Teaching+and+Learning

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 * THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO CHANGE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF IOWA:**

[|Des Moines Register Editorial on Education] [|NAEP] [|Change.org] [|Learn to Change, Change to Learn] [|Big Picture Schools]

[|Dangerously Irrelevant] [|School Tech Leadership] Transitioning to the 21st Century SAI Training Education Blogs Education Wikis Helpful Online Videos for Technology
 * Scott McLeod Links:**

[|Successful Practices Network] [|Iowa Core Curriculum] [|Project Base Learning] [|ICLE] [|NWEA] SAI 1 to 1 Presentation
 * Education Links:**

Cool Sites to Help Design Online Learning:
 Toobla  lets you easily collect, enjoy and share visual bookmarks to websites and other embeddable content (i.e. widgets like YouTube or other videos, photos, documents, games and widget applications). WingClips movie clips that teach and inspire. Free to use in educational presentations. ==== Glogster is a social network that lets you create interactive posters with video, images, sounds, music, and text. You can blog on your Glogster and share your creations. Glogster also lets you comment about others work and finds friends with similar styles. 50 Intelligent Video Sites from the Open Culture Blog==== Picnik upload your own photos and add effects, text, frames, stickers, and much more to them. Then save and use where you want. Posterous...a simple Blog tool! WatchKnow...search for videos from WatchLearn, YouTube, TeacherTube, GoogleVideo and SchoolTube for kids to learn from(age level filter) Storybird are short, visual stories that you can make with family and friends to share and (soon) print [|Online Whiteboard] [|Moodle-Site to help set up online learning opportunities] [|Scholastic Online] [|Avatars] [|Virtual Worlds] [|Alice.org-Website for educators interested in learning about 3D online] [|Slide Share-This one is designed for K-12 educators] [|Online Posters][|NetSmartz Resources for Teaching Students the Right Way to Use the Internet] [|Great Opportunity for our Students] [|Blogger-create a free blog using this website!] [|Wordle] [|Kindergarten Twitter-I'm Serious] http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ More online tools [|Prezi...Create awesome presentations live and on the web!] [|Capzles! Capture memories and tell stories by combining videos, photos, blogs, and mp3's into multimedia storylines.] [|Timetoast...Interactive timelines to share on the web!] [|Community Walk...Interface for creating informational, interactive, and engaging maps] [|MuseumBox-Describe an event, person, or historical period by placing items into a virtual, interactive box!] [|Diigo-Social bookmarking and web annotation site] [|BigHugeLabs-Create products (trading cards, posters, puzzles, cubes, etc..) using your own images or one found on the internet] @http://www.onlinecourses.org/2009/09/13/100-best-blogs-for-tech-savvy-teachers/ Research Tools PopScreen! A place to bookmark and share your favorite videos and live tv shows!

Box of Tricks on free online resources for educators
Dropio- Check it out

Videos That Support Technology and 21st Century Learning and Teaching
[|24 "Techy" Tips for not so "Techy" Teachers] [|A Teacher's Guide to Web 2.0 at School] [|Steps to Become a 21st Century Educator] [|How Web 2.0 Tools Engage Students] [|Web 2.0 in the Classroom-Meeting Learners in Their World]

Wikis, Blogs, and Social Networks that Support Education and Technology
[|World of Media (PBS Teachers) Ning] [|Google Blog]

What is Van Meter doing to improve the type of instruction our students receive?

 * [[file:Van Meter design.pdf]]
 * [[file:VM Bone Learning Comm Z.pdf]]
 * [[file:Why RR&R & CORE - Jorth - 9-08.pdf]]
 * [[file:08 09 BLT mandate.pdf]]
 * [[file:08 09 VM RRR model adapt version 3-1.pdf]]
 * [[file:Mission-beliefs-RESPECT.pdf]]
 * [[file:VM Puzzle.pdf]] - RESPECT Puzzle