Tech Chick Tips

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Our reflections on NECC 2009. This was originally well over an hour but we were nice and edited out a lot of the silly bits. Don't worry, we still get a little punchy. Our NEXT podcast promises to be full of meat - not just potatoes. Unless you're a vegetarian...

If you're not interested in the iPhone... best to not bother listening. We're iPhone fangirls, afterall. This is all things iPhone 3.0 software and iPhone 3GS

Lucky us! Will Richardson came to Killeen to present to a group of teachers and admin. The topic was "From Information Literacy to Information Leadership." It was a great session that was uStreamed (link to follow on our web site at http://techchicktips.net) for at least part. Of course Murphy's Law rules supreme and our network went down in the building for a great portion of the presentation. We had the opportunity to interview Will Richardson as he was a captive audience on the way back to the airport to return home. We used Anna's iPhone with a Thumbtack mic. Not sure what was causing the strange thuunnnngg sounds throughout, but for the most part, it was pretty good for being in a car and through a phone. http://weblogg-ed.com/ http://twitter.com http://networksummercamp.ning.com/

Just a short hello after purchasing the new iPhone 3GS! Hopefully we'll have a real podcast tomorrow and have a more thorough review.

Resources 10 Microsoft Word Tricks Every Teacher Should Know (http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/3033315) - via @brasst, a short list of great productivity shortcuts you might not know about 26 Twitter Clients for Mac (http://www.mintblogger.com/2009/04/micro-blogging-26-twitter-desktop.html) - Short review of different Twitter clients Twitter Resources (http://sportsmediachallenge.com/) - From Sports Media Challenge (scroll down and to the right for PDF documents on Twitter Best Practices and Twitter 101) Compfight(http://compfight.com) - Find images for comps, inspiration or research. A Flickr search tool PBWiki (http://pbwiki.com/content/newnameFAQ) - they're changing their name! Free eBook (http://shop.ascd.org/productdisplay.cfm?productid=109103E4) - Engaging the Whole Child: Reflections on Best Practices in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership MapAList (http://mapalist.com/) - Create maps using location data in a Google Spreadsheet ReadItLater (http://readitlaterlist.com) - Save web pages to read later. Sync between computers and iPhone Comments 4 Kids (http://attheteachersdesk.blogspot.com/2009/04/comments4kids-wednesdays.html) - A hashtag on Twitter for finding students' work to comment on iFaves AudioBoo (http://audioboo.fm) (free in iTunes) - instantly publish a podcast with your iPhone Ocarina (http://ocarina.smule.com/) (99¢ in iTunes) - the first true musical instrument created for the iPhone

Resources * Philosophy for Children (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/omc/kidsphil/stories.html) — Philosophical questions for students based on children’s books. Each book has a link to the philosophical issues covered in the book and another link with discussion questions. Great way to do HOT with younger students! * HippoCampus (http://www.hippocampus.org/) — (from the site) HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. * Google Earth 5 (beta release) (http://earth.google.com/) * Historical imagery from around the globe * Ocean floor and surface data from marine experts * Simplified touring with audio and voice recording * Mars included; still missing Moon * Cool Math (http://www.coolmath.com/) — Lots of math resources–LOTS! * BibMe (http://www.bibme.org/) — (from site) Free fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills. It’s the easiest way to build a works cited page. * OttoBib (http://ottobib.com/) — Bibliography by ISBN; several formats; auto alphabetize! * Lexipedia (http://www.lexipedia.com/) — Word power visually (definition, antonyms, synonyms, etc) * Be the Boss! (http://www.principalspage.com/theblog/archives/people-want-a-boss) — Blog post from Principal’s Page. Even if you’re not the principal, find some good leadership ideas here. * iEar (http://www.iear.org/) - I Education Apps Review iFaves * Toddler Teasers — ($1.99 for all four or $.99 each in iTunes store) Learn letters, numbers, shapes, and colors! * TextLater — ($.99 in iTunes store) Schedule SMS to be sent when you want it sent–need we say more?

In this episode of Tech Chick Tips… We're back from Canada and the Teacher2Teacher conference. Love our new friends! We blabber on a bit so if you're not interested in Canada, fast forward to about 11:42 :) Resources: LookyBook (http://lookybook.com) - We say farewell! PageKeeper (http://pagekeeper.teachingmatters.org) - quickly and easily create a webpage of links to share with your students and parents. Free with no advertising! Best example of its use: DJBecker’s Page (http://pagekeeper.teachingmatters.org/link/851/list) DrivingKids (http://drivingkids.com) - Here’s a first - we talk about something we pointedly do not recommend. Listen to the podcast to find out why! Well, okay - it’s because the navigation is clunky, the games aren’t easily discernible to ability level and the chat has very little protection for kids SmartPhone Filters (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/iwonder_surf_lets_parents_lock_down_kids_iphones.php) - discussion of filtering on smartphones for students/kids and a link to one such application for the iPhone Lincoln’s FaceBook Page (http://www.indyweek.com/pdf/020409/LincolnFacebook.jpg) - what Abraham Lincoln’s Facebook page would look like if he had one WebSlides on Diigo (http://slides.diigo.com/) - turn a collection of bookmarks (or an RSS feed!) into a slideshow. Look for an example at the end of this, and all forthcoming podcast episode notes TweetCall (https://www.tweetcall.com/) - call in your Twitter updates for free! iFaves * GeoLogTag (http://www.galarina.eu/GeoLogTag/How_To.html) ($4.99 @iTunes) - use your iPhone as a geotagger to snyc up your photos with your location * The Chemical Touch Lite (http://openscience.org/%7Echrisfen/Pages/Programs/theChemicalTouch.html) (free @iTunes) - the Periodic Table of Elements in your pocket! Episode Artwork from http://www.flickr.com/photos/fracture/2728902467/

