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Welcome to my Technology Wiki! Together we will create a collaborative online community where we will create, share,and communicate with one another.


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 * Inspiration**
 * **[|Pay Attention]** - video posted on T4 (Transforming Teaching Through Technology) Web site - Great resources for technology integration.

[|Bill Farren], a technology integration facilitator in the Dominican Republic, [|created a response to Karl Fisch’//s Did you know?// slides]:
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Web 2.0 Tools to Use in the Classroom - Hershey In-Service Presentation
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 * Internet Resources:**
 * **[|NetLingo]** - online dictionary of internet terms plus more
 * **[|Top Web 2.0 Web Applications]** **-** Top 100 Webware Sites for 2007; voted by internet users
 * **[|Copyright and Fair Use Act for Teachers]** - a useful chart
 * **[|Hexadecimal Color Codes]** - customize your online space with named color codes
 * **[|Education for an Information Age]** full online textbook by Bernard John Poole, MSIS, PGCE & Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain, MLS with Lorrie Jackson, MAT & Yvonne Singer, MS
 * **[|Top 100 Tools for Learning 2007] -** elearning resources
 * **[|Office 2007 to XP Conversion]** - Compatibility pack download for Word, Excel, & PowerPoint 2007 file formats; **remember to restart your computer** for the conversion to happen automatically when you open an Office 2007 file on your computer
 * **[|Creative Commons]** - copyright and permissions for creativity
 * Software Application Tutorials:**
 * **[|Technology Tutorials] -** many tutorial links in different software applications
 * **[|Microsoft Tutorials]** - online tutorials guides for students, teachers, and staff
 * **[|Computer & Technology Training]** - GCFLearnFree.org - offering computer & technology training free!
 * **[|my e-Coach]** - online learning community; a lot more than just application coaching
 * Technology Integration Web Sites**
 * **[|4t]** - ideas for technology integration
 * **[|edutopia]** - information and inspiration for innovative teaching in K-12 schools - The George Lucas Educational Foundation
 * **[|Educator's Reference Desk]** - integrating technology sites
 * **[|Teacher Resources for Integrating Technology] -** teacher resources for integrating technology
 * **[|Education World] -** a lot of information including tips for technology integration
 * **[|I4c]** - Internet for teachers
 * **[|4 Teachers]** - teach with technology
 * **[|Teach-nology]** - improve learning with technology
 * **[|Technology Integration with Many Students...Few Computers]**
 * **[|Teacher Technology Tools]**
 * **[|Digitize Your Writing Prompts]**
 * **[|Internet 4 Classroom] - Links for K-12 Teachers**
 * **[|Scaffolding for Learning] -** scaffolds provide a structure for student learning and a focus for student activities
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 * Free Microsoft Application Templates**
 * **[|Free PowerPoint Templates]**
 * **[|Microsoft Templates]**
 * **[|Teacher Tools]** - everything you can think of is in this site
 * Interactive White Boards**
 * **[|Smartboard - Smart Technologies]**
 * **[|Smartboard Lessons]**
 * **[|Smartboard Resources]**
 * **[|Promethean]**
 * **[|Promethean Planet]**
 * **[|Promethean Learning]**
 * Microsoft Office Application Game Templates**
 * **[|Emerging Tech]** - many game templates for Excel, PowerPoint, and More
 * **[|PowerPoint Game Templates]** - templates for many popular television game shows
 * Ipods & Podcasts**
 * **[|Use iPods in the Classroom]**
 * **[|Make Your First Podcast]**
 * **[|Podcast Creation Guide]**
 * **[|Podcast People]** - online podcasting studio
 * **[|Podomatic]** - create, find, and share podcasts
 * **[|Legal Issues in Podcasting the Traditional Classroom]** - higher ed blog on legal issues surrounding podcasts & intellectual property rights
 * **IPod Tutorials** - by [|Jean-Claude Bradley] a professor at Drexel College of Arts & Sciences; heard him speak at the 2006 LCCC Digital Divide program
 * **[|IPod in Education]** - learn on the go
 * **[|ourmedia Learning Center]** - learn how to create vodcasts, podcasts, screencast, digital photo tips, & web publishing (blogs)
 * RSS Feeds**
 * **[|Feedburner] -** subscribe to receive RSS feeds, blogs, and podcasts
 * Vodcasts, Video Podcasts, Video Streaming**
 * **[|hellodeo]** - say hello with video casting
 * **[|google video]** - educational videos on google video
 * **[|Ourmedia]** - channels of creativity
 * **[|Ourmedia Learning Center]** - learn how to create vodcasts, podcasts, screencast, digital photo tips, & web publishing (blogs)
 * Educational Games**
 * **[|NobelPrize]**
 * **[|Teachology]**
 * **[|100 Top Interactive Games]**
 * **[|GameGoo]**
 * **[|Kaboose]**
 * **[|Quiz Hub]**
 * **[|Discovery Education - Kathy Schrock]**
 * **[|Interactive Activities]**
 * **[|eSchool Online]**
 * **[|High School Ace]**
 * **[|Foreign Language Games]**
 * **[|History Educational Games]**
 * **[|High School Vocabulary Games]**
 * **[|Stock Market Game]**
 * **[|Origin Unknown Science]**
 * **[|Bathroom Tiles]**
 * Technology Standards**
 * **[|ISTE National Technology Standards]**
 * **[|PA Department of Education Science & Technology Standards]**
 * **[|National Business Education Association Standards]**

