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Create Your Own Podcast

Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:10 P GMT-08
I found a wonderful online resource to explain how to create your own podcast. Produced by Rick Broida at CNET.com, this "Weekend Project" is divided into 8 easy steps. Brief yet extremely helpful video segments are included.  Check it out
Category: Tech Tools Teachers & Tech Middle School High School Podcasts
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Lynne Wolters

Stunning Non-Violent Online Games

Saturday, 29 October 2005 9:15 A GMT-08
Today's Cool Site from Kim Komando... Stunning gamesThe ultra-realistic graphics in today's video games are amazing. Unfortunately, many of the games are extremely violent.If you're like me, you probably find the violence offensive. In that case, you
Category: Early Childhood Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

High School Students Create Award Winning Learning Objects for Elementary Students

Sunday, 23 October 2005 11:24 P GMT-08
Darren Wilson's high school web mastering class created this site to be used by 2nd through 4th grade students throughout Irving Independent School District. During the creation process, the class met with teachers and students via teleconference to
Category: Teacher Resources Teachers & Tech Social Studies The Arts High School
Lynne Wolters

Bring Scientists Into Your Classroom with Fieldmuseum.org

Sunday, 23 October 2005 4:02 P GMT-08
Category: Teachers & Tech Science Early Childhood Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

Common Census: Redrawing the National Map

Thursday, 20 October 2005 1:09 P GMT-08
"Here's a groovy little information visualization (hat tip to infosthetics), a collaboratively generated geographical map of the US that visualizes how the country is organized culturally, as opposed to its traditional political boundaries. the map a
Category: Tech Tools
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Lynne Wolters

Two Cool Yahoo! Tools

Thursday, 20 October 2005 12:16 P GMT-08
Mary Ellen Bates Search Tip of the MonthSometimes, when you're doing research and digging around in a web site, you want to see all the pages that are within the site. While some web sites have a link to a site map or site index -- basically a table
Category: Tech Tools
Lynne Wolters

BLYTHE BENNETT'S RECOMMENDED SITE OF THE WEEK

Thursday, 20 October 2005 11:57 A GMT-08
South Africa: Ten Years On Profdev>High SchoolSpend time listening and watching the introduction to the site for a brief overview of apartheid in South Africa: the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990, the negotiation between Mandela and
Category: Teacher Resources Professional Development Social Studies High School
Lynne Wolters

PBS KIDS ARE READY TO LEARN

Thursday, 20 October 2005 11:55 A GMT-08
From the Start: A Ready to Learn Resource for PreK-2 Educators "Math in Action" PBSOL>Preschool / Elementary SchoolHelp your students discover that math is part of our everyday lives. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/prek2/theme/index.sh
Category: Math Language Arts Early Childhood Middle School
Lynne Wolters

PBS Teacher Previews: Week of October 23-29

Thursday, 20 October 2005 11:49 A GMT-08
ARTS & LITERATURE, MATH Do You Speak American? (part 3 of 3) TV> PBSOL> Middle / High School On the left coast, the series spotlights Spanglish -- a hybrid of Spanish and English. It also explores Chicano -- the thriving, distinct stre
Category: Math Language Arts Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

Want notification when new resources are added to this site?

Wednesday, 19 October 2005 10:26 P GMT-08
There are two ways you can receive immediate, easy notification when new resources are posted to this blog. If you subscribe to a news aggregator, you can receive my RSS/XML news feeds. You will find the link to these feeds on the lower right-hand si
Lynne Wolters

First Rate Primary Source Web Site: Awesomestories.com

Wednesday, 19 October 2005 10:15 P GMT-08
MUST SEE WEBSITE! This free to schools and libraries ($19.95 individual annual subscription) is an amazing resource. From the web site is this description:AwesomeStories.com uniquely uses the Internet to link its story content to hundreds of thousand
Category: Research Teacher Resources Social Studies Language Arts Reading Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

Edu-Blogging Article and Example Blogs

Wednesday, 19 October 2005 9:58 P GMT-08
Retrieved from NCS=Tech.org 19 Oct 2005 @ 04:31 am - by Mr. Jarrett "I just came across this great article about blogging on C|Net that provides an excellent, concise summary of where edu-blogging stands today. It also offers:- a mixed 7/8th gra
Category: Professional Development Culture of Education Teachers & Tech Math Language Arts The Arts Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

New Bookmarks Added To This Site

Wednesday, 19 October 2005 1:24 P GMT-08
I have added the following new bookmark categories to this site:Decision-making ToolsInspiration SoftwareKidspiration SoftwareAdditionally, I want to point out an excellent new bookmark added to the "EDUCATION" category. Listed as "Chi
Category: Teacher Resources Professional Development Math Early Childhood
Lynne Wolters

Meet the News Search Engines

Wednesday, 19 October 2005 1:18 P GMT-08
Search Engine Watch provides excellent resources for understanding how various search engines work, including a directory of search engines. The recent online article Meet the News Search Engines gives an interesting perspective on blogs as news (or
Category: Research
Lynne Wolters

Technology and P.E.?

