Watch Your Digital Footprint

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Increasing we--and our students--are navitaging a digital world. As you move through cyberspace, are you aware of your digital footprint? This thought-provoking video will help you recognize the good, the bad, and the ugly of our digital world. Clearly we need to understand the potential, and to teach students to always be aware of their digital footprints.

WatchKnow -- Videos for kids to learn from

Finally! http://www.watchknow.org/ is a YouTube-like web site created especially for children by a co-founder of Wikipedia. YouTube is great, but its unfiltered format makes it inappropriate for young viewers. Both learners and teachers will appreciate this new resource, which was just launched in November and already includes hundreds of thousands of useful educational videos, all rated and sorted into an easy-to-use directory. Definitely join this non-profit online community and try searching for a video to help you teach one of your subjects!

You can watch this video for an overview of WatchKnow features. I think you'll be impressed.

Shift Happens 2009

This newly updated version--the 4th--of Did You Know? (also known as Shift Happens), is as powerful as the others. Technology is changing the world, and changing the way students learn, in remarkable ways! To learn more about the development of Did You Know? and see the previous versions, visit the Shift Happens wiki: http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/versions

What the heck is Twitter anyway?

Everyone keeps asking...what is Twitter all about? This video offers a good explanation, and some food for thought. I have a Twitter account myself, but honestly can't think of why I would use it (yet....).

Web 2.0 is YOU! That's one of the messages, humorously delivered especially for teachers in this creative slide show. Check it out & enjoy!

A Teacher's Guide To Web 2.0 at School

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Bloom's Taxonomy for the 21st Century

Here's a visual representation of Bloom's Taxonomic Hierarchy with a 21st Century skills frame. This could be a starting discussion point for teachers looking to use web 2.0 resources to address the needs of Bloom's Taxonomy: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. For example, Delicious, is categorized in remembering; Wikipedia is in evaluating. The graphic was created by Mike Fisher, an instructional coach and education consultant, who hosts an interesting wiki called Visual Blooms.

If you're not familiar with delicious, you should consider using this excellent social bookmarking site. It's a great way for teachers to bookmark and organize educational websites. I'm happy to share my delicious account, show how to follow my favorites, and give some quick instruction to any HES staff. You can also learn how to use Delicious with Russell Stannard's excellent teacher training video.

Play With Technology This Summer!

In between sun and fun, try some of these tips for learning new--and fun--technologies this summer:

http://www.edutopia.org/tech-savvy-summer

Welcome to the Digital Generation | Edutopia

Welcome to the Digital Generation | Edutopia

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It's Elementary: Web 2.0 in the elementary classroom

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It's Elementary: Web 2.0 in the elementary classroom

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