Four Terrific Tech Resources to Explore This Summer

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Four Terrific Tech Resources to Explore This Summer
Tech Tip: Copy and Delete a File at the Same Time

  • Which new tech tools are having a significant impact on teaching and learning in many classrooms?

  • What are some cutting-edge Web resources that best reflect interactive and collaborative learning trends?

Infinite Thinking Machine
Sponsored by Google and written by educators, this is a top site for keeping informed about the newest tech trends. If you only have time for one tech blog each week, make it this one!

PB Wiki
“Make a free Wiki as easily as a peanut butter sandwich” on this user-friendly site which is perfect for beginning Wiki creators. For more on wikis, see the excellent YouTube video “Wikis in Plain English”.

Teacher Tube
View teacher-created instructional videos and upload your own videos on this educator version of YouTube created by teacher Jason Smith. Search for professional development videos or locate movies to help your students learn a particular skill.

Del.icio.us
Enter the world of social bookmarking and discover a huge collection of shared, searchable Web favorites. Find out what other teachers think are the best Websites and share yours. Save and organize your personal bookmarks and access them from any computer on the web.

Tech Tip: Copy and Delete a File at the Same Time (Mac OS 10.4)
Here’s a time-saving tip for clearing files off one computer and transferring them to another.

When dragging a copy of a file to another disk (flash drive, network drive, etc.) the original file normally stays on your hard drive. If you want to have the original file deleted as soon as it’s copied, do the following:

Hold the Command key as you drag the file icon to its new destination. The Mac will copy the file to the new drive and delete the original from your hard drive, all in one step!

Announcements

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FINAL CALL
June 18
EDUC 744 911 Effective Classroom Management — Elementary
EDUC 744 912 Effective Classroom Management — Middle School-High School
EDUC 744 920 Teaching Writing with the 6-Traits — Elementary
EDUC 744 909 Teaching Writing with the 6-Traits — Middle School/High School
EDUC 744 925 Bullying in Schools
EDUC 744 951 Digital Classroom: Teaching Information Literacy with Primary Sources
EDUC 760 E-Learning for Educators
EDUC 762 Assessment in E-learning
EDUC 744 949 Instructional Role of Assessment
EDUC 744 937 Learning Applications for the iPod® and Handheld Computers
EDUC 744 928 Digital Photography Basics and Graphic Design for the Classroom
EDUC 744 938 Digital Media and Visual Literacy

June 19
EDUC 744 940 School Library and Classroom Collaboration

June 21
EDUC 744-941 Mentoring Teachers (PK-12)

June 25
EDUC 744 930 Web Design

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posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 6/06/2007 10:56:00 AM