Wednesday, 19 October 2005 12:37 P GMT-08
Converge Magazine offers an informative article on the appropriate uses of technology in physical education classes. My HPE student teachers really struggle with the concept of ed tech in physical activity classes. I found the article's linked reso
Category: Teacher Resources Health/PE
Lynne Wolters

Web Logs Go To School

Wednesday, 19 October 2005 12:24 P GMT-08
As a middle-school teacher, Clarence Fisher is used to spending some time each evening grading papers and reviewing lesson plans. But this year he's got an additional after-school task: updating his students' blogs. Fisher set up online personal jour
Category: Tech Tools Culture of Education Teachers & Tech
Lynne Wolters

NEW SCIENCE AND MATH RESOURCES FOR THE ADOLESCENT LITERACY SPOTLIGHT

Monday, 17 October 2005 7:32 A GMT-08
The Knowledge Loom offers new resources!  http://knowledgeloom.org/index.jsp?t=1&spotlightid=1029Twenty-four new resources that support the integration of literacy practices in math and science classrooms were recently added to the Adolescent Li
Category: Math Science Middle School High School
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Lynne Wolters

Light an Educational Fire: Quote of the Day

Sunday, 16 October 2005 3:15 P GMT-08
This free service is a wonderful way to find a "moment's peace" in our usual hectic and overloaded days. Barbara Feldman from surfnetkids.com provides the service. To receive your own daily educational quote go to http://www.surfnetkids.com
Category: Teacher Resources Culture of Education
Lynne Wolters

DESIGN YOUR OWN VIRTUAL PLANET

Saturday, 15 October 2005 9:50 A GMT-08
NASA's site offers a lot of cool information for kids. Interactive lessons will help keep your children interested in science. But one of the best things they offer is the Design a Planet page.First, interactive lessons explain what is needed to crea
Category: Science Middle School High School
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Lynne Wolters

HP RECALLS 135,000 LAPTOP BATTERIES

Saturday, 15 October 2005 9:48 A GMT-08
HP has announced that it is recalling about 135,000 defective laptop batteries. There have been reports that the batteries overheat and melt.HP and Compaq laptops are affected by the recall. HP will provide free replacements for the defective batteri
Category: Tech Tools
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Lynne Wolters

HUNDREDS OF CAMERA MODELS HAVE DEFECTIVE SENSORS

Saturday, 15 October 2005 9:45 A GMT-08
Several major camera makers have announced plans to replace faulty CCD sensors in digital cameras and camcorders. CCD sensors capture images.As a result of the defect, images are distorted or nonexistent.The CCDs were manufactured between October 200
Category: Tech Tools
Lynne Wolters

Math PBS Teacher Previews Week of 10/16 - 10/22

Saturday, 15 October 2005 7:13 A GMT-08
MATH PBS Mathline Lesson: "Alphabits" PBSOL> Middle SchoolApply the concept of ratio and percents to the distribution of letters contained in a box of Alphabits cereal.http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/alphabits/
Category: Math Early Childhood Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

Science PBS Teacher Previews Week of 10/16 - 10/22

Saturday, 15 October 2005 7:11 A GMT-08
SCIENCENOVA "NOVA scienceNOW" TV> PBSOL> Middle / High SchoolTuesday, October 18, 20058:00 - 9:00 PMThe fourth episode of NOVA's magazine-style series looks at New Orleans in the wake of the damage caused by Katrina, attempts to creat
Category: Science Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

Open-Source Webcasting and Media Archiving Software for E-learning

Saturday, 15 October 2005 6:56 A GMT-08
Ron Baecker, Professor of Computer Science, Chief Scientist, Knowledge Media Design Institute Kelly Rankin, ePresence Interactive Media Consortium Manager, University of Toronto  For the past five years they have been conducting research and d
Category: Tech Tools
Lynne Wolters

BLYTHE BENNETT'S RECOMMENDED SITE OF THE WEEK

Friday, 14 October 2005 8:59 A GMT-08
Understandings of Consequence Project Profdev>Elementary / Middle / High SchoolThe Understandings of Consequence Project aims to help students learn difficult science concepts by engaging them in how scientists think about the underlying causality
Category: Teacher Resources Professional Development Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

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