Animation for Education
www.scrapblog.com/viewer/Viewer.aspx?sbid=31324
This Scrapblog by Oscar Stringer introduces teachers and students to the potential of animation in the classroom.
Apple Learning Interchange (ALI)
edcommunity.apple.com/ali
ALI contains a wide range of teaching resources and examples of exemplary projects
involving technology use in the classroom.
Booklyn Artists Alliance ED Manual
www.booklyn.org/education/000240.php
PDF files that includes instructions and lessons for several bookmaking techniques.
Community Learning Network
www.cln.org
This Canadian-based site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology
into the classroom. It includes over 5,800 annotated links to educational sites
with free resources, all organized by theme pages and keyword search.
Concept to Classroom: Cooperative and Collaborative
Learning
www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class
This
is a free online professional development workshop on how using small, cooperative
groups can help improve student learning in the classroom.
Digital Generation Project
www.edutopia.org/digital-generation
Edutopia’s Digital Generation Project presents several video portraits of young students from around the U.S. who are using digital media to learn, communicate, and socialize in new and exciting ways. There are also numerous related articles and resources.
Digital Kids Club
www.adobe.com/education/digkids
Adobe sponsors this site that
offers teachers, students, and parents digital photography, video, and imaging resources (focused on Adobe products of course).
FindSounds.com
www.findsounds.com
A free site where you can search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples.
Focus on Animation Techniques
www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/techniques
This site surveys the main animation techniques and briefly explains the role they have played in the history of filmmaking at the National Film Board of Canada.
Make Movies
www.makemovies.co.uk
Designed by by British animator Stan Hayward, is an excellent online resource
for teachers and students who are interested in creating their own animated
movies.
NetSmartz
www.netsmartzkids.org
An interactive site that teaches young kids what to look out for when they're online.
New Media Thinking
www.newmediathinking.org
This project
explores different types of media spaces and the opportunities they offer young students.
Sketchcast.com
sketchcast.com
This free online tool
allows you to record a sketch with or without voice to explain something, have fun, or create art. You can then embed the sketch player in your blog or point students to your sketch channel.
Tapped In
tappedin.org/tappedin
Tapped In is a multi-user virtual conference center and workplace for a growing
international community of education professionals and students. To join, fill
out and submit the membership form available on the Tapped In website. Visitors
can explore TAPPED IN by clicking on the “Guest Login” button on
the homepage.
Teach Animation
www.teachanimation.org
This site offers teacher tips, lessons, and student examples of animation.
Teacher Tap
eduscapes.com/tap
Teacher Tap is a professional development resource that helps educators address
common technology integration questions by providing practical, online resources
and activities.
TeachingPhoto.com
teachingphoto.com
A website for and by photographyand imaging educators.
Technology and Learning
www.techlearning.com
This webzine is an excellent resource for information on technology use in the
classroom. It includes a searchable database, articles by teachers, links and
much more.
Technology Tutorials Found on the Web
www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm
Here you'll find links to online tutorials for many of the popular software
application programs used in schools today including FrontPage, PowerPoint,
KidPix, Photoshop, Claris HomePage, Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash, HyperStudio,
and iMovie.
Tux Paint
www.tuxpaint.org
Here is a open source, easy to use, drawing and painting program for young children (ages 3 and up) that you download for free.
Using Del.icio.us
www.teachertube.com/view_video. . .
An introductory video on social bookmarking with del.icio.us.
Videography for Educators
edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php. . .
Tips and techniques to assist in teaching for and creating quality video products.
Voicethread 4 Education Wiki
voicethread4education.wikispaces.com
The purpose of this wiki is to gather examples of how educators are using Voicethread in their classrooms (or for professional development) and to share those examples.
Whirling Watcher
tinyurl.com/7ytrsc
Instructions for creating a simple animation praxinoscope.
Youth Learn
www.youthlearn.org
This site contains an exceptional collection of informational resources and
tools to help teachers create learning programs enhanced with technology.
2007 Edublog Awards
edublogawards.com/and-the-winners-are
Winners of the Edublog Awards in the use of Web 2.0 technologies in education.
