Print Resource
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations by Clay Shirky
Blogs, wikis and other Web 2.0 accoutrements are revolutionizing the social order, a development that's cause for more excitement than alarm, argues interactive telecommunications professor Shirky. He contextualizes the digital networking age with philosophical, sociological, economic and statistical theories and points to its major successes and failures.
Technology Resource
Voicethread
https://email.elmiracityschools.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://voicethread.com/%23home
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.
Here is a VoiceThread about VoiceThread:
https://email.elmiracityschools.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://voicethread.com/%23q.b409.i848804
Here are some ideas for using VoiceThread with students (possibly as an alternative to PowerPoint):
https://email.elmiracityschools.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://voicethread.com/library/
And, finally, "17 Interesting Ways to Use VoiceThread in the Classroom"
https://email.elmiracityschools.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/2628
If you are interested in using VoiceThread in your classroom, I can help you get started. The library has microphones and a webcam for your use as well.
Friday, October 23, 2009
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Spotlight
Print Resource:
Technology in the Secondary Science Classroom, edited by Randy L. Bell, Julie Gess-Newsome, and Julie Luft.
The featured technologies range from the easy to master (such as digital cameras) to the more complex (such as Probeware and geographic information systems). Each chapter includes a summary of current research on the technology's effectiveness in the classroom; best-practice guidelines drawn from the research and practitioner literature; and innovative ideas for teaching with the particular technology. (Source: http://www.amazon.com/Technology-Secondary-Science-Classroom-Randy/dp/1933531274/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1254507852&sr=8-1)
Technology Resource:
Google Books - Great for research papers!
https://email.elmiracityschools.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://books.google.com/
Search the full text of Books. Find the perfect book for your purposes and discover new ones that interest you.
SearchBook Search works just like web search. Try a search on Google Books or on Google.com. When we find a book with content that contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results.
Browse books onlineIf the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given us permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy. Learn more about the different views.
Learn more -- fast We've created reference pages for every book so you can quickly find all kinds of relevant information: book reviews, web references, maps and more. See an example.
Buy the book ... or borrow it from the libraryIf you find a book you like, click on the "Buy this book" and "Borrow this book" links to see where you can buy or borrow it.
Source: http://books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html
Technology in the Secondary Science Classroom, edited by Randy L. Bell, Julie Gess-Newsome, and Julie Luft.
The featured technologies range from the easy to master (such as digital cameras) to the more complex (such as Probeware and geographic information systems). Each chapter includes a summary of current research on the technology's effectiveness in the classroom; best-practice guidelines drawn from the research and practitioner literature; and innovative ideas for teaching with the particular technology. (Source: http://www.amazon.com/Technology-Secondary-Science-Classroom-Randy/dp/1933531274/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1254507852&sr=8-1)
Technology Resource:
Google Books - Great for research papers!
https://email.elmiracityschools.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://books.google.com/
Search the full text of Books. Find the perfect book for your purposes and discover new ones that interest you.
SearchBook Search works just like web search. Try a search on Google Books or on Google.com. When we find a book with content that contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results.
Browse books onlineIf the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given us permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy. Learn more about the different views.
Learn more -- fast We've created reference pages for every book so you can quickly find all kinds of relevant information: book reviews, web references, maps and more. See an example.
Buy the book ... or borrow it from the libraryIf you find a book you like, click on the "Buy this book" and "Borrow this book" links to see where you can buy or borrow it.
Source: http://books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html
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