BP #4 20091103_ Ed. Uses for Social Bookmarks

Through researching Social Bookmarks in Delicious, I chose to focus on bookmarks that would be helpful for the teacher in the class room.

1 - Teacher Tube
Teacher Tube offers a great deal helpful tips on making use of technology in the class room and connecting with our 21st Century learners. Included are slideshow and videos that introduce content concepts to 'hook' the learner in the introduction of a new unit of most classroom subject taught. As well as resources to re-enforce the concepts to continue to keep the learner interested and not lose the learner through traditional teaching methods.
One such resource; Flickinger, B.,21st Century Skills: The Next Steps

2 - Free Technology for Teachers

Hendy, S., who writes Digital Tools for Teachers. Created a slideshow, Tap Into the World of Comics, presents a series of comic creation tools followed by twenty suggestions for using comics in your classroom found at the social bookmark, Free Technology for Teachers. [BYRNE, R., October 2009]. This resource is designed to engage the learner in a fun way learning content formatted as a comic or creating their own comic of what they have learned.
Bennet, T., shares a slide show 20 Interesting Ways to Use Audio in Your Classroom showing teachers how we can use a variety of audio devices to fully engage the learner in learning subject content.

3 - 100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School| Online Colleges
Google has tons of applications available for the average technology user that one can benefit from using or incorporating into the classroom and is rarely blocked by school network settings.
One such application is Google Notebook which allows the user to collect research notes in one location and not have to 'copy paste' into a new document.
Another such Google application is Google Sketch-Up allowing the user to create 3D images in this application for showing the images full mass and form. This is an effective tool for not only the Art teacher, but also the science teacher and math teacher teaching Geometry, as well as many other content areas. This application giving the learner an optional way in which to complete assignments which require having to draw out the students' conclusion or idea.

I plan on sharing #1 and #2 with my campus colleagues in a way to help them incorporate the use of technology more effectively in their classroom. #3 I plan on using with my students as they have to research and develop a research essay on a theme in which they will create a Mini Concentration of work for their portfolio. The Google Sketch-Up application will be introduced to my introductory art classes as a way for them to be able to use their cell phones in the class room, under contract that has been approved by the campus administration.