Resources

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[|Illinois Computing Educators] The ICE mission is to lead the educational community to enhance learning through technology. ICE provides professional development and collaboration to all it's members.

The New York Times Article on Cellphones in Schools [|Click here for article]

[|SocialNetworkingToolkit.pdf] Article from the Young Adult Library Service Association about social networking. The article gives great examples of how to use the networking sites in schools. The article also gives ideas on how to educate the community and parents on social networking.

[|Google Docs] [|GOOGLE] Google Docs is amazing! You can collaborate with colleagues and students can use to to collaborate with you or each other. Check out the You Tube video that explains it. All you have to do is sign up for a gmail account...and it's free. The first link is the better of the two videos. The second one is a little more detailed and geared towards schools.

[|Transforming Learning For The Digital Age]

[|Atomic Learning] Atomic Learning provides web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use everyday. Our short, easy-to-view-and-understand tutorials are an integral part of a professional development program, a valuable curriculum supplement, and an anytime/anywhere training resource.

[|Animoto for Education] Your students are using the Internet to learn already, so engage them on their own turf with Web 2.0 tools like Animoto. Animoto is a web application that turns pictures and text into beautiful video clips with the click of a button. Use it to create content for your lesson plans, assignments, or course materials - or even have your students create their own educational piece

[|Moodle] Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. Moodle.org is our community site where Moodle is made and discussed. Please use the menus to explore and join in!

[|Classroom 2.0]