10 Tips on Creating a School 2.0 from Chris Lehmann

In the above video, Chris Lehmann, Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philly speaks on the future of education (which is now) at the #140 Character Conference this Tuesday. In 12 minutes, Lehmann sums up the ever-changing world of education, how it is affected by the real time web, what schools need to do to change and how we can get there. What seems like a painful task for our nation seems pretty simple for Lehmann.

Solve the Mystery!

The Adjective Detective is a fun way for your students to learn more about the different types of adjectives. From superlative adjectives to comparative adjectives, this site has it all! The site is very interactive, with lessons, games and quizzes from the Children University of Manchester site.

Earth Day activities, projects and videos

Thinkfinity brings you a great list of resources for students and teachers to celebrate Earth Day.

Thinkfinity offers Earth Day lesson plans, activities, projects, videos, interactive tools about conserving energy, recycling and finding innovative ways to solve environmental challenges.

Free Web 2.0 Project Book

Thanks to Free Technology For Teachers Blog for writing about this great free ebook

Terry Freedman's free ebook The Amazing Web 2.o Projects Book.

Terry Freedman served as the editor of the book which is comprised of the contributions of 94 people. I took a look at the book last night and was impressed by what I found in the 121 pages of The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book. Within the book readers will find 87 web-based projects. Each project in the book has defined objectives, defined grade level or age range, links to additional information (including how-to's) about the project, and tips for teachers planning to use the project.

Travel around the worls in 3D!

AROUNDER gives travelers a vivid sense of what a city has to offer: historical cathedrals and works of art, museums featuring famous artists, local cafes and stores, breathtaking mountain-top views, quiet parks and gardens. Each issue contains a series of interesting panoramas giving you a full immersive view of the cities. Navigation is easy with Google maps of the city and surrounding area.

Freeology

Freeoology is a website that has a free school stuff directory with dozens of free printable forms for teachers. Free graphic organizer forms, calendars, awards forms, and coloring pages are just some of the things you can find.

Gallery of Writing

Get inspired and visit a remarkable place on the Web where writing comes to life. Students can read published work, upload their own writing and create a gallery for their work.

Addressing Plagiarism

Thanks to Nathan Grimm, SR Education Group ∙ Program Manager for sharing this great article about how teachers need to address plagiarism in their classroom.

The Beginner's Guide to Interactive Virtual Field Trips

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The Beginner's Guide to Interactive Virtual Field Trips

Resources Found on this Article:

E-Field Trips
www.efieldtrips.org
This organization hosts electronic field trips with four main parts: the Trip Journal, theVirtual Visit (a streaming video), an Ask the Expert tool, and a hosted Web chat.

Access Excellence Resource Center
www.accessexcellence.org/RC/virtual.php
This site lists a collection of mainly scienceand health-related VFTs and online labs.

Gail Lovely’s site
www.gaillovely.com/VirtualFieldTrips.htm
Lovely provides a hot-linked list organized into live journeys, “interactive environments,”
travelogues, e-museums, building and place tours, map-based visits, and read-along visits

K-12 Instructional Media Center

The K-12 Instructional Media Center, has over 2,200 carefully selected and annotated resources that provide you with the tools you need to create exciting, topical lesson plans and curriculum. Is used as a professional development by the Stanford School of Education and the Exploratorium, K12IMC.org is a non-profit resource, maintained by Dr. Bonnie Tenenbaum.

Review Documents

Thanks to ilearn Technology Blog for writing this post!

What it is: Crocodoc is a new online tool that is quickly becoming a go-to application in my technology toolbox. Crocodoc lets you easily share and review documents online including pdfs, Word documents, and PowerPoint slides.

It is as easy as 1-2-3

1. Upload the document from your computer or a URL (no registration required!).

2. Mark up the document using the built in highlighter, sticky notes, strike out, and text.

3. Share the unique URL of your Crocodoc with others.

This is an easy way to collaborate on projects, edit student work, and critique written works. Since Crocodoc was released last week, I have used it to share numerous documents with my students, edit a technology grant, send a lesson plans to teachers with notes about how to use them, and added my suggestions to a PowerPoint presentation. It is SO easy to use, and since it doesn’t require registration, it is perfect for the classroom.

