April+17,+2008

 =**Links and information for the 4/17/08 session**=

**Complete the Flexible Technology Inventory.**
Click [|here to open the inventory on Survey Monkey.] You may want to look at the inventory and print it out before going online to complete it. It asks questions about hardware, software, devices and web-based tools and the degree of use in your classroom/program. Please complete the inventory individually. You will be using the survey together with your team to look at what is in place and what you may want to look at purchasing.

__Please try and complete the inventory by Monday night, 4/14/08 so we can have the information together for our 4/17/08 session.__

**Read the following article**
Read the article [|Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally]. At the end of the article is a link to Andrew Churches' phenomenal website. There is a section called "ICT Tools Key and examples" that may be helpful when deciding what to include in your unit (during our last 2 sessions) and when deciding how to spend your grant money. = =

**Take some time and listen to one or more of the following podcasts.**
On [|Teachers are Talking Episode 6, Karen Janowski] is the guest speaker talking about UDL, assistive technology and general/special education collaboration. I highly recommend this! (Approximately one hour)

On the [|Women of Web 2.0 #69] show guest Patrick Higgins leads a conversation about teaching and the passion for teaching and how to increase technology use in our classrooms through a supportive network.

Here's a link to the podcast [|Unleashing the Transformational Power of One-to-One Computing in K-12] from the Moving at the Speed of Creativity website. Even though the title is about 1-to-1 computing, it deals a lot with the impact of technology. A great listen!

An interesting and entertaining video presentation at the TED Talks (Technology, Entertainment, Design) - Sir Ken Robinson - [|Do Schools Kill Creativity?] (Approximately 20 minutes) = = = =
 * Explore YouTube**

If you haven't gotten hooked yet or think that YouTube is just mindless junk (which a lot of it is), check out their [|award winners page here.] If you need a laugh look at the Laughing Baby or The Potter Pals video. For a trip down memory lane, search for music videos from favorite old bands. Seach for "how-to" videos like tying a tie or sewing on a button. You'll really be amazed at the interesting stuff there is.

If you want to stay educational (and not encounter so much junk), check out [|Teacher Tube]. Here you'll find educational videos created and posted by teachers. Think your class could be published here?


 * Chatzy Chat Rooms for our discussions**

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