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April, 2011 Professional Development Session:

January, 2011 Professional Development Session:

August, 2010 Professional Development Session:

Session 1: It Takes Some Getting Used To

Delicious account (free) bookmarks sites for further investigation and are available online from any computer. Go To: http://delicious.com and click the "Join Now" button in the upper right hand corner. It requires a Yahoo account which is also free.
Google Earth: Go To: http://earth.google.com
Chatzy: We used this site for backchatting: http://www.chatzy.com/
Poll Everywhere: We used this site for "voting" with our phones and computers. http://www.polleverywhere.com
Iowa Core Curriculum: http://www.corecurriculum.iowa.gov
Our Courts: This is a site sponsored by Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, with the goal of teaching civic literacy. http://www.ourcourts.org
Manage your own finances with Mint.com: http://www.mint.com
Reference sites for Health Literacy: http://www.webmd.com and http://www.mayoclinic.com
http://www.nuval.com/
References for Health Literacy: Let's Move (Michelle O'Bama) http://www.letsmove.gov and http://www.MyPyramid.gov
Student site to learn about banking: http://www.handsonbanking.org (Wells Fargo)
Create-a-Graph: An online site for graphing: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
Cell phone vibrating motor resources: Ticke Me Elmo: http://www.howstuffworks.com/question368.htm
Removal of the little motor from the cell phone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkbKkUatxWQ
Restaurant vibrating pager: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/restaurant-pager.htm/printable

Session 2: How to Become a Better Century 21 Teacher

Twitter Feed Instructions for inclusion in powerpoints:
Go To: http://www.sapweb20.com/blog/powerpoint-twitter-tools/
How to set up a Twitter account and follow:
Go To: http://www.ehow.com/how_2194263_follow-someone-twitter.html
Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/
Online Stopwatch: http://www.online-stopwatch.com
Clearinghouse for Educational websites - Curriculum 21: http://curriculum21.com/index.php?path=/clearinghouse
Obama Election Voice Thread example: http://voicethread.com/#q.b317879
Voice Thread support ideas: http://www.slideshare.net/mberner/voicethread-handout
Survey Monkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Tidy Tweet (security): http://www.tidytweet.com

Session 3: 21st Century Classrooms

Curriculum 21: Mapping the Global Classrooms of the Future: http://www.curriculum21.com
ASCD Interview with Heidi Hayes Jacobs: http://video.ascd.org/services/player/bcpid55275595001?bctid=61455698001
Four YouTube videos on cellphone/car remotes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ4-w8oZFxs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsg5GRTbXZo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC_YdJeXouE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12joSKf2fas
YouTube on how GoogleDocs works: http://www.youtube.com/v/eRqUE6IHTEA
Scribe description site: http://adifference.bogspot.com/2006/11/distributed-teaching-and-learning_21.html
Media Literacy site: http://www.frankwbaker.com/default1.htm
Google's Custom Search Engine Creator: http://www.google.com/cse/

Session 3: Work Group Instructions

If you have questions during your group work session, use Chatzy to communicate with me. My computer will chime when you post and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Group yourselves according to like interests. Find a place where you have internet/computer access. Use the Group WorkCards to scaffold your hour time-frame. Look for ways to modernize your most out-of-date unit. Take this time to investigate possibilities. Share information!











Session 4: Shifting Our Paradigms
http://prezi.com/

Other Resources:

YuDu: http://www.yudu.com/
How to Do 11 Techy Things in the New School Year:
http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1oryg/Howtodo11TechyThings/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F204517%2FHow-to-do-11-Techy-Things-in-the-New-School-Year%3Frefid%3D19189
For ideas on how to use these: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/08/11-techy-things-for-teachers-to-try.html