Saturday, July 10, 2010

A 21st Century Teacher's Toolbox

Articles relating to 21st Century Learning

The bookmarks within this section have to deal with articles on the importance of 21st Century learning.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

This is a website that explains to the read the importance 21st century learning. An overview, tools, resources, state initiatives, news, and events are all discusses within this website.

The 21st Century Learning Initiative

This site has links to many different publications, activities, news, educational links, and blogs all about the 21st Century Learner.

The Power of Online Searching

The bookmarks contained in this section are great tools that can be used when looking up information on certain educational topics.

Google

Ask

Yahoo

These sites are basic search engines that can be used to obtain educational media, photos, and websites.

Ask for Kids

Yahoo! Kids

Kids Click

AOL Kids

These sites are children friendly search engines that can be used by students in class without worrying about inappropriate material showing up in searches.

Online Book Marking

These sites will allow a user to store and keep bookmark in an online setting.

Diigo

iKeepBookmarks

These sites allow the users to access their bookmarks anywhere they connect to the internet. Users can all share their bookmarks collaboratively among other users.

Collaboratively Working Together

This allows users to collaboratively work on a document with a group setting.

Google Docs

Google Docs allows users to work together to edit or create word documents, spreadsheets, and presentation. Files can also be shared among users as well.

Lesson Plan Ideas

The following is lesson plans ideas on various topics.

Thinkfinity

National Geographic

4Teachers

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Education

Social Networking Sites

The following are sites that can be used for social networking.

Teaching Today

This site explains what a blog is and how to use a blog in a classroom setting

Blogger

This allows users to maintain and read blogs.

Blogger

21st Century Teachers

A link to one of my personal blog sites

Brian’s Principles: A blog about Teaching and Learning

This is a link to my other blog site about education.

Facebook

Twitter

These two sites are social networking sites can be used in an educational setting to complete projects and activities.

YouTube

TeacherTube

These two sites can be used to get educational media in forms videos or movies.

TeacherTube

Podcasting

This site allows users to create a Podcast.

Podomatic

This site allows users to create a Podcast in that they can create audio or video files on wide range of subjects.

Brian Urban’s Podcast

This is a link to my personal Podcast site.

Music Resources

Phil Tulga Music through Curriculum

These sites offer teacher various lesson ideas on virtually any topic. Lesson objectives, materials, and steps are shared with most lesson ideas.

DSO for Kids

The New York Philharmonic Kidzone!

These are music site for children to explore music, composers, theory, and composition.