Big Huge Labs Web Site

Every month I do a local television spot called Focus on the Internet in our technology show titled, TechFocus. This month, I showcased a website from John Watson, from Flickr called BigHugeLabs.com. If you have not had the pleasure of purusing this site, what a treat you have in stored. Watch the video on our TechFocus site called Big Huge Labs

SafeShare.TV

Have you been frustrated when you try to show a great educational YouTube video to your students with all the distracting advertisements and additional clutter on the site? Here is a great way to share your YouTube videos with others and your students. You simply copy and paste the URL (address) into the window and it creates a safe URL in SafeShare.TV. Try it out.

I Need My Teachers to Learn

Kevin Honeycutt is one of the most inspirational Techno-educators I have ever met. He energizes a group of teachers by walking in the room.

He has a mulitude of talents and he has posted a song he wrote on YouTube. I had to share it on my blog and I hope you will spend the time watching this wonderful music video. Ask your students to watch it and if they feel this way!

StoryLine Online

Students love to listen to great stories being read aloud to them. It is even better when those stories are books they love to read and narrated by famous actors and actresses! The Screen Actors Guild sponsors this website, StoryLine Online. Students will enjoy listening to Melissa Gilbert as she reads Patricia Polacco's My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother. The books are entertaining and the children will enjoy listening and watching the pages turn.

TechFocus Video Clips

In case you are interested.... there are several video clips available on this website of our local television show called TechFocus. There are some great technology integration tips from how to use Skype or Wordle to keeping students safe. The show is broken up into 4 basic segments: Classroom Focus, SMART Board tip, Internet focus and Technology Tip. You might take a look through these video clips and find some great information, ideas and websites.

Enjoy!!

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  Booktalks are a great way to introduce a book to students! They provide enough information about a book but without giving the entire plot away. They are like trailers for a popular movie coming out. Many librarians use booktalks as an enticing way to get students interested in books but it is time consuming to prepare them. Here is a site with booktalks ready and waiting! They are excellent! Your students can view the videos of the book talks that Sonja Cole, the host with a degree in Library Media, presents. She is engaging, provoking and hooks the students in.

Bookwink is set up to excite 3rd-8th grade students about reading. It contains annotations and videos about popular children and young adult literature. You can search by subject, grade level, author and title. You can also subscribe to their podcasts and vodcasts. Share this with your librarian friends!

• tags: reading, booktalks, video, podcast, vodcast, library, book

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10 [or so] Myths in Your School's Technology Department

A Google Certified, technology coordinator in Colorado posted this fun video. Enjoy thinking of all the myths your staff has about technology services. Can you think of some they forgot to add?

http://cougarramblings.blogspot.com/2009/08/top-10-myths-in-your-schools-technology.html

Thanks Nicole Cox for passing this on (another Google Certified teacher in our district!)