Second Annual World Teachers’ Day Video Contest

• Educators are invited to create videos demonstrating classroom best practices.
• Videos Due : June 21, 2007
• Winner announced Oct. 5, 2007
• Prizes
  • Seventy-five finalists will receive an iPod shuffle.
  • Five regional winners will receive a SMART Board interactive whiteboard
  • One global winner will receive an all inclusive trip to attend the BETT 2008 education trade show in London, England.
• See the web site for all the details.

 I know several teachers in our District who could pull this off. Whadaya say guys?

Ego Breed. “camcorder.” Ego Breed’s photo stream. Feb. 14, 2007. April 25, 2007. http://flickr.com/photos/egobreed/390127118/

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Edublogs has just added the ability to embed a Slideshare Show into a post. Please see my previous post, Your Slideshows On-line, Easy for more information about Slideshare. 

I’ve updated my Slideshare handout to include directions for embedding a show in Edublogs.
[slideshare id=24236&doc=what-is-web-20-28182&w=425]

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vPlants, a Virtual Herbarium of the Chicago Region, offers a searchable database of more than 120,000 records for plant or fungi specimens by family, genus, species epithet, or common name. Each record provides basic information. 50,000 of them provide high quality digital images. Description pages that provide information about individual species or subspecies or varieties are available for many specimens. Included is a glossary of terms for each group and links to related resources.

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Lincoln Loggers. “Hanging Purple.” Living the American Dream Photostream. 17 Apr 2007. 17 Apr 2007  <http://flickr.com/photos/lincolnloggers/463051343/>

This site, provided by NASA, Space Science Institute, and  National Science Foundation’s Division of Informal Science Education, features interactive activities for students to learn about space. No, this isn’t about the rich and famous.  Alien Earths Online has a section on Star and Planet Formation with wonderful images and slideshows. It also include a Planet Families activity:

Try to build the perfect solar system. See how different planets react with one another, and see how some planets are important in keeping the solar system stable. Play alone, or team up with other online players!

Other sections include Planet Quest and the Search for Life. Each section includes an overview, images, slideshow, and interactive activites.

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In DESE’s Instructional Technology Newsline newsletter for this month, I read about a site created by a MO teacher featuring resources for teaching about Missouri’s Ecosystems, Climate, Endangered Species, and more.

Missouri’s Ecosystems. Melissa Anderson, Chillicothe School District, has created this web resource list for students studying Missouri’s Ecosystems. Find information to answer questions such as: How does Missouri compare to the ecosystems around the world? Do they have the same climates, plants, and animals? Look through this list of resources to uncover some new information about Missouri’s living creatures. There are also activity links for this topic.

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