Google Drive and Documents User Guide

http://www.scribd.com/doc/92629651/Google-Drive-and-Docs-for-Teachers-2012

Fantastic product for educational searches.

Goorulearning.org

Teaching Critical Thinking Skills

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/12/6-great-videos-on-teaching-critical.html?m=1

Best Apps for High School Students

http://www.edutopia.org/mobile-apps-for-high-schools?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=mobileHS

60 of the Best Websites and Apps for Teachers

http://www.slideshare.net/rbyrnetech/best-of-the-web-nov-2012

4 New Presentation Tools Worth Checking Out

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/11/4-presentation-tools-worth-trying.html

Wow! No need to move to learn. Brings new meaning to global learning.

http://mashable.com/2012/11/14/education-city/

Parent's Guide to 21st Century Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/parent-21st-century-learning-resource-guide?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=guide&utm_campaign=parentsguide

7 Habit of Highly Effective Teachers Who Use Technology

http://www.markbates.ca/?p=1734

Web 2.0 Tools and Quick Guide

http://www.kleinspiration.com/2012/11/web-20-sharing-tools-quick-guide.html

Comprehensive List of Teacher Tech Toolbox

http://www.boxoftricks.net/internet-resouces-for-education/

Do you really know how big or small you are?

http://scaleofuniverse.com/

Educational Psychology: 20 Things Educators Need To Know About How Students Learn

http://newsroom.opencolleges.edu.au/features/educational-psychology-20-things-educators-need-to-know-about-how-students-learn/

Bloom's Taxonomy of Apps

http://issuu.com/ktenkely/docs/lg_alpha?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222

5 Tech Friendly Lessons to Encourage Higher Order Thinking

http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/09/24/5-mediarich-lesson-ideas-to-encourage-higherorder-thinking.aspx?m=1

One 1 IPad in the room? Here's some ways to make it work...

http://eskymaclj.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/only-1-ipad-in-classroom.html

15 Great Apps for Teachers

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/15-great-ipad-apps-for-teachers.html?m=1

Interesting resource reading on science eduation...

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/serendip/

Brain Based Learning Strategies

http://www.edutopia.org/brain-based-learning-strategies-resource-guide

Talking photo?

Fotobabble.com incorporates audio with photos, another teacher tech tool for visual concepts or literacy with vocabulary practice.

Sometimes a simple tool does the trick....

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/sticky-note-teaching-tool-ben-johnson

If you use IPad or IPhone....free apps this weekend.

The AppTutor series of elementary math apps for iOS are all free today (normally $3.99 each): http://bit.ly/RzAj1g

Smart Office 2 for iPad is free this weekend (normally $9.99)http://bit.ly/JvWX8h (allows you to use Windows office)

Techy Tips for the Not So Techy Teacher

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ah72qvg2hjwz_19gzmxjdfk

Resources for homework help and tutorials.

Try Brightstorm or Knowmia, and there are IPad for these too.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/free-teacher-video-tutorials.html?m=1

A nice visual of applying analytics and student data.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/08/understanding-learning-analytics-and-student-data/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+kqed/nHAK+(MindShift)

Ed Tech "How To" videos

http://www.fractuslearning.com/

This young dude has made tech integration easier for teachers.  Watch one of his "how to" videos and see if it will change your teaching.

Top 10 Apps for High School Students

http://mashable.com/2012/08/27/apps-for-high-school-students/

Facebook Page

Please connect my FB page for the same type of resource postings and hit "like".

https://www.facebook.com/TeacherTechKnow?ref=hl

Simple Techniques to Build Student Relationships

Some simple strategies that create better relationship with students.  I have used all of these tools over the years and whether you use one in a week or a semester, it works!

smartblogs.com/education/2012/08/20/10-ideas-transforming-teaching-school-year

Science Notebook Strategies

http://sciencenotebooking.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=24

High School Classroom Management Strategies

http://www.lessonplansinc.com/classroom_management_strategies.php

Need rubric for your class assignments or student project?

This tool will help you create one that can be customized and downloadable:
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

45 FREE website builders

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/best-web-builders-create-free-website/

Award Winning Teacher Tech Blogger and Free Share

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Outstanding Resource for Technology Integration with Pedagogy

http://www.tpack.org/

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) attempts to identify the nature of knowledge required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching, while addressing the complex, multifaceted and situated nature of teacher knowledge. At the heart of the TPACK framework, is the complex interplay of three primary forms of knowledge: Content (CK), Pedagogy (PK), and Technology (TK). See Figure above. As must be clear, the TPACK framework builds on Shulman’s idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge.

