Social Networking ALLOWED!

Top 20 Social Networks for Education

So following up to a post yesterday that a school system had blocked Google+ I recently came across this list of so called Top 20 Social Networks for Education.

My school district blocks Facebook but what I liked about this site is it gives some other alternative ways of getting around these blocked sites. This list also includes teacher forums.

Guide: Integrating Tech w/ Student Centered Learning

This guide helps teachers understand the way students interpret technology use in the classroom. 60% of teachers may use technology but only 26% of the students are encouraged to use it.

http://www.nmefdn.org/uploads/Integrating%20Tech%20with%20SCL.pdf

How-to: Using Multi-media to enhance math and science lessons!

Many articles about the benefits of using multimedia in your classroom!

Education Week: A Special Report on Multimedia in Schools

This special report examines how multimedia tools are transforming teaching and learning, especially in the core academic subjects.

No money but we have technology!!!

How many times have you wanted to implement technology in your classroom and the administration turned it down? Use tools you already have to create interactive whiteboards, implement multimedia in your lessons, and to advertise your needs online to other educators who might be purging tech.

Use your imagination!

Twitter/Facebook 101

Twitter/Facebook 101 for teachers. Increase student/parent engagement outside of school, connect with other educators, and get instant professional development. Retweet to keep a running journal of resources!

http://ht.ly/5T8ZO

Those ages 35-44 make up the largest pop on social networks!

How Different Age Generations are Represented on the Net

Turn your students into lifelong learners!

Encourage microsharing, reflection, and collaboration to help your online students become lifelong learners!

Help Students Develop Lifelong Learning Skills with Web 2.0 Tools | Faculty Focus

www.facultyfocus.com

A University of Colorado at Denver student in Joni Dunlap’s learning design course has a question about embedding music into a slideshow presentation for an assignment he was working on. He tweets about it and immediately hears back from people in the community of practice who offer resources that h