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Pixlr- Online photoshop look-a-like (Uses Flash)
Google Educator Tools

Wallwisher or Twiddla Great sites for student/teacher collaboration. To have a private work area you need to create an account but there is no no sign-in or passwords required for students. You just send the link to those who you want to participate in the project.
Animoto for Education Click on this link to sign up for an account. Click on this link to sign into Animoto. This is great for taking groups of pictures, music and combining them into a short movie. Here is an example Kim did for the Macul Student Showcase at Michigan's House of Representatives . Student Showcase Click here for directions.
about Watch Know.orgKnow.org. To annotate videos with your students try Video Ant Here is a blog description about the website: http://tinyurl.com/39ts3vb
PortaPortal Really this is something that you should all try. It is really just a holding place for all the websites that people send you and tell you to look at. It is really easy to add and delete sites. All you have to do is create a new account which is free. When you want to enter a new site, you copy the address from the toolbar, hit a + next to the notepad topic you want to add it to, paste the address on the screen and hit save. It adds the site to your collection and you can visit it later. Be my guest! Go to portaportal.com and check it out.
Bibliomania Collection of over 2000 Free Classic Books in digital format. Browse list, search for phrases, use study and research guides.

Teacher Domain Digital Media for the Classroom and Professional Development
Twice Create a username and password to be able to search for video conferencing opportunities and to get updates of new projects being started. Twice Projects , Field Trips, Shared Classes , ASK: Author, Specialist, Knowledge& Professional Development
Author Visits. Blogger, Kirsten Winkler & Kay Alexander, post tools to use with Skype: Pimp My Skype
1000 web2.0 applications broken down by category 1000 Web 2.0 Applications
Voice Thread

Welcome to Farwell-Elementary Wiki!!
I created this page so we can share resources, discuss ideas and possibly develop new or interesting lessons for ourselves and students. Please check out the video's below and the other pages on the left side (MI Champs, Discovery Resources, etc). I am sure we will be adding more as time goes on.
Social Media: Social Media Revolution.
My nephew sent me a link today that has some other interesting and possibly thought provoking videos. TED describes itself as: a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK, TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Program, the new TEDx community program, this year's TEDIndia Conference and the annual TED Prize. Here is a TED video by Temple Grandin. She is autistic, a professor, a writer, a speaker in the areas of her research and an outspoken advocate for autistic children. Blog posting about this video: Thinking UDL: Universal Design for Learning. There was an excellent movie about her life I saw on HBO recently called: Temple Grandin The movie can be purchased for $24.99 from Amazon.
The Schools We Need Presentation at Igniite Philly by Chris Lehmann. Lots of great quotable concept and ideas.

Welcome to Farwell-Elementary Wiki!!
I created this page so we can share resources, discuss ideas and possibly develop new or interesting lessons for ourselves and students. Please check out the video's below and the other pages on the left side (MI Champs, Discovery Resources, etc). I am sure we will be adding more as time goes on.
from YouTube. This a good one on the use of Social Media:
My nephew sent me a link today that has some other interesting and possibly thought provoking videos. TED describes itself as: a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK, TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Program, the new TEDx community program, this year's TEDIndia Conference and the annual TED Prize. Here is a TED video by Temple Grandin. She is autistic, a professor, a writer, a speaker in the areas of her research and an outspoken advocate for autistic children. Blog posting about this video: Thinking UDL: Universal Design for Learning. There was an excellent movie about her life I saw on HBO recently called: Temple Grandin The movie can be purchased for $24.99 from Amazon.
The Schools We Need Presentation at Igniite Philly by Chris Lehmann. Lots of great quotable concept and ideas.

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Cyberman's Power Point & Prezi Resources
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Discovery Education
Learn Central Calendar
One of the Very Best! Classroom 2.0 Live

Teaching Taxes Cyberman's Tax Websites
Zimmer Twins students can create their own cartoon movie endings to a story starter or create their own animated movie from scratch. Students can create and edit movies solo or “Collab-o-write” and work together creating a collaborative movie.
or exposure.
While Web Cams offer great learning opportunities, finding appropriate content can be difficult and very time consuming. We've composed our free Web Cam Guide to help make it easier.
Cyberman's Power Point & Prezi Resources

March 3 – 3rd and 4th grade Musical: Jaime Center 6:00
March 16 - 1st and 2nd grade Musical: Jaime Center 6:00
March 16--Kindergarten to Dow Gardens Butterfly Tour (Stittsworth, Leddy, Pakledinaz)
March 18 – 2nd to Larry Laverty Maple Syrup Farm (Marshall, Bidstrup)
March 18--Family Reading Night with Pizza: 5:30-7:00
March 16--KindergartenMay 20 – K to Dow Gardens Butterfly TourAunt Tude’s Farm (Stittsworth, Leddy,McNeilly, Leddy)
May 21 – K to Aunt Tude’s Farm (Lewis, Pakledinaz)
March 23--Kindergarten to Dow Gardens Butterfly Tour (McNeilly and Lewis)
March 24--4th to CMU Orchestra presentation
May 20 - Field Day 2nd Grade (afternoon only)
May 25– 4th to Ludington State Park Lighthouse (Wilson, Martin, half Agle)
half Agle)
May 26 – Kindergarten 911 Assembly 9:00
May 27 – 1st – 4th grades 911 Assembly 9:00 (part of Safe Summer Sendoff)
2010-2011
November 23 – 3rd grade: State Capital in Lansing