Take 5 - Vol. 1, Issue 2

Here is your 2nd installment of the Take 5! Integration Update (Vol.1, No.2)

Take just 5 minutes (or less) to look over these resources and see what might be helpful for your and/or your students. Better yet, set aside at least 15 minutes a week to focus on finding resources and ideas that will improve student learning and prepare them for their future world!

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Tips and Tools for Teachers

1) Ning Guidelines/Tips - http://www.rossfordschools.org/pages/uploaded_files/Rossford%20Ning%20Guidelines.pdf
 Download or view a PDF of the district’s guidelines/tips for anyone who would like to use Ning for educational purposes.


2) SMART Board/Notebook Software Tips

Search for and Share Notebook Lessons

A) SMART Exchange (an improve search/share site from SMART... WITH Previews! — LOTS here!!!) -- http://exchange.smarttech.com
B) SMART Board Lounge (older site w/ ads, but some good lessons here) -- http://www.smartboardlounge.com    


3) Book Summaries &/or “Bite-sized” Portions

DailyLit – http://www.dailylit.com/
    Have books emailed/sent to you a little at a time... Many free choices including classics, novels, poetry, and non-fiction!

Wiki Summaries - http://www.wikisummaries.org (NOTE: today the site is not responding... Hopefully it will come back soon... Be patient! ;-)
    Ex. of summarized books:
    http://www.wikisummaries.org/Frankenstein
    http://www.wikisummaries.org/Scarlet_Letter
    http://www.wikisummaries.org/The_World_Is_Flat
    http://www.wikisummaries.org/Harry_Potter


Ponderings – speaking of reading...

Short or Long Read
Looking for a good read that may affect the way you teach and how your students learn? Try one or more of the following:

5 Books for Teachers Focused on Improving Student Learning:

1. The World is Open (Curtis Bonk, 2009) - http://worldisopen.com/
2. Generation We (Eric Greenberg & Karl Weber, 2009) - http://www.gen-we.com/
3. A Whole New Mind (Dan Pink, 2005) - http://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind
4. Brain Rules (John Medina, 2009) - http://www.brainrulesbook.com
5. The World is Flat (Thomas Friedman, 2005) - http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/bookshelf/the-world-is-flat
   

Do you have other suggestions? Add them to the COMMENTS area of this blog post --> ( http://intersection4learning.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-for-teachers-focused-on-improving.html )

Point to Ponder...
>> What is your New Year’s resolution related to your teaching? Post yours HERE --> http://intersection4learning.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-years-teaching-resolution.html


Learning Opportunities

1. REVS’ trainings & workshops calendar (January sessions) - http://ed-tech-integration.pbworks.com/Workshops
  INCLUDING:

• Inspiration
• Kidspiration
• SMART Lesson Activity Toolkit (intro and workshops)
• SMART Board/Notebook – Intermediate & Advanced
• Discovery Streaming (formerly United Streaming)
• Creating Forms w/ Microsoft Word
  

2. Edutopia Website & Video Resources (watch brief videos; read articles) - http://www.edutopia.org/tech-integration