Teacher+Links

This page is for links to websites that would help teachers behind the scenes.

Blog Starter Kit: Steve Dembo of Teach42.com put together a Bloglines "starter kit" of sorts for teachers just getting into reading blogs. http://www.bloglines.com/public/blogstarterkit

Brewer Technology and Learning Center: Tony Brewer was the keynote speaker at the 2005 Powering Up With Technology Conference. He was funny and very knowledgable. http://www.tonybrewer.com/

CC Mayer and Bettle Animation: This 13 meg quicktime animation doeas a really nice job describing the Creative Commons license. http://creativecommons.org.au/animation_train

Classroom Displays: Pictures and descriptions of various classroom displays. http://lmhartley.edublogs.org/

del.icio.us/elennert: Some useful education links. http://del.icio.us/elennert

Digital Workshops: Free online video workshops for teachers. They even have closed captioning! http://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/index.asp

Directory of Open Access Journals: "Welcome to the Directory of Open Access Journals. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages." http://www.doaj.org/

(Edu)Blogging101: A wiki with the goal of informing teachers about blogs as they relate to education, along with the good, the bad, and the ugly details. http://blogging101.wikispaces.com/

edugadget - flickr creative commons: Flickr, Creative Commons, and lesson ideas. Hurrah! http://www.edugadget.com/2005/05/07/flickr-creative-commons/

FlySketch: FREE Mac program that allows you to draw on your desktop, highlight, etc. You can even save your drawings for later. http://flyingmeat.com/flysketch/

Free Culture: A great online book explaining copyright laws and their history. http://free-culture.org/

FundingFactory Lesson Plans: Lesson Plans, sorted by subject. The Art section looks a little sparse, but it looks like you can submit your own plans as well. http://www.lessonfactory.com/

Getting the Video out of Your New iPod: A cheaper way to hook an iPod up to a classroom TV to show slideshows or videos. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/11/18/video-ipod.html

jahshaka.org: Free, open source video editor for Mac, Windows, and Linux. http://www.jahshaka.org/

Integrated technology lesson plans: Ways to use tech in your classroom. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/integ_tech_lessons.htm

manybooks.net: Tons of free and legal eBooks for your PDA or iPod http://manybooks.net/

Open Book Project: Teach yourself to program. http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCS/

RateMyTeachers.com: Students and parents know about this site. Now, we do as well. http://www.ratemyteachers.com/

Resource Guide: Educational resource .pdf files from Discovery Education http://www.unitedstreaming.com/resourceguide/

SciQ - Science Revealed: Science themed video via RSS. It's even formatted for the iPod. http://www.sciencerevealed.com/

SurveyMonkey.com: Free online survey service, although they do have a paid version. http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Twelve sided calendar: Everyone needs a 3d calendar, don't they? http://www.ii.uib.no/~arntzen/kalender/

Vinterstille: Free alternatives to Macromedia and Adobe : Design - Tutorials - Fonts - Resources - Objects - Elements. ... I love free software. http://vinterstille.dk/free-alternatives-to-macromedia-and-adobe-software

What is a blog? TheWeblogProject: Lots of video clips where different people explain their idea of what a blog is. http://www.theweblogproject.com/

What is a podcast: Advice for explaining podcasts to those who are not "tech savvy." http://www.podcast411.com/f12.html

Writely - The Web Word Processor: Online word processing where you can share your documents with others or even send them to your blog. Nifty concept. http://www.writely.com/

Yotophoto: Stock photo search engine. Thank you, Creative Commons! http://yotophoto.com/

ZOOM (PBS Kids):A variety of cool activities saved as .pdf files, including more than one animation project in the "Five Senses" section. http://pbskids.org/zoom/printables/activities/