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= Technology Integration =

Google Earth
[|Google Earth] Go here to download Google Earth. [|Why use Google Earth?] A site that gives you basic instructions for Google Earth. How can it help you? [|Google Earth in the Classroom] Google Earth is a great resource. You can use it to work math problems, look at museums, study maps, etc. [|Google Earth Lessons]All sorts of lessons for Google Earth including one with a Flat Stanley [|Math Lessons using Google Earth] Most of the lessons here are for Middle School but the concepts that you can use might be helpful for you. [|Google Earth Community] A Forum for lessons and uses for Google Earth. [|Strangest Sights in Google Earth] Weird things that can be seen with Google Earth. [|Where can you find cool things?] You want to take your students on a field trip to museums, etc. Here is where they are. [|Google Lit Trips] Books that use Google Earth to trace the route of the characters. It does have books for K-5 [|23 ways to use Google Earth]. A presentation of ideas [|Google 3D Tours] Tours of Historical as well as fun buildings [|Google Earth and Sunken Ships] You can use these to tour a ship underneath the ocean.

Google Sketch-up
[|Google Sketchup] Go here to download free Google Sketchup [|Training Videos for Google Sketchup] If you want to learn how to use Google Sketchup--start here [|Google Sketchup in the Classroom] A pdf document explaining google sketchup

Blogs
[|Wordpress] A free site to establish a blog (Mine is here) [|Blogmeister] A more controlled environment for blogging. We get a code and the students use this to post to their blogs. I have a code and will be glad to share it if you decide you want to have your students blog or you can register yourself at this site.

Podcasting
[|Audacity] Your students record a story onto your computer and this program will convert it to an MP3 that can be saved easily to ipods and mp3 players. This software is free

RSS Readers--instead of newspapers--read what current educational professional are writing
[|Bloglines] Easy to use [|Google Reader] Based on your G-mail account but still easy to use

Online Tests and Surveys
[|Survey Monkey] Free ways to survey your parents or students online [|PollDaddy] Polls are made and placed on your website [|That Quiz]Make the quiz here for Math and Science

Games and WhiteBoard Activities
[|Clock Talk] Teaching children to tell time [|Cobo Flash Cards] Students can make flashcards that can be printed. [|Virtual Math Manipulatives] There are games to play with Math [|Match the hair] Using three laboratory tests and their powers of deduction, they must identify the hair with the correct band member [|Pyramid Builder] This is very similar to Oregon Trail that we used to play except that they must understand or learn about Egyptian Culture [|I know that]Online games for all levels [|Kitchen Chemistry] Online games to teach science concepts [|More Whiteboard Activities] Activities rated by grade level for your whiteboard [|More Whiteboard Resources] Resources to help with your whiteboard [|Math Projects for Whiteboards]This site uses flash to show math concepts [|Teacher's Domain] a wiki of lesson plans for K-12 divided by subject area (Has PBS origins) [|InterWrite Lessons] Already made lessons for the Whiteboard from eInstruction

Free things
[|EcoFont] This font is new and uses less ink. It is a free download. You download it and save it, open Control Panel, open the font folder and drag it there. It is called Spranq_eco_sans_regular.ttf. [|Evernote] A way to remember things you read on the web [|BitBomb] I forget things that I am suppose to do--BitBomb sends me a text message [|Trailfire] Send your students on a web field trip. I used trailfire to go over Bogus Internet sites. It is found [|here] [|iGoogle] You can personalize your home page with information that you want using iGoogle. [|Picasa] allows you to crop pictures and email them from your gmail account. [|Google Calendar] This calendar syncs with my blackberry and keeps me where I am supposed to be. [|Google alerts] allows you to read what has been written worldwide about a certain topic. (My brother has one about himself!!!) I used it for my dissertation to keep the most current information. [|Google Voice] allows you to combine all your phones to one number. For instance if you call my google number 393-9322 both my cell and home phone will ring. It is brand new. [|Twitter]a microblogging site that allows you to tell what you are doing in less than 140 characters.

Accelerated Math
[|Dissertation about AM] (abstract is available here) [|Slideshare presentation about AM] and how to use it in Lower Elementary Grades

Places to Store Information [|Live Binders] A really cool place to keep all your information in one place. They are also shared.