eLearning Resources
2nd International Skypecast - (see 'Show Notes for the Podcast' for additional great links)
Bloglines - feed reader – subscribe to your own blog updates
Danielle’s Writing Space - 3rd grade blogger in Seattle
Example - Blog of Proximal Development - Konrad Glagowski, Canada, elementary language arts teacher
Example - Effortless Language Acquisition - AJ - ESL instructor
Example - Pine Brook Kinderblog - showcasing student work
Example - The Best Author Blogs - editors compiled a list of author blogs they believe are outstanding include PJParrish, Dave Barry & Laurel K. Hamilton,
Example - The Daily Planet (Omaha, Nebraska) - not a traditional blog, but Tony Vincent's 5th graders became reporters online before the popularity of blogging
Example - The Secret Life of Bees - questions for the author - students interact through blog with author Sue Monk Kidd as they are reading the book
Example - The Simple Machine Blog - great example of collaboration between higher and lower grades (grade 4 class with grade 10 students)
Findory - Feed aggregator
From the Principal's Office - informational blog
How Stuff Works: Wikis - read more about Wikis
Interactive Periodic Table - see 'Rona's Ultimate Teacher Tools' at http://www.myteachertools.com/ for more
Internet Encyclopedias Go Head to Head - news@nature.com reports on comparison of Wikipedia with Encyclopedia Brittanica
List of Peer Reviewed Articles - Comparison of 50 Encyclopedia Brittanica articles with Wikipedia entries for inaccuracies
Magnatune - Search Magnatune's online library to license pre-cleared original music for broadcast media, audio-visual, and Web productions
Mapbuilder - interactive site to build custom maps
Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Wesley Fryer's Blog
Samples & Loops - good resource - lots of links to free loops
Single Topic Example in Google: Lemurs - notice the URL
Sketchswap - online b/w sketch tool for sharing ideas
Two Word Phrase in Google News: 'Laptop Initiative' - notice output equals rss
Working with Audio and Text Content on an iPod (Apple PDF) -
del.icio.us - social bookmarking site
http://classweb.gmu.edu/ndabbagh/Resources/IDKB/strategies_tactics.htm