Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Connect. Connect. Connect. My visit with a class of soon to be teachers at The University of Georgia. (Go Dawgs!)

Great ideas for connecting:

Discovery Educator Network (DEN). A high-quality community of generous educators. 
Sign up for a free trial. 
When you are hired in a Georgia School you'll get a full account. 
Check out the Science and Social Studies Tech Books and the Student platform. 
http://login.discoveryeducation.com/?TECHBOOK=1



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Apple Distinguished Educators (ADE). Highly competitive application process. Check them out on iTunes U. Part of their assignment is to make and share great content. 

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Edcamp Atlanta. http://www.edcampatlanta.org/


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ISTE- In Atlanta in 2014. (happens once every 15 years or so). Sign up to volunteer!!
https://www.isteconference.org/2013/about_us/future_conferences.php


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Make a blog. Follow blogs. www.teachertechnotopia.com


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Sony Education Ambassadors

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Google Certified Teachers / Google Teacher Academy


Hashtags to follow-
#edchat 
#ntchat (new teachers)
#edtech 
#densi2013 (each year a new chat)
#denchat - Thursdays at 8pm
#denvice

People to follow
@sandidennis
@lesliefisher
@teach42
@shareski
@itunesu
@carptracy
@thetechtiger
@kathyschrock
@tammyworcester
@PBSLrnMedia

Bonus Tips: Use IFTTT to manage all of your social media. 

Our City Schools of Decatur 1:1 iPad project at The 4/5 Academy at Fifth Avenue:
http://fifthavenue.csdecatur.net/ipads/




Monday, May 13, 2013

Gifts for the Librarian in your Life...on Etsy

Have you searched through the Etsy gifts and seen the awesome book-related items for sale?
If not- what are you waiting for?
I love the Etsy vendors who sell nerdy items-- for example, go to Etsy.com and search for "Book Geek" or "Book Nerd ".   Heaven right here on earth if you ask me!



Tuesday, May 7, 2013

iPad Peek

ipadpeek:
This nifty little website allows you to view a website as it would appear on an iPad.
It has loads of advertisements, so you may want to use it as a teacher tool- but I like to see what things will look like when my students use websites on their iPads!

http://ipadpeek.com/

sample entry into ipadpeek--