http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org ClassroomTechnoBlog Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:26:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems that every time I turn around Google has added yet another tool to help educators. Ok - I know they aren't JUST for educators, but dang! They sure are useful! I have been taking an e-class through my education department and have learned about Google sites. Now - I've ... http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org/2009/10/21/gooooooooooooooooogle/ Which country lets you visit both cities of Edinborough and Glasgow? Where can you see stalactites? Remember these questions from the wonderful folks over at BrainQuest? Those  marvelous flip books which kept thousands of us entertained on the road and we now are trying to get our own children interested in ... http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org/2009/09/14/do-you-know/ Wow - here I was - taking a quick break from writing lesson plans for the week - just foolin' and toolin' around and look at what I stumbled across....Newtools! Click on the "click here" button to see new possibilities. My thoughts for this in my classroom would be to use ... http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org/2009/09/07/new-tools/ I've posted before here about my love of Voice Thread and I just received an email from them touting even MORE to make Voice Thread better! If you'd like to read even more about Voicethread - check out their blog. They've added the New York Library's Digital Library with over 700,000 ... http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org/2009/08/19/and-even-more-to-love-about-voicethread/ Oh my heck! Sharing websites and links with each other just got soooo much easier! Check out Sharetabs. It's a very simple, straight-forward, no-frills site where all you do is enter the links to the sites you want to share. Once you have those entered, click on "tabify 'em". You ... http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org/2009/07/29/share-a-tab/ Come see the quick (FREE) wordle I created with the tweets that were generated during this mornings presentation by Ted McCain at the Special Education Teacher Leader Academy in Charleston, WV. This tools is great to use in so many ways in the classroom - and extremely easy. Check out the ... http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org/2009/07/27/wordle/ When telling a story, words can convey so much. However, when you can tell a story using words, pictures, music, and your own voice - the power of the message becomes exponentially greater. Even those unenthusiastic writers may show a glimmer of interest when presented with this program as a ... http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org/2008/04/22/the-rest-of-the-story/ Ok - that's obvious - my favorite things also happen to include the song from Sound of Music. I also love chocolate, soft cotton t-shirts, cuddling with my kids, holding hands with my husband, and learning new things. Over the last year or so there has been an explosion of ... http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org/2008/04/04/raindrops-on-roses-and-whiskers-on-kittens/ LearnOutLoud has an incredible library of podcasts and audio files free for the taking. The podcasts range from Aesop's Fables to Greek Mythology to Ralph Waldo Emerson essays and Great Speeches in History. The podcasts can either be downloaded and listened in your leisure or streamed and listened to immediately. ... http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org/2008/03/23/learnoutloud-podcast-palooza/ Thanks to a link from Cool Cat Teacher - I've been exploring a wiki dedicated to Dr. Marzano's Classroom Instruction that Works. My school system is one that a few years ago adopted this resource and every teacher was provided a copy of his Handbook for Classroom Instruction that Works. We ... http://wvskphillips.edublogs.org/2008/03/21/marzano-a-la-wiki/