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Tech Savvy
Educator
12/1/07 The Tech Savvy Educator is
made up of a “community of educators (elementary teachers, technology
specialists, secondary teachers, administrators, and others from the field of
education) dedicated to sharing and discovering ways for students to use
technology in a practical way to create new knowledge, communicate and collaborate
across long distances, and enhance learning.”
This
website contains a wealth of information! The opening page is a daily
blog by Ben Rimes, TechSavvyEd Webmaster, Blogger, and Elementary
School Technology Teacher. In today’s post, he tells about discovering Sesame Street
Podcast. He tells his readers that, “Each weekly podcast focuses on
listening, reading comprehension, and vocabulary building and contains short
clips from the show intermingled with special appearances from celebrities
and of course, Muppets.”
 The Tech Savvy Educator also has a free forum. On
the site, readers can find the categories of the topics for all of the posts
to the forum. The topics range from Advocacy and Art to Websites and
Wikis. Readers can subscribe to an email list to be notified whenever a
new post is added.
This site is worth checking out!
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Important
Teacher Notes
 eProficiency, the state sponsored application for
managing teachers’ technology proficiency skills, is now available.
Training sessions have begun in this order: first, teachers whose teaching
certification expires in June 2008; next, teachers whose technology
proficiency certification expires in June 2008; and finally, all other
teachers in District 50. Check your email and staff development
calendars for information about introductory meetings and level training
sessions.
OnCourse, is an online, lesson planner
application that allows teachers and administrators to create, manage, and
share lesson plans electronically. Four schools in the district, East
End, Merrywood, Oakland,
and Woodfields, are currently using the program. The remainder of the
schools in District 50 will begin using OnCourse in January after receiving
training from the School Technology Leaders.
School Technology Leaders are teachers selected by their
principals to strengthen the use of technology resources in classroom
instruction. The STL’s will attend regular meetings to learn
content area applications; model technology integration in the classroom;
support the implementation of district instructional initiatives that utilize
technology; assist teachers in acquiring their technology proficiency
competencies; and participate in workshops and conferences in order to learn
innovative technology integration for the classroom. STL’s will receive
a stipend depending on the size of their school.
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 December Holidays
From EduHound Weekly,
11/29/07:
 Education World: Holidays Center
December is a month full of special days and this
site includes holiday lesson plans; holiday art and gift projects; and
additional holiday resources.
 DLTK's Holiday Activities
for Kids
Features
a variety of fun, printable children's crafts, coloring pages and more --
including projects for holidays.
Hanukkah
~ Christmas
~ Kwanzaa
 Holidays @ Kaboose
A
complete guide to all holiday things, including fun facts and trivia, crafts,
recipes, clip art, and how to have a stress-free holidays.
Hanukkah
~ Christmas
~ Kwanzaa
Holiday Theme Units
Features holiday
coloring pages, projects, word searches, poems, writing prompts, and more.
Hanukkah ~ Christmas ~ Kwanzaa
History of the Holidays @ The History Channel
Learn the history of the holidays at the History Channel's online exhibits:
Hanukkah
~ Christmas
~ Kwanzaa
December
Holidays Clipart @ Awesome Clipart for Educators
Find
holiday clipart, coloring pages, backgrounds, fonts, icons, lines, worksheets
and more:
Hanukkah ~ Christmas ~ Kwanzaa
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Site Survey:
Websites that Educate, Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage
 YouthSource: Teacher resources
http://www.youthsource.ab.ca/teacher_resources/index.html
YouthSource is a Canadian website, produced to support heritage-related
learning; however, the teacher related resources are excellent for any
history class. Topics include: primary sources, oral history and much
more.
Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211982
There is no way to learn all of the shortcuts in Microsoft Word, which makes this list an invaluable tool!
Poets and Writers
http://www.pw.org/
A source of
information and inspiration for creative writers. It
features Poets & Writers Magazine and includes a discussion forum, a database
of writers, and advice about publishing and copyright issues. A teachers’ guide offers a place to discuss essays on
writing and teaching.
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