Keep the Education Conversation Going on Twitter with #EdChat by Lisa Nielsen

Keep the Education Conversation Going on Twitter with #EdChat by Lisa Nielsen

Results on ReadWriteThink - ReadWriteThink via kwout

One of the many student interactives from Thinkfinity. Use these to kick start the new year.

Education World® : Teacher Tools & Templates via kwout

These are easy to access templates that every primary classroom teacher should have at their command post!

Announcing the 2010 Edublog Awards Winners! – The Edublog Awards via kwout

Wonderful news! PortableRadio.ca has just been awarded The Best Educational Podcast Award from the people at Edublogs.

Thank you to all who took time to vote for us. We were the only student produced podcast in the list of 24 nominees so this is quite a honour for us. Nathan Toft and I are very proud of the work that our grade 5/6 students from South March P. S. and Berrigan E.S. do in sharing their ideas and stories on the internet. You can listen to us at PortableRadio.ca or you can also subscribe to our podcast on iTunes (and they are free).

I am very proud that one of my students, Tyler, was able to attend the virtual award ceremony and I hear represented us very well.

Thanks again to all who voted for us,

Jane

J. Smith
South March E.S.

"A characteristic of the normal child is he doesn't act that way very often." ~Author Unknown


My links:
www.MrsSmith.ca
www.portablepd.ca
www.portableradio.ca

Reading-Active-and-Engaging - Book Trailers via kwout

gooddeeddoers [licensed for non-commercial use only] / FrontPage via kwout

Why not start 2011 with an inspired project such as the Good Deed Doers Project.

PBL learning explained in realistic terms ..a great idea for parent/teacher interviews. Love the use of coomoncraft series! See the side bar for more.

BeyondPenguins/Seminars - NSDLWiki via kwout

BeyondPenguins/Seminars - NSDLWiki via kwout

Family Reading Partnership: Home via kwout

A book on every bed is a great idea!

Other sites of Interest to Educators Gleaned from my PLN: ~
Thinkfinity's Science Interactives is a great way to engage students in 21st century learning! ...
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a podcast using Posterous and how your listeners can add it to iTunes.

Writing Prompts.cwk via kwout

Recommended Links from The Holiday Zone via kwout

A great site to investigate all sorts of seasonal resources for the classroom

ICT11-12 @NDRS Vancouver BC - Art and Drawing Resources via kwout

Thanks to my twitter network and others in my PLN I have discovered some useful interactive art sites.

More inspiration comes from this Visual Arts site

from Twitter
by BJ Berquist
bjb@tappedin.org
www.twitter.com/tappedinorg

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NetWatch - Professionally Speaking - December 2010 via kwout

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Webklipper - Organize your files and documents. Take notes on them. Exchange design feedback. Start a conversation via kwout

http://sharedcopy.com/

Student Blogs
Students write about what they are passionate about
http://exoticcarinsider.blogspot.com/

K12 Online Conference 2010 via kwout

Global Education Conference

Both fantastic conferences continue to be available as resources.

Writing with Writers: Poetry Writing | Scholastic.com via kwout

Study the genre of poetry by taking part in step-by-step workshops with favorite authors. Then publish your poems online in Scholastic's Poetry Anthology or I Spy Riddle Library.

If you like Scholastic's approach to poetry, try the following~

"The Favorite Poem Project seeks to improve poetry's place in American classrooms by encouraging active, engaging poetry lessons that emphasize a direct, vocal connection to poems. The lessons below were developed by teachers as part of their participation in the Favorite Poem Project summer poetry institutes hosted by Boston University."