Classroom Video with Animoto

So, here is the animoto video that my 'students' made after their field trip to the Carl Sandburg home.



Created at Animoto.com on November 23, 2010 as a class sample.

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Who is this Woman?

This week we will begin our study of Civil Rights - a significant time in our nation's history.

Who is this?

Where might this be taking place?

Why is this significant?

What does this have to do with us?

If you know, post your hypothesis in the comments.  What evidence makes you think you know who it is?

Facebook in the Classroom

There is an ongoing discussion in the EdTech world these days about the value of Facebook in the classroom. Here are a couple of links that may interest you.

Using Facebook in the Classroom
Notes from a conference presentation about using Facebook in the classroom.
http://org.elon.edu/CATL/conference/documents/FacebookEducation.pdf

The Facebook Classroom: 25 Facebook Apps That Are Perfect for Online Education
I have not tried these applications, but some are quite intriguing.
http://www.collegedegree.com/library/college-life/15-facebook-apps-perfect-for-online-education

Point/CounterPoint: Should you 'Friend' your Students on Facebook?
Some say yes; some say no. How do you weigh in?
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/LL/LLIssues/Volume3720092010/AugustNo1/37110s.pdf

Teaching with Clickers

Written for college professors, this article is a good summary of using clicker technology in the classroom. Dr. Erping Zhu is the coordinator of instructional technology at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan. Good list of references at the bottom of the article.

This is a link to MikeW's blog archive 'clickers'. He has written a couple of posts that may be of interest to you.

Image credit: Ohio University Student Response System (http://www.citl.ohiou.edu/index.cfm?pageID=29) The links on the left side of that page is another good overview of the system.

Learn NC

Great resources for North Carolina (or any) teachers.

Find it at http://www.learnnc.org/

Cool Cat Teacher's Technology Picks

One of my favorite EdTech reads is Vickie Davis's blog, CoolCatTeacher. In this post, she shares her 122 favorite application, websites and software, all nicely categorized. Although I don't use an iPhone and am in no hurry to begin, many of her favorites are gadgets that I have used or have meant to use. No hardware here, but still a great starter. Many of the tools she lists are free. CoolCat pays for some things and she tells you why.