Resources


 * Articles of Interest**

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Rethinking Media Literacy]]

School Libraries Work!

New York State Impact Study: Impact of School Library Media Centers on Student Learning

AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner

Using Technology to Enhance Engaged Learning for At-Risk Students

Teaching Special Kids: Online Resources for Teachers

Cool Tools: Robert Lackie

How To Stop Checking Email on the Evenings and Weekends

Get Your Blackberry Out of Our Bed!

Beyond the Digital Native/ Immigrant Dichotomy

The Administrator's Role in Technology Integration

Cyberbullying: A Legal Review

Preoccupations: Using Wikis in the Classroom

Technology and School Administration

21st Century Information Literacy Standards for the Digital Learners of New York

Capitalizing on the School Library's Potential to Positively Affect Student Achievement: Gary Hartzell

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants: Marc Prensky


 * Sites to Visit**

Book Life

Digital Natives

ESchool News

Center for Digital Literacy: Syracuse University

Cable in the Classroom: Remember...media encompasses more than just the internet. Has a great section on on Media Smart

Center for Media Literacy

Library Research Service: School Library Impact Studies

EdMediaTech: New York State Educational/Media Technology Association

NAMTC: National Association of Media Technology Centers

KCET: Community Educational Television

SAANYS: School Administrators Association of New York State

Edutopia: The George Lucas Educational Foundation

ASCD: Association for School Curriculum Development //Of particular interest: March 2009 Issue of Educational Leadership////: Literacy 2.0//

The Copyright Site

Educational Playground: Copyright Laws for Teachers

TeachingBooks: Multimedia Database of Authors & Illustrators (Currently provided free to all regional schools courtesy of CVES School Library System)

EdVideo Online: Streaming Educational Video Provided Courtesy in our region by Mountain Lake PBS

Regents Review Live: Streaming Regents Reviews

Thinkfinity:Free Educational Resources

Annenberg Media: Free Streaming Professional Development

NOVELNY: New York Online Virtual Electronic Library (Free to all NYS Residents!)

BizKids: Free Financial Literacy Resources Courtesy of PBS

Tech Learning

Project Gutenberg: Free ebooks!

Stay Safe Online: Promoted by the NYS Education Department

School Library System Association: Links to NYS Information Literacy Curricula by BOCES Region

PALS: Partners in Achievement @ OCM BOCES


 * Blogs to Read**

Lifehacker-Tips and downloads for getting things done

Blue Skunk Blog-Doug Johnson

International Edubloggers Directory

Weblogg-ed-Will Richardson

Speaking of History-Discussions about Education, Technology, & History (Features Podcasts)

2 Cents Worth-David Warlick

The Educational Technology Site-Terry Freedman

Merlin Mann's Inbox Zero

David Seah: Personal Productivity

The Question Mark: Jamie McKenzie

Neverending Search-Joyce Valenza

=**Tools**= Blogs Edublogs Blogger Wordpress Twitter

Delicious Technorati Digg
 * Bookmarks**

Skype Yack Pack Cover It Live Vyew: even allows the sharing of Powerpoint and other presentations within your online meeting
 * Meetings**

Backpackit: Intranet, group calendar, group projects Mindomo: organizational mapping Remember the Milk: Online to do list Google: google docs, calendar 30 Boxes: Online Calendar Doodle: Arrange a Meeting Task Freak: Web based task manager 43 Folders: Time Management Chandler Project: Note to Self Organizer And if you're a person who isn't quite ready to jump into Web 2.0 organizational tools there's the old standby... Stickies: A virtual Post-it note application. You must download the application and install it on your computer. Toodledo: [] Evernote: []
 * Personal Organization**

TeacherTube YouTube Flickr
 * Photo & Video Sharing**

Bloglines Google Reader Firefox *Also a web browser
 * RSS Readers**

SurveyMonkey Zoomerang
 * Surveys**

Web 2.0 For the Classroom Teacher
 * Teacher Resources**

PBWiki TiddlyWiki Wet Paint Wikipedia: Although Wikipedia does not allow you to create new wikis it is a wonderful example of a successful working wiki. Wikispaces
 * Wikis**