Envision

Strategies for embedding cell phone use in class for learning

http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/11/ten-building-blocks-to-break-ban-and.html

For the College Bound

With two daughters college bound within two years, we spent this summer making road trips to different college campuses in the US, from our home state Texas (Baylor, UT, TAMU, Rice), nearby to Louisiana (LSU, Tulane, Southern, Xavier) and East to Berkeley and Stanford and North to Harvard and MIT.  As a parent and an educator, I made a few notes along with way to plan, support, encourage and/or downright dictate the steps my girls will take to the college where they will have the best experience and in preparation for the "real" world.  These are our experiences and here's my advice:

1.  Learn to write.  This includes literacy, language and grammar.  Colleges want to know you are well-read and know that not only can you write in grammatically correct sentences but tell a logical story for life experiences.  The schools that ask for an essay use it to differentiate you from all the thousands of other applicants.  It is the obvious when you apply to the college of choice that you have the prerequisite SAT/ACT scores so what they are looking  for those who can write narrative or the best life story.
2.  Commitment.  They want to see if you have been disciplined to stick to something, which is indicate of your commitment to a task, i.e. finishing/completion of a task, i.e a job.  What have you done or what behavior has been the mainstay of your high school years?  Did you do any extracurricular activities, volunteer at church, Girl or Boy Scouts?  Or did you spend your summers doing ministry work or did you work a part-time job?  Whatever it is, show it off as long as it is consistent.  If you did played tennis one semester and play soccer another and then switched to debate team, better say you we engaged in team sports, than to indicate you can't stick to any one thing.
3.  Creativity.  Colleges sift through thousands of applicants every year and somehow your applicant has to stand out.  Remember in Legally Blonde where she uses pink scented paper for her resume?  Well, along the same ideas but with today's technology and use words.  They want authenticity in your words but the imagination and vision that separates you from others.  Colleges are interested what you are going to do with the education, not just be educated.
4.  Confidence.  At 17 or 18 when you are just identifying your adult self but go ahead, be assertive and show confidence.  Nothing worse than clammy hands during interviews.  Look into their eyes, show them what you want!  Stand out! You don't have to be rude or obnoxious but what they want to know is if you can be a good leader and those who show confidence in themselves make for signs of a competent leader.
5.  Cost.  Anyone that says that cost is a barrier to college is full of crap.  Unanimously, all colleges say that if you can get in, there is money.  Having higher aspirations, like Harvard or MIT, well if you can get into those schools, in the words of the college admissions counselor  "we have soooo much money", you don't have to worry about the cost (even though annual cost are $55k) .  No one, I mean NO ONE, can use cost as an excuse.
6.  Visit the school.  You can't fully understand the campus culture unless you see it, talk to the people/students/teachers there, at least to get a snip-it of the place. Your college experience is much more than classrooms and tests.  It's the community of people and resources that you need to succeed and success is defined not only in graduating but what kind of person you will be AFTER those four years.  I had in mind one school when I was making college choices 30 years ago, never visited it and just had in my head that it's what I wanted. Although I got a wonderful education, if I had to go back, I would have made a better and more informed choice had visited more schools.  As a parent, I learned from these trips that the grades at end of the junior year really determine early admissions as most applications open in early August of the senior year and your rank will mostly likely be the highest as dropouts are most frequent the end of junior year.  Never would of figure that if I hadn't visited the colleges. Every school has it's own rules too and you get that feel when you go on a campus visit and how each school handles the visit.  We had bus tour rides, walking tours, student led tours, free T-shirts, post surveys, that give you the uniqueness of each school and again, helps you determine which school is best for your child.

So that sums it up.  If you are committed, creative, confident, college is in the horizon for you.  College readiness is not only about the grades.  It is a culmination of desire, some maturity, discipline and a whole lot of support, from family, friends and the college you will be attending.  Don't let anything deter you!


Post script to teachers, as an educator, always teacher to the the college bound.  I know there's that curriculum and state exams they have to pass and you are inundated with paperwork, but every student, child, should have the opportunity for college and it starts with YOU!

Tools for Ambitious Science Teaching

http://tools4teachingscience.org/

100 Apps for the Tech Savvy Teacher

http://www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/main/100-apps-for-teachers/#.UBFbAO7daIs.twitter

Back to school and need first day activities?

http://pinterest.com/weareteachers/back-to-school/

What does the 21st Century classroom look like?

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2012/07/tomorrows-classroom-today

Need some classroom rules? Here are some ideas.

http://pinterest.com/weareteachers/rules-that-work/

Tech Integration in Professional Development

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/stw-tech-integration-professional-development#resources

Working Backwards Can Help Plan Future Lesson Plans

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/backwards-planning-thinking-ahead-rebecca-alber

Transforming the 21st Century Classroom

Here is a resource for you to transform your past lessons to digital platform.

http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/part-one-ten-steps-transforming-past-lessons-for-the-21st-century-digital-classroom/

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