Creating Your Own Certificates For FREE!

Certificate Street is a website that offers free templates to create certificates so you can print them out. You can browse through all the categories templates. For school, sports, special occasions, blank certificates etc.

A vision of 21 st Century Teachers

Thanks to the Educational Software Blog for sharing this video.

This video is a vision of the 21st Century Teacher. Just take a look at it and rethink about the importance of technology integration in your teaching. Eighteen classroom teachers "speak out" on the topic of tech integration and 21st Century skills for students.

Educational Video Site

Neo K-12 is an educational website that has videos, lessons and games for k-12 kids. You can create your own play list of videos once you sign in for an account. You can search for any subject videos, create your own quiz game and also create photo presentations.

Create Your Own Story Book Online

StoryJumper is a site that gives parents, kids, and authors a fun set of intuitive tools for writing and illustrating kids stories.

It's easy -- just click on the "create" button and choose the type of story you want to make. From their, you'll be taken into our StoryCreator tool and on your way. Click away -- there's nothing you can break here! You can also watch a short video that demonstrates how the tools work.

StoryJumper is a great way for teachers to jump start Creative Writing lesson plans:

Promote writing & literacy
Rich, colorful art library
Flexible platformsto
It's free

World War II Relived through Sand Painting

Thanks to Open Culture Blog for writing about this incredible artist.

How did the artist Kseniya Simonova win the Ukrainian version of Britain’s Got Talent? By using the art of sand painting to recount the story of Germany’s invasion of Ukraine in 1941. Life was somewhat ordinary, then it all fell apart. And, by the war’s end, an estimated 10 million Ukrainians were left dead. It’s a difficult story to tell. And I’m referring not just to the story’s content, but to the actual medium too. Thanks Steve for the heads up on this one.

For more sand painting, check out the work of Ilana Yahav.

A Maths Dictionary For kids!

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ 

Thanks to Lauren Grossberg for writing about this math site.

A Maths Dictionary for Kids, an online resource for math terms and visual aides, has been updated for the 2010 year. Started by an Australian K-6 teacher, it now includes more terms, definitions, and visual aids than it has previously had. This site is great because it provides straightforward and understandable definitions of the sometimes complicated math terms. Along with over 400 definitions there is a small diagram or some sort of interactive activity or game to help students visually see the term's definition. Just like any other dictionary, all the math terms are arranged alphabetically.

 A Maths Dictionary for Kids is a great resource to help students when they are working on homework assignments, individual in-class assignments or larger group projects. The visual clues that go along with each definition are helpful for students who find it more difficult to visualize the actual meaning of a math term.

Artists Readers

Thanks to Educational Software Blog fos sharing this site.

Storyline Online is an online, streaming video program that features members of the Screen Actors Guild reading award-winning children's books. You can choose from dozens of stories that range in topic and theme. Each book includes accompanying activities and lesson ideas.

Have Fun With History!

American History Teachers, homeschoolers, and history buffs now have an online resource full of American History streaming videos, activities, links and resources - because history is fun!

This website can make your American History class even more fun. It has history videos, activities, subjects and more.

Using PREZI on the classroom

I've written about Prezi before on the Amschool Web 2.0 Resource Blog.

Prezi is a zooming digital presentation editor. I’ts simply cooler than powerpoints.

This amazing tool has offered FREE license to educators who are willing to use it actively in their classrooms. This license includes a 500 MB of space storage which is a lot. Still you can use the 100 MB they offer to anyone for free.

If you want to see how Prezi works check this "7 Wonders of the World" Presentation:

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World on Prezi

If you liked it just sign in to have your own account. If you want to know what to do with it in the classroom just follow this simple 8 ways: