e-Classroom+Resources

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 * 1) set up your account
 * 2) review the teacher center
 * 3) search for content
 * 4) organize content

NOTE: **when downloading videos** for MAC: select QuickTime, then Stand-alone application (these videos can be saved in your folder of chice; dragged form the desktop into iTunes and/or or dragged and dropped into SNB pages) ==

[|Discovery Streaming Professional Development]
Many short video how to clips on using the many resources from discovery streaming in your classroom

You have the opition of two kinds of searching with discovery streaming:

Narrow your search parameters by grade, subject, type of media, etc.

 * Downloading videos:** for MAC: select QuickTime, then Stand-alone application

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**UMASD e-classroom wiki**
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 * The Connected Classroom wiki - Kristin Hokanson, CFF coach, UMASD**

=**//__Maps__//** = http://www.slideshare.net/Sherpinsky/using-google-maps-in-the-classroom-471526 [|Google Maps in the classroom] http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/hotbox/atlas/index.cfm [|using primary sources] [|geology.com] http://www.unc.edu/world/Global%20Updates%202006/July-August/July06.htm http://www.k12maps.com/engine/auth.php (cost/subscription site but you can get a free trial) [|and, many more sites] The Connected Classroom wiki - Kristin Hokanson, CFF coach, UMASD** = =
 * Google Maps in the classroom:

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 * Why use News & Weather sites in your classroom?
 * [|http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSP11093420080816]**

= = MS and HS: http://www.channelone.com/ http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/ http://abcnews.go.com/?lid=ABCCOMGlobalMenu&lpos=News http://www.nationalgeographic.com/**
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http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/ http://snipurl.com/35r1t [www2_scholastic_com] http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/index.html**
 * Upper Elementary through HS:

Elementary: http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/instruction/kid-pages/news-team/default.html http://pbskids.org/newsflashfive/index.html http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/ http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/**
 * http://kids.yahoo.com/news

A Few Regional News Sites: Canada: http://www.cbc.ca/ Middle East: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/ Asia: http://www.worldnewsasia.com/**
 * India: http://www.pitara.com/news/news_india.asp

**__NEWS sites that require teacher or school district subscription to access all content:__**
http://www.ourlittleearth.com/?gclid=CO2y94SU35QCFQxzHgoddUoJTA**
 * http://www.studentnewsnet.com/index.php?fuseaction=home.privacy

WEATHER sites:
MS & HS: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/ http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ http://www.weather.com/ http://www.findlocalweather.com/forecast.php?config=&forecast=pass&pass=tafINT http://weather.yahoo.com/ http://www.wunderground.com/

http://weather.weatherbug.com/ http://www.eo.ucar.edu/webweather/ http://www.weatherwizkids.com/ http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/ http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/ http://www.weather.gov/os/reachout/kidspage.shtml**
 * Elementary:

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=**Smart Resources**=

= **Social Bookmarking with Delicious:** =

With Del.icio.us ([|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0)] you can tag and organize your favorite websites, accessing them from any computer; students can also access tagged websites that you have screened.
 * go to [|www.delicious.com]
 * register for an account
 * Firefox, Safari or Flock: drag both of the icons to your bookmarks tool bar so that you can quickly tag websites and access your Del.icio.us account. IE: install buttons
 * you are now ready to start finding and "tagging" your favorites - a tag is a descriptor/category that will allow you to group your sites (sort of like a folder)
 * when you find a site you like, just press the "tag" button in the bookmark tool bar; this will open up a window that will allow you to save this website under as many tags/categories as you'd like (do not use spaces to name your tags; use underscore between words or combinations of lower and uppercase letters)
 * don't worry if, in a few days or weeks, you want to rename a tag; click settings, then under TAGS, select rename "tag tags;" Unwanted tags can also be deleted
 * click settings to change your password, e-mail account, rename or delete tags, integrate Del.icio.us with your facebook account, etc.
 * when you are ready, you will also be able to "bundle" your tags - you will find this option under settings as well as add your tag-roll to your website using the provided HTML.

If you are happy and comfortable with del.icio.us, try DIIGO! [|www.diigo.com]

=WSD e-toolbox wiki: http://etoolbox.wikispaces.com/=

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= = Using gmail so that students can register for sites (such as [|youtube]) that require e-mail confirmation:
 * create a dummy gmail account for your self such as mrsteacher@gmail.com
 * For those students who do not have their own e-mail address, devise a protocol such as mrsteacher+studentfirstname@gmail.com and add each of your students
 * when students register at the site, they will use the e-mail account from gmail that you created and you can confirm each. **(Note: does not work with Google Docs)**

downloads: **Smart Notebook: http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/default.htm Classroom Performance System: http://www.einstruction.com/Downloads/index.cfm**