New Web Stuff 12/02/2009

• Differentiation 101 - A Basic Guide to Differentiated Instruction

  Differentiation 101 - A Basic Guide to Differentiated Instruction

  tags: differentiation

• Tools for Differentiation / FrontPage

  tags: differentiation, resources, tools, education, differentiatedinstruction

• Differentiated Instruction | Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

  tags: differentiation, differentiated, learning, education, teaching

• LibriVox

  audio version of books in the public domain

  tags: Podcasts, audiobooks

• lotus72's bookmarks tagged with "audiobooks" on del.icio.us

  tags: audiobooks

• Literature Free Audio & Video

  tags: audiobooks

• The Spoken Alexandria Project - Free Audio from Telltale Weekly

  tags: audiobooks

• Free Classic AudioBooks. Digital narration for the 21st Century

  tags: audiobooks, free_audiobooks

• Lit to Go: MP3 Stories and Poems

  tags: audiobooks, reading, 5*, craig_preso

• AudioBooksForFree.com

  tags: audiobooks

• Audiobooks.org

  Free Audiobooks, audio books, MP3 Books

  tags: audiobooks

• Audio Books.net

  Buy Audio Books on CD & Tape | Download Free MP3 Audio Books

  tags: audiobooks

• The Talking Book Store - Free Audio Books

  tags: audiobooks

• LearnOutLoud.com

  Audio Books, Podcasts and Video You Can Learn From

  tags: audiobooks

• NetLibrary eAudiobooks

  OCLC - Content and collections

  tags: audiobooks

• OverDrive

  tags: audiobooks

• Audio Book, human-read - Project Gutenberg

  tags: audiobooks

• Audio Books For Free

  tags: audiobooks

• Literal Systems Free Audio Books. No funny looks.

  tags: audiobooks

• Splasm Software: Audiobook Builder

  tags: ipod, audiobooks

• 103 Things to do Before/During/After Reading

  tags: english, ela, reading, nonlinguisticrepresentation, differentiation

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Differentiated Instruction

A few of the workshops I'm doing over the course of the next few weeks involve differentiated instructional practices.  I'm doing them as a "coaching" model where I work with just a couple of teachers at a time and look at a particular area that they want to improve, develop a plan and help them implement it, then reflect on how it worked. 

During the course of my time with these teachers, I'll be sharing a couple of resources for developing our plans using technology.  They may or may not come up with every teacher, but I thought I would share some of the resources here, with you!

• Differentiated Instructional Resources from Lee's Summit
• The Differentiator - Easily write behavioral objectives, or just use Bloom's Lingo to help transform lessons you already teach.
• Strategies for Differentiating Instruction from Enhancelearning.ca
• List of Differentiated Instruction Websites from Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
• Differentiation Wiki
• Web Tools to help every kind of learner!

I'll add more as we uncover what teachers need during my sessions.  We will be discussing what we can differentiate and why we do it.  Additionally, any new websites I save will be in my Delicious account and tagged with "differentiation."

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New Web Stuff 11/26/2009

• NYSCATE - home

  tags: nyscate, Technology, wiki, home, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• TodaysMeet

  tags: chat, backchannel, collaboration, tools, classroom, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09, assessment

• k12online08presenters - Sylvia Martinez

  tags: sylvia, martinez, k12online08presenters, games, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• Welcome to your notable world | Evernote Corporation

  tags: notes, tools, productivity, evernote, software, organization, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• Internet Archive: Wayback Machine

  tags: archive, web, history, reference, search, wayback, tools, archives, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• 60 Second Recap

  tags: literature, reading, english, books, classics, recap, novels, Education, ela, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• 16 bitchin' commands and shortcuts for Twitter | Blog | Econsultancy

  tags: twitter, shortcuts, commands, search, socialmedia, web, reference, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• Top 10 Apps for Scheduling a Meeting Online - ReadWriteEnterprise

  tags: meetings, scheduling, meeting, apps, tools, productivity, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• Gary's Social Media Count | PERSONALIZE MEDIA

  tags: socialmedia, statistics, realtime, social media, counter, media, tools, flash, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• The Educator's PLN - The personal learning network for educators

  tags: pln, ning, education, edtech, educator, collaboration, learning, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• BeFunky.com - Photo effects with one click, Turn your photos into artwork.

