Educational Teacher Resources:

 

Educational Resources from the CUE conference:
Our Magnolia team attended the CUE conference in March of 2006. We came back with the following resources that we wanted to share with you. This list is just a highlight of the best websites we found. We hope you enjoy browsing and thank the presenters at CUE for sharing their knowledge with us.

Technology Assistance - Tutorials and Coaching:

Ask a Librarian
Atomic Learning - Free tutorials for applications
Contra Costa County Office of Ed. - Handouts and Powerpoint presentations from workshops.
Help Site Computer Manuals for technology support
Life Hacker - Websites that save time
Mac Tips and Tricks
My eCoach a mentoring and coaching program for educators

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Strategies for Note taking:

Programs to Download:

Audacity - Software for recording and editing sounds.
Digital Diamonds - Free program downloads - the Microsoft office templates look interesting!
Free Mind - Mind mapping software to download
Google Earth - Download the program for PC or OSX.3.9 and above. (Doesn't work on our imacs or older emacs.)

Interesting Websites and Tools:

Clusty.com - a search engine that clusters information
David Warlick's Landmark Project - Tools to help you redefine literacy in the 21st century.
Fable Vision - Dedicated to bringing art back into learning. Wonderful stories by author Peter Reynolds.
FreePlay Music - Download music for your multimedia presentations.
Grokker.com - another searchengine that clusters information
Library of Congress - Online collection
Starfall - just a reminder that this is a great website for beginning readers : )
Wikipedia - an international online free content encyclopedia that is edited by it's contributors.

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Data Driven Decision Making for Educational Excellence

Data Driven Decision Making
Just for the Kids - Provides Data on Schools - really easy to read bar graphs.

Discovery Educator Network:

Cosmeo - Online homework help
Discovery School
Ed Tech Connect - Webinar Series designed to help you integrate multimedia projects into your teaching.
Hall Davidson, Director of Discovery Educator Network - Tutorials and resources for creating projects with United Streaming Videos
Hall Davison's download page with information about copyright and planning multimedia projects.

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Cool Tips and Tricks from Barbara Bray of My-eCoach

Include talking messages in your emails! - Springdoo.com
Monk-E-Mail - add a chimp and audio to your email
Birmingham Grid for Learning - Interactive games, timelines and more.
Earthbrowser - like google earth but is a subscription service
Find Sounds - A storehouse of sounds to download
Kartoo.com - a search engine with visuals like a mind map
The Face of Tomorrow - see how faces from around the world merge into one.
Virtual Fish Tank - create your own fish tank and dive in!
Zoho Writer - an Online Word Processor where you can share and not attach.

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