online timer stopwatch lets Internet users time a test, class, meeting, speech, contest, auction, experiment, phone call, game, etc. The best virtual timer stopwatch on the web in our opinion :-)

TwitDoc

TwitDoc.com - Upload and share your documents and pictures on Twitter

Copyright

I may have talked about this before - but it deserves a second look

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Gotta love it

Web 2.0 - Wow

Stupeflix - Video creation made easy - Welcome

Got images ? Create videos.

EtherPad

EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing

Hmm, how would this work when asking students to brainstorm.....

OpenEdWeb

OpenGoo Web Office | openedweb.com

My search for a decent online word processor has led me to another potential solution: OpenGoo. OpenGoo is an open source web office suite that also has some characteristics off a project manager. Version 1.3 has just been released. It includes the following tools:

* Word Processor
* Presentation
* Task Lists
* E-mail client
* Calendars
* Web Links
* Contacts

Google Teacher Academy - Apply Now!

Official Google Blog: More tools and tricks for teachers

We hope that your desk was deluged with a bunch of shined-up apples this morning as a thank you from your students for all that you do for them every day. At Google, we'd like to thank you as well, and acknowledge that we wouldn't be where we are today if it hadn't been for the great teachers who mentored us through school.

Image of the University

My Presentation for class - and also test of SlideBoom

Handbook for teachers

Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning » Blog Archive » Free handbook for teachers on using Web 2.0 and social software in the classroom

Over the last eight months Pontydysgu (well mainly Jenny Hughes) has been working on editing a handbook for teachers on the use of social software and web 2.0 in the classroom. The handbook, produced by the European Commission Comenius programme funded Taccle project will be published in June in English, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch and, we hope, Greek.

Exemplary VoiceThread Projects

VoiceThread - Digital Library

The Digital Library is a database of articles about successful VoiceThread projects. Our hope is to create a resource that offers guidance and inspiration for people undertaking new projects. Please contribute a VoiceThread to help the Digital Library grow.

Really Stunning Pictures and Photos

Great pictures to inspire and study as we try to tell stories with imagery.

(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos | Inspiration | Smashing Magazine

A dlideshow worht sharing

I had this slideshow tweet across my Twitter world. Seemed worth sharing, I hope someone else enjoys it as much http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/show/with/3138291117/

Great Books and Voicethread

Great Book Stories / listenandsee

This page contains links to great digital stories about BOOKS! All contributed links conform (more or less) to our project guidelines. As more great book story links are added, we'll add more categories.

I miss Physics

You may or may not know I started my professional career teaching High School Physics - so much one can now do with Web 2.0 and the internet

Physics: ECB Surf Report

Explore and experiment with concepts in physics with these great Web sites. Many of the interactive simulations you will find here would be excellent for smart board use.