Digital Text - Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us by Micheal Wesch, **Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University**
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 * Free Online Software:**
 * **[|Open Office Suite] -** Very similar to Microsoft interface; offers a word processor, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software
 * **[|Audacity]** **-** Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds
 * **[|Camstudio]** - Free online streaming video software
 * Open Content Online Tools:**
 * **[|Google Docs] -** Create and share your work online
 * **[|Flickr] -** Upload, organize and share pictures; create photo gifts
 * **[|Google Maps]** - Get directions, maps, and search for businesses
 * **[|Picasa]** **-** Upload, organize, edit, and share your photos
 * **[|TeacherTube]** - Like YouTube, but specifically for teachers
 * **[|YouTube]** - Good tutorials and content-specific videos
 * **[|Vyew]** - free online collaboration
 * **[|SlideShare]** - share presentations on the web
 * **[|Global Textbooks]** - search for open source books online
 * Social Bookmarking**
 * **[|del.icio.us]** **-** enjoy your bookmarks anywhere you are; search for tagged topics
 * **[|furl] -** search and share your bookmarks
 * Free Online Enhancements for your Webpages or Desktops**
 * **[|gizmodo]** **-** free gadgets to download
 * **[|Free Clocks]** - customize your clock
 * **[|WidgetBox]** **-** bring parts of the web into your space
 * **[|ClustrMaps]** - locate all visitors to your site
 * Wikis and Blogs**
 * **wikispaces** **-** access and share content
 * **[|blogger]** -
 * **[|Bloglines]**
 * **[|Edublogs] -** plus Edublog del.icio.us Web 2.0 bookmarks
 * **[|Blog Rubric]** to use in the classroom
 * **[|Ourmedia Learning Center]** - learn how to create vodcasts, podcasts, screencast, digital photo tips, & web publishing (blogs)
 * **[|wetpaint]** - how-to wikis
 * **[|Education wetpaint]** - offers group project templates, wikis in education, wikis in the classroom, teacher peer wikis, & more!
 * **[|stikipad]** - great for group projects; task lists, discussions, attachments, & more
 * Media (Audio, Video, Picture clips)**
 * **[|odeo]** **-** mp3s, audio, podcasts, broadcast channels; play or download
 * **[|Internet Archive]** - music, video, audio, and text files
 * **[|Multimedia Search Engines] -** image,audio, and video searching
 * **[|Discovery Education United Streaming]** - save and import video segments into MovieMaker to use in your lessons
 * **[|Microsoft Media]** - clipart, graphics, animation, and sound clips
 * **[|FreePlayMusic]** - search for music by CD, style, or feel
 * **[|FindSounds]** - search the web for sounds by extension
 * **[|ILovevWavs]** - categorized .wav source
 * **[|Sound Search Engines]** - audio searches and resources
 * **[|Creative-Commons Media]** - legally share and use for free - photos, music, text, books, educational material and more!
 * **[|Open Media Directory]** - by Ourmedia; a free resource for finding legal, podsafe music and video
 * **[|Clipart School Edition]** - my favorite site for clipart
 * **[|Public Domain Images]** Several thousand copyright friendly images nicely organized in folders, free for any personal and/or commercial use.
 * **[|Pics for Learning]** - copyright-friendly images for education
 * **[|Google Image Search]** - search for images using Google
 * **[|AltaVista Image Search]** - a comprehensive search online
 * **[|Discovery Education Images]** - clip art gallery from Discovery Education
 * **[|WiseGorilla]** - educational clipart
 * **[|Classroom Clipart]** - browse by category
 * **[|ImageChef]** - customize photos & clipart
 * **[|The Free Site]** - free clipart and graphics
 * **[|Free Photos Directory]** - by Ourmedia; find free photos to use in projects and online
 * **[|Photocase]** - search for neat photos that are to be shared
 * **[|YotoPhoto]** - free to use photos
 * **[|U.S. Government Photos & Graphics]** - most are for use in public domain; read disclaimers
 * **[|Besplatne slike] Large archive of public domain images.**
 * [|Spell with Flickr] **- how I created the titles on my wiki pages**
 * [|Web Fetti] **- Glitter Text!**
 * [|GeoGreeting] **- spell with buildings from Google Earth**
 * [|Funky Ways to Express Yourself] **- download your picture & then create a sketch or avatar!**

Feedburners for RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
 * [|Skype] - **free video calls**
 * [|Twitter] **- free instant messaging with family, friends, coworkers**

File Converters
 * [|Feedburner] - **subscribe and access RSS feeds**

Great Sites to Use in the Classroom
 * [|Zamzar] **- convert files without the software**
 * [|File Extentions Chart] - **alphabetical list of file extensions and what program it is used by**


 * [|Newsmap] **- headlines from around the world**
 * [|Jigsaw Classroom] **- cooperative learning technique that supports individual students**
 * [|Think.com] **- Oracle Education Foundation - collaborate & build knowledge together**

**Web 3.0 - the Semantic Web - [|Web 2.0 vs. 3.0?]**

 * The goal of the [|Semantic Web] initiative is to create a universal medium for the exchange of data built on inferences, data about the data, relationships between the data, and the information interchange among those relationships. A Google search will be "old school" compared to using a semantic search agent in the Web 3.0 environment!**

**Compare [|Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 to Web 3.0]**

 * [|Mashups] -**[|video]

Virtual Community with Avatars:
 * **[|iGoogle]**
 * **[|Ask500People]** - world opinion while you watch; ask a question and see who in the world gives you an answer
 * **[|RunningMap]** - determine running route distances
 * **[|FlickrSuduko]** - Flickr meets Suduko mashup
 * **[|Programmable Web]** - information on mashups on the web


 * **[|Second Life for Educators]** - visit [|Campus region] to meet other educators and what projects their students are working on in Second Life

Online Computer Hardware & Software Shopping:

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 * [|TigerDirect]
 * [|NewEgg]