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Welcome to Calvary Christian School **Platform for Web 2.0 Tech Tools **  Suzanne Baraff, Director of Ed Tech media type="custom" key="6742867" = = = = = **Voki** =

*Click on the > to hear a message from Suzanne Baraff*
Over 200 Math Sites for K-8

[|Cool Math Sites]


 * Math Teacher Resources: TK-8 **


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Dr. Howie: Now You Know
Why schools need to teach 21st century skills

CCS Teacher Professional Development Video Conference with Dr. Howie DiBlasi: 10/27/10
[|Dr. Howie's Presentation with links to all resources and websites]

**Investigating the Powers of Google Earth**
Why Geography Matters media type="custom" key="6480277"

7th graders use of technology to organize her Personal Learning Environment
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April 26 Late Start Tech Byte
Tech Byte Power Point by Suzanne media type="custom" key="6024593"

Professional Learning Network media type="custom" key="5956585"

[|Teacher Professional Development: 21st Century Skills]

= Safe Search for Students (includes 30 student-friendly academic sites and search engines) = media type="custom" key="5892839"

March 29 Late Start Tech Byte
Power Point by Suzanne media type="custom" key="6026087"

**Why Use Sweet Search?**
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[|Discovery Education/United Streaming]

**It's Not the Tools, It's the Skills**
Skills students learn by using blogs, wikis, podcasting, video conferencing, and digital storytelling (click below)

Resources added January 31, 2010

[|Sweet Search Biographies] Biography Search engine: filter by ethnicity, occupation, gender, etc.

[|Music From Around The World] Mondo Mix Select a country and listen to many the music by many artists

[|If the students in Moose Jaw, Canada are doing this why can't we?]
** Grade one students show how they use blogs, ** ** a classroom webpage, wikis, video, Skype ** ** and Nintendo DS to share, collaborate and learn in their classroom. **

media type="custom" key="5131211" Kids Search Tools

Kids Video Search

Kids Reference Sites

Google Applications for Teachers
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View Brad Flickenger's presentation from BLC 09 (Building Learning Communities) [|Teacher taking the Web 2.0 challenge] New Technology for Education Video

= Fun Introduction to Google Docs = media type="custom" key="5095151"

** PLN **
Tell Us About Your PLN (Professional/Personal Learning Network) media type="custom" key="4994695"

**Late Start Tech Byte, November 30, 2009**
Guide to Everyday Computer Issues by Anthony Wamble (Click on Navigator Bar in left margin of this wiki)

New Additions: Since 10/26/09
Widgets media type="custom" key="4870691" The Future of Technology: TED video

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**New Additions: Since 9/30/09**
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Voice Thread: Miss Henderson's Third Graders make a voice thread of the CCS Picnic to share with our friends in Leeds, England (We are still working on this project) media type="custom" key="4594592"

Voice Thread: Miss Salios/Mrs. Gibbs Sharing our pets with our friends in Pakistan

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[|World Digital Library] A "must have" resource for every teacher. media type="custom" key="4547358" The World Digital Library has made available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, archi­tectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research. Search by place, time, topic and by using the timeline that extends from 8,000 BC to present day.

Copyright Friendly Images from Over 50 Sources

My First Flip Video: Mr. Rutz reads Pseudonymous Bosch's, The Name of This Book Is a Secret, to the third graders media type="custom" key="4612060"

Flip Video: Mrs. Sutter's 2nd graders meet Bailey Bear from Doncaster, England, Global Connection Project media type="custom" key="4642732"

[|Digital Wish: Buy One Flip Ultra Get One Free for $150. Great Deal for Teachers]

[|Flip Lesson Plans PS-12 All Subjects]

9/28/09 Late Start Tech Byte = **Custom Google Search** =

[|How to Set Up a Custom Google Search]

= **Google Maps** =

= **Social Bookmarking** =

[|Delicious: Overview]

[|How to Use Delicious Like a Pro]

= **Google Documents (Google Docs)** =

[|Google Docs Tutorial for Teachers]

= Blogs (Weblogs) =

[|Blogs in Plain English] = = = **Many Useful Online Tutorials** =

[|Commoncraft video tutorials]

= = = Glogster = Digital tool to replace the old "cut and paste" poster assignment

Other Glogster Resources
Sign up and create your glog [|Glogster for educators] Glogster Examples - Upper Elementary Academic Design http://countrydivided.wikispaces.com/5B-Robert+E+Lee Web 2.0 Glogster []

= **Videos for Inspiration** =

**21st Century Students: What they need to succeed media type="youtube" key="_A-ZVCjfWf8" height="405" width="500"**
[|21st Century Students]

=**Voice Thread** :=

Upgrades to Voice Thread: August 2009 The New York Public Library added 700,000 primary source images/documents to use with Voice Thread media type="custom" key="4255257" [|NY Public Library Digital Gallery] [|Library of Congress Digital Library] Easy import of photos from Flickr Creative Commons

Elementary Lesson Plans using the Digital Gallery at the New York Public Library media type="custom" key="4255431" and Voice Thread [|NYPL Voice Thread]

Mrs. Schaeffer: 5th/6th Grade Spanish

[|Voice Thread Introduction]

Mrs. Samuelson: First Grade [|Mrs. Samuelson's voice tread] media type="custom" key="4432647"

Mrs. Swickard: Welcome to 2nd Grade media type="custom" key="4206093"

Mrs. Baraff's 6th Grade Exploratory: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things Greg Mortenson, //Three Cups of Tea// media type="custom" key="4136301"

Mrs. Kelly's 6th Grade Wiki [|5th grade historical fiction assessment]

**Other Voice Thread Resources**
[|voicethread.com] Build you own Voice Thread Voice Thread 4 Education http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com : See detailed online tutorial* View left margin for examples of Voice Threads by grade level. Offers good ideas and sample lesson plans

= Wikis for Teachers =

Learn how to set up your own classroom wiki. Follow this PPT tutorial:

[[file:help/Help.Wikispaces.Teacher Presentation.ppt|//Wikispaces// for Teachers A Guide to Using Them in Your Classroom]]
Mrs. Kelly made a wiki to use in her classes with the help of Mrs. Baraff and she was able to get a couple voice threads by her boys and a glog on it too! Thanks Mrs. Baraff! Mrs. Kelly's wiki

= **Digital Story Telling** =

Simple Digital Storytelling with PhotoPeach [|Photo Peach]

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= **Twitter** = Tweet Deck [|Tweet Deck] Twitter for Teachers [|Twitter4teachers] [|Laura Walker's Nine Great Reasons Why Teachers Should Use Twitter] Consult with Katie Gibbs, CCS Twitter expert (x180)

= **Custom Search Engine** =

[|How to make a custom Google search engine for your students]

Customized Search Engine created for CCS Library research projects media type="custom" key="4324167"

= **Ning** = [|What is a Ning] [|How to make a Ning]

= **Global Connections Project** =

Calvary Christian School is a member of both Global Gateway and ePals. Contact Suzanne for login and password. [|Global Gateway] [|ePals]

= **Other Resources** = ISTE International Society for Technology In Education: Student Standards [|ISTE Student Standards] [|ISTE Teacher Standards]

Teacher Tube [|teachertube.com]

World Map Maker

Research How to evaluate a website How do conduct a Boolean search How to search a data base How to cite -MLA Primary Source Zotero