SETTING THE STAGE:
☞ Introductions
☞ You, Your Kids & Technology
☞ Learning to Change, Changing to Learn [video]

FOUNDATIONS FOR ACTION:
☞ 21st Century Learners (Flash)
        ●Framework For 21st Century Learning (PDF)
☞ Visual Ranking Tool - Where are Your Priorities? (Flash)
☞ International Society for Technology in Education Standards
        ●NETS for Teachers (PDF), NETS for Students (PDF)


A STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACH:
☞ It's the learning, not the technology
☞ Technology-embedded instruction [.pptx] [.ppt] [.mov]

TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM: EXAMPLES
☞ COLLABORATION TOOLS: (Flash)
     • Google Docs* - Online documents for collaboration in real time
     • Google Sites - Simple, wiki-based website creation
     • MyWebspiration - Online mindmapping/graphic organizer software

☞ COMMUNICATION TOOLS: (Flash)
     • Blog* - Push out information, often text-based, with or w/o comments
     • GGast* - Push out information via audio files, even from your cell phone
     • Blip TV - Push out information via video files
     • Ning - Create your own communities, public or private

☞ PRESENTATION TOOLS: (Flash)
     • PowerPoint - The MS Office product that many know, but consider making it more interactive with videos and hyperlinks
     • SlideRocket - Online presentation tool - create and deliver anywhere
     • Animoto* - Your photos + music = an awesome video delivered online
     • Voicethread* - Share ideas/information/images and comment on them

☞ CURRICULAR RESOURCES: (Flash)
     • Check out a site for your instructional area
            - English/LangArts:  BiographyMaker
            - Math:  National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
            - Science:  Biotechnology Australia - check out DNA Zoom
            - History/Social Science: Calisphere, primary sources for educators
            - Core Subject Areas - Interactive websites
            - Thinkfinity: Provides free online access to standards based educational resources from 11 of the nation's leading education and literacy organizations
                -Thinfinity Brochure (PDF)
                -Thinfinity Fact Sheet (PDF)
                -Thinfinity FAQ (PDF)
     • Search Techniques
     • Social Bookmarking Diigo

TECHNOLOGY IN YOUR CLASSROOM: WHAT WILL YOU DO?
☞ Consider your technology-enhanced lesson.
☞ Partner share:  Ideas for your classroom.