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EDT 652: Innovations in Education **EDT 652 Class Wiki**


 * - OWL - Purdue Online Writing Lab (References & Citations):** []

[|ReducePhoto.com] - This is a FREE online photo reducing tool designed to resize very large photographs from digital cameras. [|Picasa] is a free software download from Google that helps you:
 * Locate and organize all the photos on your computer.
 * Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks.
 * Share your photos with others through email, prints, and on the web: it’s fast, easy and free.

Workshop notes and presentation on how to manage your wiki by Rachel Boyd
 * The Wiki Way**

**Apple Learning Interchange** view iLife in the Classroom videos

**LJCreate Learning Systems** Innovative programs including science, technology, engineering and math for K-12 and higher education students.

**Uploading Assignment Files**

**__21st Century Skills:__** 1. [|Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills] The Center for Critical Thinking and Moral Critique and the Foundation For Critical thinking, two sister educational non-profit organizations, work closely together to promote educational reform. We seek to promote essential change in education and society through the cultivation of fair-minded critical thinking. 2. [|Communication Skills] This Website introduces the basics of communication and provides links to various other resources that have to do with communication and developing communication skills. 3. [|Technical Reading and Writing Skills] This site contains a variety of resources for teachers, to help present some great technical reading and writing lessons. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.8pt;">4. [|Applied Technical Reasoning Skills] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.8pt;">NREL promotes excellence in teaching and learning and contributes to improving critical elements of the science, mathematics, and technology education system. Teachers are offered research and development opportunities to enhance their content knowledge, instructional strategies, and leadership abilities. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.8pt;">5. [|Information Fluency Skills] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.8pt;"> The sheer amount of information on the Internet can be overwhelming. Our students need the skills to access <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9.72pt;">, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">analyze, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.8pt;">authenticate, and apply the information into useful personal knowledge. One of my favorite sites, Discovery School has some great lessons put together by Kathy Schrock that can help us in this area. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.8pt;">6. [|New Personal Skills] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.8pt;"> A global economy is making small businesses thrive like never before and our students will need the personal skills to meet the demands of the world of new powerful small businesses. There are other future trends lists on this website. Click on the Future Trends link at the top of the page and look at any other ones that interest you. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.8pt;">7. [|New Mind-set Skills] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.8pt;"> This is the website for one of our book’s authors – Ian Jukes. Be sure to check out what it means to be a committed sardine. Then think outside the can J <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> The video feed is being updated right now – so it may not work. But if it does, it is worth watching Ian in action – an awesome speaker on new mind-set skills.

- Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature (http://www.dawcl.com/introduction.html). This site allows you to find children’s award winning literature quickly. It also gives a description of what each book is about.

- Access to TumbleBooks: []

- Edutopia [|http://www.edutopia.org] - Check out the Social/Emotional learning tab

- Purpose Games []. This website is used by teachers to create educational quizzes and trivia games

- [] : This site provides lesson plans for grades K-12, as well as handouts for students, dealing anger management, bullying, and conflict resolution.

- Study Stack []. This website is for students to study material using either flashcards, matching, hangman, etc

- [] - A quiz that helps individuals determine their learning styles

- Voicethread [] - Students can upload pictures and then use their voice to comment or tell a story and once made public others can comment via text or their voice about the picture while a whole discussion develops

- EduHound ~ Your Educational Technology Resource [] - Phillip Martin [] - Free clip art

- []. A site where celebrities read picture books out loud. It also has the visual of the book.

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- Virtual Tourist: [] The site provides video and pictures of locations all over the world. It also has blogs and write-ups of local customs and other tourist info.

- []. This site has a lot of fun math games to promote critical thinking skills and problem solving