Technologically+Speaking

=Technologically Speaking. . . . =


 * Title:** []
 * Description/Purpose:** Search engine of blogs.
 * Author/Owner or publisher:** Diigo
 * Types of Resources:** All types of resources. Just type in what you are looking for, and you are sure to find it.
 * Utility:** It provides suggestions and up-to-date technology to be used in the classroom by real teachers.
 * Rating:** 5 (Jenee Cross)


 * Title:** [|http://teachertechblog.com]
 * Description/Purpose:** Teacher tech is a collection of categories about technology in the classroom.
 * Author/Owner or publisher:** Teacher Tech
 * Types of Resources:** Educational uses of today's technology.
 * Utility:** Just look at the category column on the right hand side of the page to find help with your classroom technology needs.
 * Rating:** 5 (Jenee Cross)


 * Title:** Edublog [|http://help.edublogs.org/]
 * Description/Purpose:** Offers help with blogs at three different levels: free (individuals), pro (classroom), and campus (districts, campuses, schools).
 * Author/Owner or publisher:** Edublog: for educators by educators.
 * Types of Resources:** Includes blogs from teachers who have classroom blogs, provides practical/legal information about student comments, privacy issues.
 * Utility:** Directions for creating and editing blogs include labeled screen pictures for ease of use. Very versatile.
 * Rating:** 5


 * Title:** Portrait of a digital native. Technology and Learning.
 * Description/Purpose**: It is an interesting article about the digital native students that we teach and what engages them.
 * Author**: T. McHale (2005).
 * Utility**: It is a frank look at how our students think and what we need to do to engage them.
 * Rating :** 4 - It is a fun read. (Pauline Branker)


 * Title:** Technology and education: Expectation, not option. __http://www.tcpdpodcast.org/briefings/expectations.pdf__
 * Description/Purpose:** It is a thorough analysis of the growth of education in society and in classroom instruction.
 * Author:** D. Thornburg, PhD. (2004), Director, Global Operations, Thornburg Center.
 * Utility**: It is very useful and presents a convincing argument for the importance of technology in the classroom.
 * Rating**: 5 (Pauline Branker)


 * Title:** No limits. Technology and Learning (2008). __http://www/teachlearning.com/article/7468__
 * Description/Purpose:** The author explores the potential of technology in classroom instruction.
 * Author:** S. Nussbaum-Beach.
 * Utility:** Another useful article presented in an easy manner for the reader.
 * Rating:** 4 (Pauline Branker)


 * Title**: Educational Technology []
 * Description/Purpose**: This is a blog of current news and techniques for using technology in education.
 * Author**: Ray Schroeder, editor University of Illinois at Springfield
 * Utility**: Very clear straightforward, no bells and whistles, just the news
 * Rating**: 3 (Debb Adams)

and offers tips on using SMART boards in the classroom.
 * Title**: SMART Technology http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-us/
 * Description/Purpose**:This website is provides a variety of teacher made lesson plans using SMART notebook
 * Author**: SMART Tech
 * Utility**: Very straight forward and user friendly
 * Rating**: 4 (Meredith Anderson)


 * Title:** []
 * Description:** Lots of free web tools for use in the classroom. In addtion to the page on web tools, Sheskey has included a variety of other information on the homepage that could be useful for educators.
 * Author:** Bill Sheskey
 * Utility:** Very user friendly with a wide variety of links
 * Rating:** 5 (Cathi Hadd)


 * Title:** []
 * Description:** Teaching with Google Docs is a blog created by a teacher with great ideas on how to use Google Docs in the classroom setting.
 * Author:** Mr. VonBank
 * Utility:** This blog offers lots of ideas and information for using Google Docs in the classroom. Easy to follow and easy to read.
 * Rating:** 4 (Cathi Hadd)


 * Title:** Blogging About the Web 2.0 Connected Classroom []
 * Description:** This is a blog filled with all of the latest technology uses in education, ideas, opinions, etc. by an educator learning as he goes. Steven Anderson, owner of the blog, is an avid user of the Web 2.0 in his classroom and as a teacher leader.
 * Author**: Steven W. Anderson, owner, teacher, creator of a PLN (personal learning network)
 * Utility**: Very easy to read and follow; clean and neat appearance that makes reading it a joy
 * Rating**:5 (Debb Adams)


 * Title**: 4Teachers.org []
 * Description**: 4Teachers. org helps you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use.
 * Author:** Altec.org
 * Utility:** Nice to look at and offers so much! Very easy to use.
 * Rating:** 5 (Trina Burroughs)

** Description: ** website tool for building websites
 * Title ** :  ** Websites with simpicity http://teaches.it/home/
 * ** Author: ** Teaches. It
 * Types of Resources **** : online written and video tutorials to help teachers build websites in the classroom.
 * ** Utility: **** user friendly with step by step screenshots that let you create your website in minutes
 * ** ** Rating ** :  4 (contributed by Roxanne Dobbins)  ** ** ** ** **  **     **