Science Buddies http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ CL1P.net - The Internet Clipboard http://cl1p.net/ Classical Comics http://www.classicalcomics.com/index.html DOGONews http://www.dogonews.com EcoKids http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm MacHeist http://www.macheist.com/ Today's Meet http://todaysmeet.com/ Visual Representation of Bloom's http://visualblooms.wikispaces.com/ Faves Kindle for iPhone http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200298480 http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=302584613&mt=8 TED http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=298728479&mt=8

Resources * Jeopardy Labs - Allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. * TikaTok - Imagine a story, create a book. (we forgot to tell you that you can send in your students' work and they'll scan it for you!) * Kinetic City - Amazing collection of games, science experiments, and projects. Beat the bugs and set things right. * JayCut - Online video editing. * Edmodo - Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other. * All About Explorers - All About Explorers was developed by a group of teachers as a means of teaching students about the Internet. Because we wanted to make a point about finding useless information even in a site which looked at first to be fairly well put together, all of the Explorer biographies here are fictional. While many of the facts are true or based on truth, many inaccuracies, lies, and even downright absurdity are mixed in indiscriminately. As such, it is important that you do not use this site as a source of reference for your own research! Follow @explorers on Twitter. * In Web Age, Library Job Gets Update - NY Times article about how the job of librarians is changing in the digital age. Faves * Mancala FS5 ($FREE) - strategic thinking board game gone global. * ABC Animals ($2.99) - ABC Animals provides a wonderful set of interactive flashcards that aid in teaching young children to recognize, say and print English alphabet letters.

TCEA, langwitches, yearling, pln stages, itweet, brainyflix, world math day contest, google contest, collaborative rss, mac apps, edutagger, phonevite, twitter stories, ihandy, cute math

Lit2Go, TimeRime, KidsWeatherReport, Simply Box, Route 21, 21st Century Literacy Activities, The Common Craft Show, 25 Ways to Make A Difference

Another mobile-cast on the way back from Tech Forum 2008. Old friends, new faces, great sessions, awesome resources!

Please welcome new Twitter friends: @Dominguez73 and @jillbalzer and encourage them to post away! Resources Educational Technology Clearinghouse Digital resources for Florida schools, but available to everyone! Awesome resource! Oovoo Skype-like communication application. Available for Windows and in Mac beta. Text, audio, and video chat with up to three people. Send video messages. Record videoconferences as flash files. Send files up to 25 MB. Upgrades available. Twiddla A web based interactive whiteboard. Share documents, mark up images. Public whiteboards do not require accounts for collaboration. BetaVote Global online vote for US President. Could lead to interesting discusssion about the various countries and how they vote. Also good for math applications (statistics, story problems, etc). Neave The interactive playground of Paul Neave. Features flash-based constellations, earth view, arcade games, and digital art. Pumpkin Seed Estimation A fun fall activity open to Prek through 3rd grade student worldwide emphasizing math skills and allowing students to share their work globally. ClassroomBraids Students interact via a wiki and learn about cultures while learning about sailing and traveling around the world. Redfining Rigor -- ASCD Article that challenges what we think about appropriate content. Learning Opportunities NECC 2009 Washington, D.C. - 35th Anniversary - Registration is now open; also open discussion on the NECC Ning discussion forum regarding Fair Use and Digital Citizenship. K-12 Online Conference The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2008 conference theme is “Amplifying Possibilities”. Going on now through Oct 31, but archived as well! TECH Forum High-powered, one-day event provides K-12 decision makers with thought-provoking content on the hottest topics of the day in education technology.

On the road again! Another mobile podcast.Helen's fault we haven't podcast. On the road again! Anna has a broadband card! TinyURL DOES save your URLs forever, but MooURL is still cuter! And customizable. So there! Shout out to Region VIII in Mount Pleasant! Hi Melodie! Visit us at NECC! Make us a t-shirt! Check out Steven Katz' Teach with Video book! WordWorld on PBS is SOOoOoOoOO cute! Spin & Spell is great for early literacy! Take a look at LookyBook! I learn technology from iLearnTechnology! Old news now, but we finally have Google Docs offline! Get the skinny on a zip code with ZipSkinny!