Tech Tips for Your Classroom

Moodle – Add online material to your course

Moodle Help

Streaming video in the classroom –

YouTube (be careful)

TeacherTube (less risky – be sure to preview)

Discovery – United Streaming (you’re safe with these – ask for school passcode)

JOIN this Now! Independent School Educators Network – super helpful social network for us!

SMART board resources – check these out.

IMovie or Podcasting in the Classroom

Inspiration! Software … in the classroom at SAES

First Class – Try a conference.

Best of the Best… (one opinion only!!!!)

Best Bets:

Verizon Thinkfinity (formerly MarcoPolo) – excellent lesson plans

http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx?ShowIndex=Yes

Help! New Middle School Teachers

http://www.middleweb.com/1stDResources.html

More Middle School http://www.middleweb.com/

Fun Brain

http://www.funbrain.com/

Educational tools.

Google for Educators

http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

Try Google Docs or Spreadsheet – great ways for your students to collaborate in an online environment from anywhere, anytime. Set aside a few hours to explore this.

Library Spot

http://www.libraryspot.com

Library Resources Site (How to find everything you’re looking for…)

Educational Sites for Lesson Plans, etc.

Blue Web’n

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

PBS TeacherSource

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/teachtech.htm

Why use technology?

Teaching with Electronic Technology

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~mlhall/teaching.html

Course Websites

Resources for Teaching with Technology

http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/

Web Teaching Guide

http://www.webteachingguide.com/

Academic Web Directories

Librarian’s Index to the Internet

http://www.lii.org

Infomine

http://infomine.ucr.edu/

Subscription Databases @ SAES

http://research.saes.org/