RIMS CTAP Feeds
Yahoo® Beta for Teachers!
I've just learned about Yahoo!'s new free service exclusively for teachers. It will let us create and share standards-based materials and connect to other teachers. You can learn more at http://teachers.yahoo.com.
New Website for Educators Only!
The edZone requires an educational email address to create an account to use the tools available to post blogs, podcasts, documents, videos, images. The site is user-friendly and easy to navigate to the different areas of the site. The following is a description from the site:
“The California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) is offering a comprehensive set of tools to support teaching and learning in California classrooms. This free suite of tools, edZone, currently includes blogging, videoconference scheduling and a file sharing system where educators can upload videos, podcasts, images and documents. EdZone is an excellent tool to share lesson ideas, upload student learning objects, disseminate best practices, and more! Make sure you take advantage of these free resources provided by the California K-12 High Speed Network and the California Department of Education.
EdZone will soon be expanded to include Instant Messaging, Moodle, Wikis, Social Networking, Moodle-an online course management system and other Web 2.0 tools to enhance today's classroom environment. Watch for these new tools in Summer 2008!”
Visit the following link to get started: http://www.k12hsn.org/edzone/
EETT-Competitive Round 7
On February 29, the California Department of Education (CDE) posted the Request for Applications (RFA) for the $15 million federal Enhancing Education Through Technology Competitive (EETT-C) grant program. The primary purpose of this EETT-C program is to improve student academic achievement in grades 4-8 through the use of technology. EETT-C is a competitive grant process; LEAs must complete an application which is scored and ranked against other applicants in the region. The top scoring applications will be funded.
Resources from the RIMS CTAP EETT-Competitive Round 7 Rollout Meeting can be accessed at http://ctap10.org/EETT08.
What is that little orange icon?
Need help understanding what RSS is all about, view the video from Common Craft. Here is the link - http://tinyurl.com/6m6b2h
Keep Up The Tech!!
Teachers' Domain now available on iTunes® University
WGBH's Teachers’ Domain contains a free digital library with companion educators guides. These resources can be used for non-commercial, educational purposes only. Check these resources out at iTunes® University then click on the WGBH Teachers’ Domain link. Keep Up the Tech!!
Summer Emerging Trends Conference Canceled
Instead, RIMS CTAP will be going on the road, providing several two-day, hands-on workshops at a variety of locations throughout the region during July and August.
Have you visited iTunes® University lately?
The College of Education at the University of South Florida has some excellent resources for using technology on the iTunes® U website. Here is a link that will take you to the resources.
http://itunes.usf.edu/
Remixes and mashups are they legal?
If you are not sure what they are or how can they be legal check out the report. Click the link for additional information - http://tinyurl.com/29w2d9
