Governing Dynamo has developed a gallery of all 56 American presidential inaugural addresses that includes full transcripts, Wordles (word cloud visualizations) and video footage. The video below can be a useful way to navigate through the gallery. Click on the glowing green dots in the video to learn more about an inaugural address.
Tag: Technology
Are You Engaging Your Students?
This important message is brought to you by a group of 5th and 6th grade learners.
Mobile Devices in the Classroom (Thinking Out Loud #4)
THINKING OUT LOUD
Episode 004
It’s Good to Be Back, Again!
I’m excited to be working with Kannapolis City Schools again. I spent 4 weeks here last summer and I’m back for the 2nd time this summer. I’m helping provide professional development for part of their grant funded technology integration initiative called IMPACT. I’ve been asked to facilitate the following workshops:
- Instructional Design and Higher-Order Thinking in the Digital Age
- Telecollaboration in the Classroom
- Web 2.0 in the Elementary Classroom
- Educational Podcasting
- Wikis for Kannapolis City Schools
Please share any resources, information, cases, scenarios, etc. that you think will help teachers learn more about these topics by clicking on the session titles above and adding your contribution to the Notes and Resources from My PLN section at the bottom of each wiki. Rest assured that I welcome your input in this endeavor.
Together we all learn more!
Thanks to iCiL Too
I received a nice package from the fine folks from the iConnect iLearn Too Conference. I enjoyed keynoting for them and then interacting with everyone throughout the event (and beyond…right Plurk buddies?!). They sent me a thank you note, conference t-shirt, the much sought after Web 2.0 keyring and other conference goodies. It was a well-timed surprise considering how tired I am after returning to the office today after our family vacation.
Educational Plurk-ers You Should Follow
Kevin Honeycutt has created and is sharing a new Google Doc called Who New Plurkers Should Follow and Why. It is a great resource and would be helpful to anyone wishing to network with top notch people interested in education and technology.
Haven’t tried Plurk? Take a look now. It’s a microblogging platform similar to Twitter, but it has threaded discussion.
Ning for Teacher Educators
Technology Integration Teacher Educators is a network of teacher educators with an interest in educational technology. It is a growing network with some big plans. I encourage you to join if this sounds like a useful resource for you.
Jott Alternatives
I was a big fan of Jott and used it a lot when it was a free. However, its services are not valuable enough to me to merit being added to my list of monthly communications expenses (phone, Internet, cell, etc.). For a long while I’ve not been using anything, but I recently decided to ask my PLN if there were any free alternatives to Jott. Several asked if I’d share the responses, so here they are.
Here are the replies that I received from my Plurk buddies.
These are the responses from my Twitter friends.
Thanks to everyone that provided feedback and suggested resources. I’ve not had a chance to look at these, but I hope to share my reviews once I have.
Assistance for Classrooms in Need #2
This Suggested Surfing is a follow-up to my recent post, Tough Times Call for Frugal Choices and Assistance for Classrooms in Need.
I Love Schools.com – A Helping Hand for Teachers.
Elmer’s Glue Crew – Partnering for a Better Tommorow.
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Assistance for Classrooms in Need
Here are some additional resources aimed at helping teachers, schools and students receive beneficial resources and financial assistance. This Suggested Surfing is a follow-up to my recent post, Tough Times Call for Frugal Choices.
Kids in Need– Ensuring that every child is prepared to learn and succeed by providing free school supplies nationally to students most in need.
A Gift for Teaching – Improving public education by transferring our community’s surplus materials and resources free to teachers for their students in need.
Art Skills – Poster making supplies with a program for teachers to earn free classroom supplies.
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