Links

I recommend looking through the following links to help you better integrate technology into your classroom.

21st century Skills

The Power of Educational Technology

ETHICAL USE: The following websites are good resources for learning about ethical use of the internet and of copyright material.

http://boarddocs.suhsd.k12.ca.us/Board.nsf/Public?OpenFrameSet 

http://www.nl.edu/VTRC/Ethical-Use.cfm  

http://www.mvschools.org/sp/technology/aup.html

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Spectrumofrights_Comic1

IMAGES: These websites offer copyright-free images, and images under Creative Commons licenses.  

http://search.creativecommons.org/

http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php

http://us.fotolia.com/ 

http://www.pics4learning.com/

http://openphoto.net/

http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/

MUSIC: Royalty free music and sound effects you and students can use to create podcasts, videos and presentations with out infringing on copyright can be found at:

http://freeplaymusic.com/

http://www.freesound.org/

http://www.podsafeaudio.com/

http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Copyright-friendly+music+and+sound

WEB HOSTING: This site allows you to easily create and host websites and are very easy to use.

http://www.roxer.com/ 

VIDEOS: Educational video and teacher made videos for educational use can be found on these sites.

http://edublogs.tv/

http://teachertube.com/

http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC470/spring08/DEactivities/video/video.htm

NETWORKING AND ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Many teachers are turning to the web to share ideas and to learn how to better develop as teachers.  These are great resources that can help.  All but one are free to use.

http://www.classroom20.com/  

http://teachers.net/chat/meetings.html

http://edtechtalk.com/calendar

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/home(pay site)

http://tappedin.org/tappedin/