e-Learning+Wiki+Summer+2014

PLN [] (added by Dionne Reese) This is a ning site dedicated to the support of a Personal Learning Network for Educators

http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/beginnerschecklist.html (added by Maria Dickson) This checklist is designed to help you get the most out of Spanish for beginners lessons. Each week of lessons builds on the preceding weeks, so before moving on to the next week, be sure that you understand. This is a good place for students to practice what they have learned in class or study for tests the material they have been taught. They can practice and maybe do this checklist for extra points.

[] (added by Ann Glass) ASCD is one of the best places I have found to get information about a wide variety of topics in education in our country. It is an organization that you may belong to, but even without a membership, you can subscribe to their //Smartbriefs// or you can follow them on Twitter. Everyday they send out something short with links to stories you can choose to read if you are interested.

 http://www.teachersfirst.com/single.cfm?id=15389 (added by Amanda Talantis) This was one of the articles that popped up on my Feedly, RSS, under the TeachersFirst subscription. It's a Web 2.0 based lesson on learning about our food system, which is a topic I find very interesting.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2117025-internet-comes-up-big-with-tim-howard-memes-after-usmnt-loss-to-belgium (added by Ram Talantis) Soccer fans check this out. I used my RSS to find this article. Although it appeared under my Sports subscriptions, I could use relevant news like this to create a drama lesson. Creating memes and photographic examples would be a fun lesson.

www.billbauer.net (added by England) This is the site of University of Florida faculty member Bill Bauer. I follow his twitter handle. I also refer to the resources section of his website often for ideas.

https://twitter.com/abmarkman (added by Fidele Fuller) Art Markman, PhD, is a contributor to //Psychology Today// - I follow him for current and thought-provoking articles on Psychology. A recent article on stress will fit nicely with one of the lessons in my course as will another on "The Dangers of Labeling."

https://dougpete.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/otr-links-07102014/ (added my Marshelle Godsy) I have this in my RSS Feeds and enjoy his articles about technology in the classroom. Gives some food for thought about some of the uses of different things such as social media in the classroom.

Web 2.0 Tools [|www.skype.com] (added by Dionne Reese) Skype is a great way to bring guest speakers to your classroom without the cost of transportation or missed work time

[] (added by Maria Dickson) This website is an all in one to learn Spanish. It can be used to translate from Spanish to English or English to Spanish, learn and practice grammar, conjugating verbs, definitions, flashcards, etc. It is a great resource for students to get help with homework, projects, or to study. For Spanish teachers, this website is amazing to get help with topics or lessons they may need some clarification.

https://www.blendspace.com (added by Ram Talantis) This is a Web 2.0 Tool that I like, previously called EdCanvas. Think of it as creating a powerpoint but each slide can be a different format, document, video, or link. You can use it to organize a lesson or have students use it as a display for the content they have created.

http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/100-essential-web-tools-for-homeschoolers/ (added by Sonya Nelson) This page offers a list of other pages that can be used to help the homeschooling family. Topics vary. I had not seen this site before and believe it will be helpful to me in my homeschool process. I have added it to my feedly account.

www.ischoolmisuc.org (added by England) This site is a valuable tool for students to foster an appropriate and relevant online community for my classes. I also use this site to organize things like school instrument fleet. Planning events and announcements are also very easy to do here as well. My band students at Daphne East Elementary use this.

https://todaysmeet.com/ (added by Jen Z) This site instantly creates an online space for any duration of time you choose (one hour, one day, one year, etc..) My husband teaches at the college level and he uses it to ask questions during lecture. Students immediately respond with their SmartPhones and post thoughts, respond to polls, etc... He likes it because you are able to keep a record of class discussion and shy students are more likely to contribute.

http://classroom.booksource.com/ (added by Sheila Rouse) This is a site to organize your classroom library. I have a lot of books! It is a way to check books out. Also, you can get an app on your smartphone to scan book barcodes. :-)

Http://fun musicco.com. (added by Cindy Stephens) This is a website that gives fun music lessons and ideas that I use to enhance my instruction. It is geared towards elementary general music class, but I can adapt it to meet the high school students I teach.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/ (Added by Jennifer Eggers) This site is an online dictionary, thesaurus and has other word related games and resources. I use it a lot with my students who are working to increase their vocabulary, understand a meaning of a word better, or need an antonym or synonym for a word when writing. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ I also recentntly discovered that their is an ESL dictionary available as well! Check it out if you have ESL students or some who struggle with vocabulary.

http://www.webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com(Added by T. Williams) This site introduces teachers to different web 2.0 tools and different ways to use them. Blogs/Microblogs

[] (added by Ann Glass) This is a blog by an English teacher at Hoover High School. I have known about her blog for several years but have never taken the time to read it, however through this class I have begun to appreciate her candor and honesty about the things she struggles with as a teacher. She is young and energetic and is willing to try all kinds of new things in her classroom.

http://help.edublogs.org/getting-started-with-edublogs/ (added by Amanda Talantis) The articles have convinced me to use the technology, all I need to know is how to use it. This a place that can answer questions about creating blogs.

http://www.teachingblogaddict.com/2011/04/5th-grade-blogs.html (added by Sonya Nelson) This page has several blogs pertaining to 5th grade. This various links and advice from other teachers will help me with incorporating new ideas for my child as we venture off into this grade level.

https://twitter.com/coopertweeters (added by Jen Z) This is a 3rd grade Twitter feed that really got me excited to experiment with using Twitter in my own classroom. The teacher, Ms. Cooper, uses the account to post pics, share news, ask questions of followers, share experiments, and display student learning. Reading back through her feed has given me numerous ideas for my own classroom. We've been in touch and we hope to connect our students and do a little collaborative learning this fall.

http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/ This a blog created by a classroom teacher with tips on management strategies and organizational tips. I love it; she is great with organization and saving time and money! :-) ( added by Sheila Rouse)

https://twitter.com/psychoBOBlogy (added by Fidele Fuller) Professor Bob comments on a variety of current topics pertinent to Psychology that I may be able to use to enhance my Psychology class curriculum.

http://psychcentral.com/blog/ (added by Fidele Fuller) This blog at PsychCentral posts several times a day and is overseen by Dr. John Grohol. The blogs cover a wide variety of topics and I'm sure I'll use it throughout my semester-long course. The article on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs will also be a good resource for my students to reference.

http://hearmyhandsasl.blogspot.com/p/asl-tips-games-resources.html This has been a helpful blogspot for parents of deaf and hard of hearing children who are learning and teaching their children to use sign language.

www.classtools.net I like the things that students can create from this website. My new favorite I am excited to use in my classroom is Fakebook. I can see so many possibilities for students to use a simulated social media platform like Fakebook to relate to a historical figure in a modern way.