Sites that Caught My Eye Today 08/26/2008

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NOVA | scienceNOW | PBS

Last season of Nova science available for download free from PBS – get it now. It is legal! They are doing it for teachers!

tags: education, science_teacher, movies, free
Quiz School: Create A Quiz Online, Make Free Quizzes, Tests & Fun Trivia

Free quizzes at Proprofs – I've blogged about their flash cards before. Like the facelift for the site!

tags: education, tools, assessment
Helcat Rants and Ramblings » Delicious Tech Tip

Another Great blog post from Elizabeth Helfant from Mary Institute County Day School in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. This one distills the Student NETS into 4 ponts: 1) Inquiry, Research, and Information Literacy, 2) Digital Citizenship and Personal Learning Networks, 3) Communication and Collaboration in a Global World, and 4) Creativity, Inventive and Critical Thinking, Design.

Her school has used these four talking points to give them two goals at school – managing information effectively and creating learning networks.

If you're working with Professional Development and technology integration, Elizabeth has a lot of great things to share. She is so impressive!

tags: ad4dcs, education, digitalcitizenship, edu_trends, professionaldevelopment
Whither censorship? « What Counts!

Very interesting ponderings from an elementary teacher in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada about the balance and issues that have caused some parents to want to block all “social” tools in school.

I think she has very balanced ponderings on this and it is excellent reading.

tags: education, ad4dcss, digitalcitizenship
Remember ‘go outside and play?' – Los Angeles Times

Interesting article about childhood independence, going out to play, and the way we've started treating today's kids. Maybe they are ADHD because they are inside all the time! ;-) Who knows – I just know that the kids I teach who get out consistently are different – more creative, happier, more settled.

tags: education, opinion

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Vicki Davis is a full-time classroom teacher and IT Director in Georgia, USA. She is Mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world. She hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast which interviews teachers around the world about remarkable classroom practices to inspire and help teachers. Vicki focuses on what unites us -- a quest for truly remarkable life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers that are grounded in the truth and shared with love. Vicki has been teaching since 2002 and blogging since 2005. Vicki has spoken around the world to inspire and help teachers reach their students. She is passionate about helping every child find purpose, passion, and meaning in life with a lifelong commitment to the joy and responsibility of learning. If you talk to Vicki for very long, she will encourage you to "Relate to Educate" or "innovate like a turtle" or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves to talk to teachers who love their students and are trying to do their best. Twitter is her favorite place to share and she loves to make homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and enjoys running half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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