this is more about a curriculum that public schools are adopting but it has some interesting points about HOW to use technology most effectively. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/technology/17essay.html

With the increasing use of technology in classrooms, it’s no wonder that teachers have a growing interest in using YouTube and other online media sharing sites to bring information into their classrooms. Here are 100 YouTube videos that can provide supplementary information for the class, give inspiration, help you keep control of class and even provide a few laughs here and there. http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=54641

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This site has a list of recommended tech applications based on what you're looking for. It's a great resource. http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/toolbox2007.html

Here is a link to some video tutorials on how to create a web site with Google Pages. If you're looking to create a simple web site for your class, project, or event, Google Pages is a great web application for that. http://kevin.jarrett.googlepages.com/whataregoogleapps%3F7 Kevin Jarrett is a K-4 technology integrator and his blog has a lot of good information on it as well. http://www.… Continue

This article from The Science Daily states that incorporating the arts into our lives can make us smarter. They state, "children motivated in the arts develop attention skills and strategies for memory retrieval that also apply to other subject areas". This data came from the DANA Foundation. As the year begins to wind down, perhaps this summ… Continue

Some people of asked me what twitter is and how it can be used. Here is a video from Common Craft that explains how Twitter work. I will write more later on the potential of Twitter in the classroom. Continue

Do you want to use or already use You Tube videos but don't want to worry about the streaming lag? With Miro you don't have to worry about delays as you can download videos to your hard drive and show them as you please. Some of our faculty are already using Miro with great success. Check it out, you'll find that it is extremely useful if you like to use Internet videos.

Did you know? Worcester Firsts

• Worcester, Massachusetts was host to the first national Women's Rights Convention in 1850.
• The launching of the first liquid fuel rocket took place in Worcester, led by "the father of modern rocketry," Robert Goddard (also a graduate
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Found this site today. Learn It Lists is a language tool, providing 10 words for translation every day. This could be a useful addition for your students to memorize the vocabulary they need for your language class.

This week's creative tip is one of those handy shortcuts you can use all the time. As basic as it is, a lot of us missed this feature along the way. In many Adobe application (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), hold down the Shift key while dragging a guide to snap to the nearest ruler mark. The cool part is that your guides snap to the visible tick marks on the ruler whatever the magnification level. Once you've tried it, you'll be using this trick every day. Credit and full article can be ob… Continue

Back in January 2007, we published a tip showing how to use PDF watermarks to add studio-branded "proof" stickers to the PDFs you send clients (Add proofing messages with PDF watermarks). That's been a popular tip over the last year. This week we'd like to provide an updated tutorial showing how you can do the same thing using custom Acrobat stamps. In hindsight, using Acrobat stamps does a better job, and is a lot more fun. Read the full article and more from ...… Continue

Here is a great place to start if you want to get your feet wet with blogging. EduBlogs is designed for teachers, has a great forum for help,and is easy to manage and set up. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me an email.

Alan Watts, best known for his thinking on Zen Buddhism, was one one of the most respected philosophers of the 20th century . He had many great ideas about life and his teachings apply directly to what we do. Watch the video and if you like what you see, visit the link above. Continue

If you use Google Docs there is a new sidebar for your Firefox browser. Now you can have access to your Google Docs no matter what website you are on. Check it out. Google Docs Bar

More schools and universities are moving away from hosted solutions to Google Apps for education. Check out this brief 12 minute video explaining how it works?

Ever have a parent curious to know what's going on? Do you have students lose their syllabus or class material and you have to copy another? A class website through a blog can solve those issues. This class blog is an excellent example of how blogs can be used as a classroom bulletin board and update page for students and parents. The example given is an elementary school class but the potential remains the same for middle and upper school classro… Continue

Think children are learning how to use technology at an early age? Check out this video of a 2 year old using an iPhone. Technology is quickly becoming a bigger part of our students' lives. They are learning how to use these tools at an earlier and earlier age. While this video isn't about technology and teaching, our students are Digital Natives and our future students will only become more so. To relate to them we must understand the to… Continue

If you students forget to use the resources at the library, there are plenty of great methods of finding research beyond a "simple" Google search (the advanced search can bring back some good leads). I found this site full of different online research tools today and thought y'all might find it useful for your various… Continue