Michigan+District+2010

=Resources from Michigan District presentations -- 2010=

RESOURCES ADDED POST-CONFERENCE:


 * Lincoln's Pocket -- Primary source package and professional development guide from the Library of Congress.
 * [[file:SOTH Technology Skills Scope and Sequence -- 7.28.2009.docx]] from Shepherd of the Hills, Centennial, CO -- This curriculum is approximately 3 years old and needs updating, but does provide a basic skills framework for working with both students and teachers and is easily adaptable.
 * Presentation files from August 3rd and 4th: Audio and video files have been removed to cut down on the file size. In addition, these files have been converted to PowerPoint to reduce the file size. The slides may look different but contain the same basic information.









GENERAL RESOURCES -- 21ST CENTURY LEARNING:


 * [|21st Century skills vision and practice of Shepherd of the Hills Christian School, Centennial, CO]
 * Web 2.0 Cool Tools For Schools -- list of hundreds of different resources that may be used with 21st century learning

ANALYZING SOURCES/DIGITAL LITERACY HOAX RESOURCES:


 * Mankato, MN Home Page
 * All About Explorers
 * Martinlutherking.org -- One of the most offensive and dangerous of all hoax sites. NOTE: This site will likely be blocked by Internet filters because of its offensive nature. If someone was searching for information about Martin Luther King, Jr., this site is often one of the top sites listed by search engines. Sadly, it is really a site created by a white supremacy racist organization. Why is it important to teach our students Internet Literacy skills even when most of our schools effectively filter Internet content?
 * Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
 * History of Robots in the Victorian Era
 * Google Technology
 * [|The Hoax Photo Archive]: A great site for teaching visual literacy skills
 * Information Literacy resources for educators from Alan November
 * [[file:Wikipedia Lesson -- Analyzing Web Content.doc]]Wikipedia Research Project: Students analyze the content of a Wikipedia page for accuracy

ASSESSMENT RESOURCES:


 * [[file:21st Century Skill Request for Help.docx]]: Lesson/Project Request form
 * [|Assessing 21st Century Skills]: online presentation which addresses assessment questions and models

AUDIO RESOURCES:


 * [|Audacity]: Free open source software for audio capture and editing. May be used for the creation of podcasts and other audio files.
 * VoiceThread: A service which allows you to build class conversations around images, documents, and videos.

BLOG EXAMPLES AND TOOLS:


 * Student Book Reviews
 * 5th Grade Conversations
 * [|KidBlog.org] -- Private, class blogging by default. May be configured for wider access for viewing student content if desired.
 * 3rd Grade Blog -- Dan Burk's work with his 3rd grade class at a Lutheran school in California. Focused on creativity and writing.

COLLABORATION RESOURCES:


 * Wikispaces: Free service for creating education wikis. Versatile tool!
 * PBWorks: Another popular free tool for creating education wikis

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION RESOURCES:


 * Scratch: Free, object-based programming software for students. May be used to create digital stories, simulations, and problem solving activities.
 * Alice: Free, object-based programming software for older students (middle school and senior high).
 * Google SketchUp: Free creation tool for 3D models.
 * Game Maker: Free game and simulation creator.

LIFE-LONG LEARNING TOOLS:


 * Pageflakes: A free service where one can create individualized news and information pages by building content "flakes" on the page.
 * Google Alerts: Create a keyword alert and then let Google send you an email when new sites or links appear with the word or phrase. A great tool for keeping up-to-date with specific research data and projects.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES:


 * [|Ministry Technology Mentors]: Online graduate courses through Concordia University Wisconsin designed to re-tool teachers for the digital age in which we live.

TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS:


 * NETS-T: National educational technology standards for teachers
 * NETS-A: National educational technology standards for administrators
 * NETS-S: National educational technology standards for students
 * METS: Michigan state technology standards -- Includes both teacher and student standards

VIDEO RESOURCES FROM THE PRESENTATIONS:


 * A Vision of 21st Century Teachers
 * [|Cyberbullying Prevention Commercial]
 * Kitchen Cyberbullying Prevention Commercial
 * What You Post Can Haunt You Forever

VIDEO RESOURCES (OTHER):


 * [|Rushton Hurley: Matching Teachers With Technology: Good Ideas and Common Mistakes]: An engaging hour long session with professional development ideas for all teachers and schools.
 * [|21st Century Schools]
 * [|Learning to Change -- Changing to Learn]
 * [|21st Century Pedagogy]

WIKI EXAMPLES:


 * 8th grade U.S. History collaborative content creation
 * History wiki designed to post questions about U.S. History and then answer the questions with primary source research
 * A Wrinkle in Time literature book discussion
 * Holes book discussion -- single class
 * The Diary of Anne Frank multi-class book discussion
 * Comparing Hemispheres -- a wiki collaboration between schools in two different hemispheres. This is also an excellent example of global learning.
 * The Screwtape Letters -- a wiki used to drive instruction and discussion for this book. The teacher used some modern media component to frame the discussion for each of the letters in the book. Very creative!
 * Educational Wikis -- list of hundreds of wikis used for educational instruction and student collaboration