  tags: photos, tools, avatar, generator, photography, comics, design, photo, comic, comicbooks, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• Features – Gobby

  tags: features, gobby, collaborate, collaboration, text, ela, english, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• Download Youtube Video. Just add 'Kiss'! Keep It Super Simple. - KissYouTube

  tags: youtube, download, tool, flv, tools, flash, kissyoutube, download_videos, convert, converter, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• Online Presentations - Online Presentation - SlideRocket

  tags: presentation, slideshow, presentations, webapps, NYSCATE09, web2.0, powerpoint, tools, collaboration, software, sliderocket

• Screenjelly - What's on your screen?

  tags: screencast, screencapture, twitter, screencasting, screenjelly, record, tools, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• ChartGo - Create Charts Online Fast, Easy and Free

  tags: graphs, charts, math, chartgo, graph, Chart, data, graphics, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• DownloadHelper - Media download Firefox extension

  tags: firefox, download, convert, converter, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09, extension, tools, youtube, downloadhelper, extensions, software

• Photo laboratory (Photl.com) - Free Stock Photo / photl.com

  tags: photos, photography, stock, resources, royaltyfree, stockphotos, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• Google News Timeline

  tags: google, news, timeline, currentevents, history, googletimeline, socialStudies, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• Readability - An Arc90 Lab Experiment

  tags: readability, reading, tools, typography, ela, english, smart, smartboard, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

• quietube | Video without the distractions | Youtube, iPlayer, Viddler, Vimeo and more

  tags: youtube, quietube, video, Web2.0, webapps, NYSCATE09

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NYSCATE 2009 Virtual Field Trip

I created a "Delicious" Field Trip of a lot of the neat new webby things I discovered at NYSCATE this year.  Several of these new tools may warrant their own blog post soon, but I didn't want to wait to share them.  It was great to meet a bunch of folks from my own Personal Learning Network and it's making me excited for ASCD in March, when I get to see everybody again!  Since many of you in education are on vacation for the rest of this week, here's something to explore besides all the Black Friday bargains:

http://delicious.com/mikefisher821/NYSCATE09

If you are interested in learning more about creating tagged field trips, there is information HERE and HERE.

New Web Stuff 11/25/2009

• Waveboard – Google Wave Client for iPhone and Mac

  tags: google, wave, googlewave, waveboard, client, iphone, software

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New Web Stuff 11/22/2009

• Slideshare RTI resources

  tags: RTI, center, national, intervention, education, response, learning

• National Center on Response to Intervention (RTI) @import

  Joomla - the dynamic portal engine and content management system

  tags: RTI, national, intervention, center, learning, response, education

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New Bloom's Visual for Technology Tools

Sorry it's been awhile since I've blogged properly.  I've let Diigo blog for me these last couple of weeks as I've hit a busy stride.  I've created several new wikis and am building a couple of new workshops for the late Fall, early Spring.  Additionally, I've been reviewing a couple of professional development books that are going to knock your socks off when they are published next summer!

That said, the reason for this post is an updated version of the Visual Bloom's for Technology Tools.  (Next section from my wiki at http://visualblooms.wikispaces.com) :

 I want the visual representation to be more fluid than the above, where web tools can live on different levels and change levels, depending on their usage. I'm sure we could make a case for each of the tools to live in each realm of the hierarchy but in the interest of time and space, I created the following. The arrows are meant to indicate the fluidity with which the tools can travel through the different levels. The middle line is meant to separate the higher cognitive levels from the lower ones, but only with the understanding that it would be for that particular tool on a particular level, and does not consider the multiple ways that the tool could possibly be used. Again, this is meant to be a discussion starter as we evolve the representation of web tools with visuals that are meant to help us understand the interconnectedness of technology resources.  

 This is based on the 2009 "25 Tools" list which is available here: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/25Tools/index.html

Additionally, here's a sampling of the new content I've been creating over the course of the last two weeks! http://aquariumofniagara.wikispaces.com/http://brainorama.wikispaces.com/http://delicious.com/mikefisher821http://innovativocab.wikispaces.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/grade6kms/ 

New Web Stuff 11/11/2009

• The Educator's Reference Desk: Resource Guides

  tags: education, reference, resources, teaching, lessonplans, counseling, counselor, counselors

• Career Center

  tags: counselor, counseling, counselors, counsel, career, careers

• Posters

  tags: counselor, counseling, counselors, motivation, poster, engagement

• Intervention Central: Your Site for Response To Intervention Resources

  Welcome to Intervention Central, the web site for educators looking for tips on how to help children to be more successful learners!

  tags: intervention, Education, resources, RtI, counselor, counseling, counsel, counselors

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New Web Stuff 11/10/2009

• ProGrowing - Collaboration

  tags: diigo, collaboration, progrowing, website, maryvale2009

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