Resources

toc =Presentation Links & Resources= Please feel free to utilize and share any of our resources with your teachers and staff!

Please note that this is only a beginning - please feel free to add any tools or resources that you have found to be helpful (more are being created every single day!).

This page is organized according to the three sections of our presentation:
 * Getting Started
 * Implementation
 * What's Next



Getting Started
Here are a few helpful resources to help you get started connecting and collaborating:

Explore Existing Networks:

 * [|Classroom 2.0 Ning]
 * [|Global SchoolNet]
 * Global Collaborations
 * [|The Global Education Collaborative Ning]
 * [|Flat Classrooms Ning]
 * [|Online Projects For Teachers Ning]
 * [|Projects By Jen Ning]
 * [|Teen Second Classroom]

Feed Yourself:

 * ====**Blogs**==== || ====**Twitter**==== || ====**Podcasts**==== || ====**uStream Channels**==== || ====**Conferences**==== ||
 * [|Alltop Education] || [|Directory of Learning Professionals] || [|Education Podcast Netowrk] || [|tagged education] || [|hitchhikr] ||
 * [|Dangerously Irrelevant List] (June 2008) || [|Twitter4Teachers] || [|Digg Education Podcasts] || [|tagged learning] || [|The Conference Channel] ||
 * [|Support Blogging] ||  || [|EdTechTalk] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  || EdTechLive ||   ||   ||



**Understanding by Design**

 * [|Understanding by Design Template] (image)
 * [|Understanding by Design Template] (Word Doc)
 * The [|Understanding by Design Exchange] from [|ASCD]
 * Excellent [|2-page overview] of UbD from Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching!
 * A 16-page [|introduction] to UbD from a Texas school system. A great brief overview to the book with very few references to Texas State Standards.
 * A sample [|rubric] based on the six facets of understanding from UbD.
 * An overview of [|Teaching for Understanding] with descriptions of each of the six facets of understanding.
 * An excellent set of links on the [|UbD process] (with samples, standards and rubrics) from [|Coastal Plains Regional Educational Service Agency] (CPRESA) in Georgia, USA.
 * Another excellent set of links on [|standards-based education] from [|CPRESA] in Georga, USA.
 * A [|wiki] on Leadership by Design //and// Understanding by Design.
 * [|The Perfect Match: Technology Integration and Understanding By Design]

**IBO: MYP Technology Design Cycle**

 * [|Design Cycle Graphic]
 * [|IBO Overview of Technology Curriculum Group]
 * [|Creating Independent Learners: The MYP Technology Design Cycle]

**The Technology Toolbox**
All of the great web 2.0 tools we mentioned in our presentation can be found, linked, here (all are free unless specifically noted):
 * =====**Blogs**===== || =====**Wikis**===== || =====**Podcasting**===== || =====**Photo Albums**===== || =====**Productivity Apps**===== || =====**Creativity**===== ||
 * [|EduBlogs] || [|PB Wiki] || [|YackPack] (subscription cost) || [|BubbleShare] || [|GoogleApps] || [|Blabberize] ||
 * [|Blogger] || [|Wikispaces] || [|Skype] || [|MixBook] || [|GoogleSites] || [|Glogster] ||
 * [|Wordpress] || [|WetPaint] || [|Gabcast] || [|.Mac Web Gallery] (subscription cost) || [|Google Forms] || [|Google Earth] ||
 * [|Blogmeister] || [|Media Wiki] || [|Audacity] || [|SmugMug] || [|Zoho] ||  ||
 * ||  || [|Garage Band] || [|Shutterfly] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  || [|G-cast] || [|ScrapBlog] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  || [|VoiceThread] || [|Flickr] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || [|Picassa] ||   ||   ||

Web 2.0 Comparison Chart
A helpful chart to choose the right tool for the task, compliments this blog post: [|The Technology Toolbox: Choosing the Right Tool for the Task]

Tutorials for Web 2.0 tools

 * [|Directions on how to set up a Bubble Share.pdf]
 * [|Directions on how to create a slideshare.pdf]
 * [|VoiceThreadTutorial.pdf]
 * [|PBWiki Tutorial]
 * [|Wikispaces Tutorial]
 * [|Adding an image to wikispaces]
 * [|Google Earth Tutorial Part 1]
 * [|Google Earth Tutorial Part 2]
 * 21C Tools (Liz B Davis)
 * Social Software Stuff (Dean Shareski)
 * [|Voice Thread Tutorial (Miguel Guhlin)]
 * [|Blogmeister Tutorial (David Warlick)]
 * [|Yack Pack Tutorials]
 * [|G-Cast Tutorial]
 * [|Skype Tutorial (Lorrie Jackson)]
 * [|WetPaint Tutorial (CommonCraft)]

The Reading Connection
Join our current globally collaborative project designed for PK-6 students.

Global Projects
Tons of great globally collaborative projects you may be interested in joining, or just "window shopping":
 * Books Go Global!
 * KinderKids Draw!
 * Global eLearners
 * ES 1001 Flat World Tales
 * Classroom Braids
 * [|Collaborative Corner]
 * [|Election 2008 Project]
 * Global Explorers
 * [|Global Education Collaborative Project List]
 * How Tall Is A First Grader
 * [|Jenuinetech.com]
 * Iditarod Collaborative Project
 * Online Autumn Revival
 * Project Lemonade
 * [|Read Around the Planet]
 * [|Rock Our World]
 * [|Seasonal Changes Through Our Eyes and Yours]
 * [|The Book of Many Kindnesses]
 * [|Tooth Tally 2009]

Advice and Tips
Excellent advice and thoughts on global collaborations from edubloggers around the world who kindly contributed to our [|VoiceThread discussion]:

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