Always Learning

1. Teaching blogs- Always Learning – http://kimcofino.com/blog/ Dy/dan – http://blog.mrmeyer.com/ Edte.ch – http://edte.ch/blog/ Sharing the Addiction – http://sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/ http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/ http://learningismessy.com/blog/ http://www.classroomchronicles.net/ http://theteachershub.com/ http://georgecouros.ca/blog/
2. Book trailer competition http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2010/08/30/new-book-video-trailer-awards/
3. Google docs – Sharing lesson plans online http://www.tammyworcester.com/TipOfWeek/TammyWTechTipOfWeek/Entries/2010/9/1_Tip_89_-_Sharing_Your_Lesson_Plans.html and http://www.tammyworcester.com/TipOfWeek/TammyWTechTipOfWeek/Entries/2010/9/1_Tip_90_-_Publishing_Your_Lesson_Plans.html
4. Volunteer sign – up http://www.volunteerspot.com/ and http://www.signupgenius.com/
5. Web 2.0 based projects http://www.ecb.org/surf/
6. Weird and wonderful sites – Mike the Headless Chicken. http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org the websites we used to verify was Life.com’s photogallery http://www.life.com/image/50866530/in-gallery/26932 Many fooled by this, but may be too graphic web-archive of the Guinness Book of World Records about Mike http://web.archive.org/web/20051123021111/www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=54463 also http://www.bringfido.com/ A website devoted to traveling with your dog – dog-friendly hotels & attractions in US & around the world/ Infotopia http://www.infotopia.info (odd OR strange) (“web sites” OR websites) found http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/574951/posts Darwin Awards http://www.DarwinAwards.com/
7. Spring book buzz http://event.on24.com/event/18/81/98/rt/1/documents/slidepdf/tbb1.pdf
8. Bingmaps http://www.bing.com/maps/
9. How to make drop-down menus in Google Docs – googletutor.com/how-to-make-dr
10. Blog post on student journals http://ow.ly/1qOVxV
11. Jenny Ashby’s blog http://web.me.com/jenashby/iPodTouch_Project/Blog/Blog.html
12. World map of social networks http://www.briansolis.com/2010/02/the-internationalization-of-social-media/
13. Why Narrative Isn’t a Bad Thing http://bit.ly/9VAPHH
14. Communicating online http://darcymoore.net/2010/09/03/catalysts-making-it-happen/
15. Worldmapper http://www.worldmapper.org/
16. Good graphical visualisations of new media. http://icio.us/j1unta
17. ABCs of e-book format conversion – fantastic notes for lots of formats http://j.mp/bqBlEX
18. Great New Tool For Making Timelines & Slideshows http://bit.ly/9K54et
19. Getting to Know Your Blog: A Beginner’s How-To-Guide – great starting point for newbies! http://j.mp/dpB3dY
20. Exceptional Interview With Daniel Pink http://bit.ly/cbh4Jx Motivating students Exceptional Interview With Daniel Pink http://bit.ly/cbh4Jx
21. Grammar goodies http://mrshatzi.com/practice/