Resources

Following are links to resources and tools of interest to teachers, useful during PD sessions and after
EdisonLearning link to [|Interactive Whiteboard paper]

A [|blog just on Interactive White Boards] - available also as an RSS feed if you choose.

A teacher has assembled some [|Smartboard resources]//.//

An entire [|Ning] (social network/discussion community) just on Smartboards.

EdisonLearning link to [|Web tools]

Microsoft Moviemaker is imaged on all faculty laptops - Microsoft has online tutorials [|here].

An EdisonLearning [|Ning] from Summer ELDA with ideas, links (requires valid ID/password.) - *note especially handouts for MS PhotoStory and Web Tools.*

An EdisonLearning Wiki for libraries and tech

Insert video into Powerpoint [|instructions] - scroll down - video needs to be stored locally and can be inserted onto a slide using Insert Object//.//

A Wiki built by a Classrooms for the Future coach at Wissihickon School District in PA - ***highly** recommended - a PD session could just be teachers together exploring this site in pairs with a reporting time and a projector mid-way so each pair or group could show what they found and describe how it might be useful in their classrooms.

A really interesting tool is [|VoiceThreads] - requires signup, but teachers can click "Go Pro" and get completely free account with high security which is not accessible to the outside world. The link list is for a tutorial for VoiceThreads for teachers.