Teaching, Learning, and Technology
PPAP Presentation ~ April 20, 2004

EdTechCentral

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WebLinks

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TechProjects

A Must Read:  What Every Teacher Should Now About Media and Technology by Donna Walker Tileston

Adding graphics for visual understanding and connections

• www.animfactory.com

• http://graficca.sitemynet.com

• http://www.pdictionary.com/

• http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/graphicorg/index.htm

Engaging the Kids 

• http://www.teachersfirst.com/twister/select-a.htm ~ Brain twister or Twisted brain?

• http://www.onelook.com/  how do you say gum in Spanish

• http://www.wordcentral.com/ How can we increase student’s vocabulary and still make it fun?

• http://falconcam.apk.net/ Take a fieldtrip

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/explore/oldkingdom.html Visit a tomb!

 Building Relationships with Information Exchange 

• http://www.epals.com/ creating relationships beyond the classrooms

• http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/article/penpal.htm read about how to use e-pals in your classroom

Helping Kids Find and organize the Facts 

• http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/webresearch/

• http://www.tekmom.com/search/

• http://www.kidsclick.org/

• http://www.noodletools.com/

 Sites for Teachers to use as resources

• http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/admin/lss/teacher-resources/

• http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

• http://searchenginewatch.com/links/article.php/2156191

• http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/edtechcentral/literacy/expliteracy.htm

• http://www.powayusd.com/projects/EdTechCentral/

• http://k-6educators.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.funbrain.com

• www.about.com

• http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/mindmap/ How to use Mindmaps

• http://babelfish.altavista.com/ language translation

 Lesson Plans, tools and teaching tips

• Strategies for Teaching ~ a must read

• http://www.teachnet.com/

• www.new-teacher.com

• http://www.teachersfirst.com/

• http://school.discovery.com

 Tools for teaching

• www.backflip.com ~ find it

• www.inspiration.com ~ organize it

• http://www.presentationpro.com/  ~ present it

• http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php ~ evaluate it

• http://www.rubrics.com

  • http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/summer99/northside/great_deserts/rubricinsp.htm - rubric for mindmapping

  • http://www.thinkinggear.com/tools/main.cfm?t_id=1 ~ create a rubric

• http://www.4teachers.org/ ~ they got it all

Stacey Campo
Instructional Technology Specialist
Poway Unified School District